Today, I spent some time going threw some boxes that have been upstairs for awhile. They are some my X left with me and I though I would go see what I might be able to reduce the STUFF I have laying around up there.
But look what I Found!
First published in 1896! And Revised and copyrighted last in 1928!.
I have not had much of a chance to read much of it, Just a fast skim. But there are over 600 recipes in there! And there is an inscription on the inside cover page:
" To Gladys From Fannie"
2 Teaspoons fulls of pure cream of tarter, mix with 1 teaspoon full of baking soda is the best baking agent for biscuits, cakes, and pastries. This mixture is the equivalent of 1 Tablespoon full of baking powder".
How cool is that?
And there are recipes in here that I have never see before!
French White Soup
Milk and water bread
Eggs au Beurre Noir
And in the back of the book are 33 pages of adds from companies that you may know:
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Fleischmann's Yeast
Kitchen Aid Manufacturing Co. (This had a picture of what had to be one of the first stand mixers ever and it was HUGH!
And how about the "Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co." Makers of the "Crawford Ranges"
This is just a few of the ones I know. There are a lot of them that are not around any more.
I think I will have a lot of fun using this book and cooking some of the recipes! they are over 100 years old. And our Great, Great Grand-Mothers may have made some of the recipes for their families.
And that is also COOL!
Tom
But look what I Found!
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| The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book! | Compiled by Fannie Merrill Farmer. |
I have not had much of a chance to read much of it, Just a fast skim. But there are over 600 recipes in there! And there is an inscription on the inside cover page:
" To Gladys From Fannie"
2 Teaspoons fulls of pure cream of tarter, mix with 1 teaspoon full of baking soda is the best baking agent for biscuits, cakes, and pastries. This mixture is the equivalent of 1 Tablespoon full of baking powder".
How cool is that?
And there are recipes in here that I have never see before!
French White Soup
Milk and water bread
Eggs au Beurre Noir
And in the back of the book are 33 pages of adds from companies that you may know:
Walter Baker & Co., Ltd
Fleischmann's Yeast
Kitchen Aid Manufacturing Co. (This had a picture of what had to be one of the first stand mixers ever and it was HUGH!
And how about the "Walker & Pratt Mfg. Co." Makers of the "Crawford Ranges"
This is just a few of the ones I know. There are a lot of them that are not around any more.
I think I will have a lot of fun using this book and cooking some of the recipes! they are over 100 years old. And our Great, Great Grand-Mothers may have made some of the recipes for their families.
And that is also COOL!
Tom
That's priceless - a brilliant find! I'd love to discover one of those somewhere...
ReplyDeleteI love to cook and this cook book has lots of recipes that are new to me. It will be fun trying them out!
DeleteTom
That is a great find! I think you need to spend some time browsing through it and make some of the less known (or never heard of!) recipes and post about it! Hint-hint.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn,
DeleteI thing I will devote one night a week to "Browsing through it" and trying the "Less known recipes". And I will post about them as you do for your Saturday posts! And I may even add pictures!
Tom
Really COOL! What a great find, hope you find a bunch of good recipe's to try! :-))
ReplyDeleteDeb,
DeleteMe too! It helps that I love to eat too!
Tom
oh what fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat great treasures! Hang on to those. And I thought my mom's old cook books from the 40s and 50s were old!
DeleteEmily,
DeleteAnd to think, it has been in a box upstairs all this time!
Tom
Wow! I wonder if that is THE Fannie? I have the same book, but without a personal inscription. It's fun to read and see how things used to be done. Don't let your ex know you have it!
ReplyDeleteSusan,
DeleteMums the words! And besides, she does not like to cook. So her loss, my gain!
TOM
Oh my goodness! Oh my goodness! I have that exact same cookbook! My grandmother gave me mine. Isn't it a treasure?
ReplyDeleteLeigh,
DeleteYou are as excited about this as I am!
You know what we should do? You, Susan and I should go through the book, find a recipe that we all want to try and set a night to make it and then all 3 of us review it in a post! What do you think?
We can do this right? Come on it would be fun!
I will take the book to work with me tonight and see what I can find that we could all do!
TOM
What a fantastic find!!! Enjoy it!
ReplyDelete