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Gloucester, MA: Addison Gilbert Hospital Women's Auxiliary, ca. 1969. 14 x 11 cm. Little cookbook, conveniently arranged on rings for easy access, with tabs for various categories. Recipes include Cheese and Bacon Puffs, Pickle Skin Soup, Grandma Brown's Nova Scotian Oatmeal-Molasses Bread, Warmuth's Prune Muffins, Baked Seafood Casserole, Exciting Whiting and Blueberry Slump. Recipes from leading women on… Read more about this item

St. Louis, MO: Ralston Purina Co, 1922. 10.5 x 18.6 cm. Little book of recipes for Ralston. Introduction is ""The Tale of the Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe"" which turns out to be the Old Woman's sales pitch for wheat, with parts for the Sun Fairy, Wind and Rain Fairies, a Phosphate Fairy, Gluten and Starch Fairies… Read more about this item

Gloucester, MA: Frank E. Davis, The Gloucester Fisherman, 1936. 12 x 17.7 cm. Frank E. Davis started shipping fish by mail in 1885, when even fisher-folk in Gloucester laughed at the idea. Recipes for Crteamed Lobster, Lobster Cutlets, Lobster Salad, Lobster Canapes, Creamed Tunny, Tunny Club Sandwich, Clam Chowder, Old-Fashioned Codfish Dinner, Codfish Fluff, Fried Mackeral, more. Paper booklet,… Read more about this item

Hershey, PA: Hershey Chocolate Corp, 1953. 6.8 x 12 cm. Folding panel provides recipes for chocolate: refrigerator cake, dainties cream cake, chiffon pie, chip bars, Chocolate Town cookies, Ten minute wonder fudge and Marshmal-o-fudge. Folded paper brochure, very good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Armour & Co, 1957. 12.5 x 16.7 cm. Little booklet contains coupons each worth 15¢ for Armour Star Corned Beef Hash, Chili Con Carne, Beef Stew, Treet, Vienna Sausage, Ham, more. Recipes for lazy days of summer: hash patties with corn stuffed tomatoes, skillet stew and parsely dumplings, ham and macaroni salad, more. Coupons expired in 1957.… Read more about this item

Los Angeles, CA: Carnation Company, 1954. 15 x 22 cm. Everyone loves Carnation's economy and superior goodness! Recipes for cheeseburger loaf, creamed corn beef and cabbage, creamed peas and carrots, spicy cottage cheese pie, frozen lemon crunch, more. Now on TV: Burns and Allen every week on CBS-TV. On radio, ""When a Girl Marries"" Monday through Friday on… Read more about this item

New York, NY: The Borden Co. None Such Mince Meat Dept, 1952. 12.5 x 18 cm. Some facts you should know about Mince Meat--21 quality ingredients. Compare brands. How to prepare None Such Oatmeal cookies, ham loaf, pudding, apple crisp, upside down cake, miniature pinch-ups, chiffon pie, more. Full-color paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc, 1929. 11 x 17 cm. Inside front cover is letter to Housewives of America from Mrs. Charles B. Knox. How to set the table. What each package of Knox Sparkling Gelatine contains. Directions for using Knox Sparkling Gelatine. Gelatine Hints. Recipes for Aspic Jelly, Chicken Mousse (with full-colored illustration); Fruit… Read more about this item

Lewiston, ME: Almanac Publishing Co, 1972. 13.7 x 20.6 cm. Recipe book courtesy of Plaistow Bank & Trust Co., Plaistow, NH. Includes Melt-in-your-mouth Blueberry Cake, Raspberry Squares, ""Topless"" Cheese Cake, Cocola Cake, Peach Mello, Ironed Cheese Sandwich, Veal Birds, Elephant Stew, more. Paper booklet, very good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Portsmouth, NH: Preceptor Delta, Beta Sigma Phi, 1980. 15 x 23 cm. Officers for 1980-81L Carol Durgin, President; Cay Jarvis, VP; Margery Arnold, Secretary; Evelyn Willand, Treasurer. Recipe for Happiness Cake includes patience, love, faith, hope sense of humor and plain grit. Blueberry Muffins by Carol Durgin; Zucchini Bread by Kay Athanasiou; Beer Rolls by Marge Bailey; Magic Cocnut… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Sears, Roebuck and Co, 1940. 12.7 x 19.2 cm. Location of your new Coldspot in the home; Preparation and storage of food. Wipe meat with a damp cloth and cover loosely with waxed or parchment paper. Partially filled ice trays will freeze faster than full trays. Recipes for ices and sherbets, ice creams, parfaits, mouses, marlows,… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc, 1940. 15 x 22 cm. Excellent photos. The Smorgasbord. Daisy Canapés. Igloo Canapés. Fish spreads. Cold Hors D'Oeuvres. Hot Entrées. Bowls and Tossed Salads. Jellied Salads. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Seattle, WA: Canned Salmon Industry, 1937. 15 x 22 cm. Balanced Thrift Menu features North Coast Salmon Bake. Recipe included. Salmon combination grill, with mashed potatoes, bananas and grapefruit. Planked Salmon Savannah. Salmon Flake Rarebit. Salmon Custard with Corn Sauté. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

New Britain, CT: Landers, Frary & Clark, ca. 1937. 13 x 20 cm. Book for use with your new Universal Electric Refrigerator. The Chilling Unit. Controlling the Temperature. How to Defrost. Thrift Marketing. Recipes for appetizers, ices, sherbets, parfaits, mousses, ice creams, chilled desserts, salads, breads and pastries, beverages. Paper booklet, pencil scribbling on two pages, fair.… Read more about this item

Austin, MN: George A. Hormel & Co, ca. 1937. 13 x 19 cm. Let's start with Soup: Hormel Soup in 1 pound cans. Hormel Flavor-sealed Ham. Hormel Flavor-sealed Chicken. Hormel Chili Con Carne. Hormel Corned Beef Hash. Cold or Hot, SPAM hits the spot. Have a Spambake! Spam and Salad. Spam and Eggs. Spamwiches. Paper booklet,… Read more about this item

Chicago, IL: Consolidated Book Publishers, Inc, 1941. 15 x 22 cm. Excellent photos. Banana Pecan Ice Cream. Prune Ice Cream. Baked Alaska Sandwich. Bombes. Mousses, Mallobets, Marlows. Plum Sherbet. Paper booklet, good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.

Chicago, IL: American School of Home Economics, 1912. 13 x 19 cm. Lessons in Cooking-- start with arranging the kitchen so that utensils and food materials are close at hand. Breakfast: iced cantaloupe or Grape Fruit, Cream of Wheat with Dates, Muffins, Coffee. Luncheon: Cottage pie (left over mashed potatoes and left over meat and gravy), bread and butter,… Read more about this item

Association of Gas Appliance and Equipment Manufacturers, 1940. 15 x 23 cm. Contains the latest time and temperature charts for roasting, baking and broiling--and 101 tested recipes and speed menus. Recipes for Orange Date Cake, Peache Pie, Blackberry Roll, Cherry Pudding, Veal Loaf, Roast Duck with apple stuffing, Liver en Brochette, Toast Knots, Steamed Molasses Pudding, Five Waterless Cooker… Read more about this item

Winona, MN: J.R. Watkins Co, 1934. 12 x 19 cm. Makers of Watkins Products like Vanilla, Mustard, Baking Powder, Cherry and Orange Nectar Syrups, as well as medicinal products, toilet articles, soaps and cleansers, stock and poultry preparations offer this cookbook. Included is section on The School Lunch Box, since half our children are mal-nourished to some degree, experts… Read more about this item

Johnstown, NY: The Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., Inc, ©1943. 17 x 22 cm. Women have depended upon Knox for attractive, appetizing desserts for over 50 years….How to stretch butter with Knox spread. Paper booklet with sampler design cover. Corners dogeared, edge of spine frayed. Good. . Catalogs: Cookbooks.