#vintage cookbooks

[newyorkthegoldenage]

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle Cook Book of 1926. The Eagle had also published cookbooks in 1922, 1923, and 1924. They were part of the newspaper’s “Libraries,” a series of pamphlets on diverse topics. The recipes were submitted by readers. It sold for a quarter, which was the equivalent of about $30 today.

In Tasty Dishes, cheese dishes outnumbered others. Cheese Fairy, cheese fondue, St. Armand cheese, cheese balls, cheese straws, cheese puffs, cheese patties, and “hot cheese dreams,” all appeared in this section.

Photos: Gotham Center for NYC History

[therecipelibrary]

Treasure in an 1852 cook book.

[theresawritesstuff]

So my in-laws recently bought a place at auction they're planning on fixing up and because of that cleaning out the place has been a weird sort of treasure hunt. Among some of the recent finds was a bunch of cool books from the 60s-80s. No idea if the recipes are any good but I've gotten a few laughs.

[savage-kult-of-gorthaur]

THE PINNACLE OF "COOKING FUN" PER THE 1980s -- GRAB YOURSELF A COPY TODAY.

PIC(S) INFO: Spotlight on a vintage "Strawberry Shortcake"-themed paperback cookbook titled "Strawberry Shortcake's Cooking Fun" (1980), written and illustrated by Michael J. Smollin.

"A colorful collection of tasty recipes for very young cooks and their grown-up assistants featuring creative snack-and party-time ideas with wholesome foods."

-- KIDIZEN (paperback description)

Source: www.kidizen.com/items/strawberry-shortcake-cooking-fun-book-2411551.

[whatsnewalycat]

A couple of the absolutely unhinged recipes I found in a cookbook from the 1970s

[dorkphoenyx]

What is the difference between these two recipes?

A.

B.

Answer: only B deserves to exist. Headcheese, as off-putting as it is to many, serves a vital purpose - what the hell else are you going to do with all of that otherwise inaccessible meat? It's 1949, and America is barely removed from the Great Depression and wartime rationing. The average housewife wasn't always boiling down hog's heads, but she wasn't *not* boiling down hog's heads either.

As for A? Stop ruining good food - meat-in-jello is not a value added product!

[alittlebitofthyme]

Another thing I love about vintage cookbooks: often they have notes in them already on what is really good and what could possibly be skipped.

[bostoniangirl85]

Trying new recipes

I’ve gotten so frustrated with looking for recipes online lately. It seems every recipe I click on I have to scroll through a huge intro/preamble and 10 pages of text just to get to the actual recipe itself, which often omits important things like, say, how *many* eggs do I need when it says “add eggs”?

So I pulled out my trusty vintage cookbooks and started flipping through them. What I like about older recipe books like these is that they have a ton of helpful info, such as measurements, glossaries, lists, etc.

I’ve been craving something sweet but not too rich so I think I’m gonna look for an orange cake recipe. Or maybe lemon.  :)

[project1939]

The Carnation cookbook I saw advertised on the Burns and Allen show (top left), and the actual 1952 version I found on ebay! I love modern technology.

[cdchyld]

Just added to the Vintage shop!

~ “Mushrooms Mushrooms” by Diz MacEslin (1982)

[injuries-in-dust]

"It currently resembles silicone!"

[bilbao-song]

Wilton Cake & Food Decorating Year Book, 1972.

[thegroovyarchives]

Illustration from Let’s Bake The Robin Hood ‘No-Sift’ Way International Milling Company, Inc., 1964.

[ilovemesomevincentprice]

Vincent Price handing out hotdogs to his wife, Mary and others at a Dodgers game (1964)

[whatsnewalycat]

More unhinged recipes from a 1970s cookbook

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