I collect these small vintage pamphlets. Now and then, I like to grab these and make easy dishes based on what I already have on hand. It comforts me to bring attention to these old books.
This past weekend, I made recipes from 4 little booklets. I will include recipe, photo, and date of book.
I’m also sharing a couple of intriguing recipes and interesting ads from them.
This is what I made : Pet Milk, Pineapple and Lemon Juice drink from the Pet Milk 1926 book.
Tomato and Egg salad from the Meals without Meat 1943 book, and the Orange Cranberry Relish.
The Salisbury Steak dish from the Quick Dinners 1942 book.
Cocoa Angel Food Cake from the McNess Recipes from ’round the world’ (1930’s or 40’s)
Victor McLaglen (noted Hollywood Star) for Best Tomato Juice Cocktail using Worcestershire sauce, from the Mealtime Magic 1948 book which shows a cute little Claudette Colbert bird seed ad on the back. Sorry for any mix ups in the above explanations – I took pictures of all and put this together quickly for you. The recipes all came from these 4 booklets.
The ad about the McNess extracts not baking out or freezing out is interesting.
Papas Cutting Board 