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This is a rather small cookbook, having only forty nine pages including the covers. It is from the Rebekah Lodge number 35 Hyde Park, Massachusetts.

Under Hors d’Oeuvres, Pickles, and Relishes, there is only 1 recipe for Ma’s Picallili.

There are 5 recipes under Salads, Vegetables, and Soup. They include “Avocado and Pear Salad”, “Lime Jell-O, Cheese and Pear Salad”, “Jell-O Salad”, “Corn and Cheese Fondue”, and “Fish Chowder”.

There are 12 recipes under Meat, Fish, and Poultry.

Breads, Rolls, and Cookies has 27 recipes.

Cake and Pastry has 26 recipes.

Desserts has 10.

Candy, Jelly, and Preserves only has 4.

And Miscellaneous has 5.

That brings the grand total for the entire book to 90 recipes.

There is no date in the book, but I’m guessing from the style and design that it’s either from the late 1940’s or early 1950’s. There are also two pages of advertisements and for the ones that show a telephone number, it starts with two letters, a number, followed by four numbers. And one shows a pre-zip code, postal code.

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/home-cooking-secrets-of-hyde-park

The dedication of this book reads, “The Wives of the Boston Bruins would like to dedicate this family Cookbook to all the Children in Children’s Hospital and hope that this small contribution may be of some help to all the sick children of the world.

This book has 80 pages, including the covers. Each section has a family or person on the Bruins, and the recipes contributed along with pictures and information. Examples include the Vachons’, the Redmonds’, Ray Bourque, Steve Kasper, the McNabs’, the Rattelles’, the Cashmans’, and many, many others. The back cover has a color picture of the team and managers on the ice. There is no date in the book, but I believe it is from about 1980.

Here is a link to the complete book;

https://archive.org/details/whats-bruin-boston-bruins-family-cookbook

This cookbook has 276 pages, including covers. It was put out by the Sayville Historical Society, Sayville, Long Island, New York, in 1970. It is loaded with recipes, tips, history, and stories of the town. One of the first pages states that this book “has been compiled, hopefully, as an enjoyable way of reading about and preserving local history through that favorite topic, What’s for Dinner.”.

There are recipes for appetizers, beverages, breads, cakes, casserole, cookies, desserts, fish, meats, pickles and preserves, pies, salads, sauces, soup, vegetables, and even a SOAP recipe.

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/pots-pans-and-pictures-cookbook-sayville-historical-society-long-island-new-york-1970

This one’s a little different for me in two ways. First it is not one of my usual “For A Good Cause” cookbooks, it was put out by the Royal Neighbors of America Fraternal Life Insurance Company from Rock Island, Illinois in 1986. And second it is not from New England, it is more Midwestern.

There are quite a few recipes in here that I am not familiar with, but I’m sure those from that area will recognize them rather well. Some people on this sub like cooking the unusual recipes that are found in these books (The moist lettuce bars come to mind.) Well, there is one on page 53 in the lower right hand side that I would love to see someone on here cook up, and if you do, please provide photographs!

There are eighty nine pages including the covers, with multiple recipes on each page.

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/heres-whats-cooking-in-your-neighbors-of-america-kitchens-1986

It was a good day for yard sales!

This cookbook is from the the high school band of Leander, Texas. Everything in this book is based on music. The sections are “Baritone Barbeque”, “Great Baked Bassoons”, “Clarinet Combos”, “Classic Color Guard”, “Flavorful Flutes”, “French Horn Cuisine”, “Percussion Primavera”, “Saxophone Smorgasbord”, “Trombone Turnovers”, “Horns-A-Plenty”, “Tasty Tuba Tunes”, “Alumni Appetite Teasers”, and “Savory Stuff”.

There is a total of 190 pages, including the covers. In the back there is a cross reference by food group, “Main Courses” (55 recipes), “Vegetables” (30), “Salads” (30), “Desserts” (120), “Breads” (15), “Party Palate Pleasers” (20), “Soups” (8), Breakfast and Brunch” (10), “Sauces and Sandwiches” (5), “Beverages” (4) and “Miscellaneous” (5). For a grand total of 302 recipes. And seeing that there were 120 dessert recipes, I think we know where the band was getting their energy from.

Some of the recipes include “Cake to Beat the Band”, “A Drumful of Coleslaw”, “Ode to Mamaw’s Buttermilk Pie”, “Tex-Mex Crock-Pot Beans”, “Spanish Pie”, “Jalapeno Corn Rice Casserole”, “Arnie’s Barbecue Beans”, “Tania’s Tasty Cheesecake Squares”, and so many others.

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/the-mane-course-a-lions-guide-to-good-eats-1997

This cookie cookbook has 90 pages, including the covers. There are sections for “Drop Cookies” (72 recipes), “Refrigerator Cookies” (24), “Rolled Cookies” (21), Macaroons, Meringues, and Kisses” (33), and “Miscellaneous” (11). For a total of 161 cookie recipes. If you have a sweet tooth that’s been bothering you for attention, please take a look to some of these recipes.

There are 4 pages of advertising at the back of this book. There is not a zip code or postal code in sight. Some of the telephone numbers are only three digits. One of them is “Phone 29”. So using that information and the look of the book, I’m guessing late 1940’s, early 1950’s.

Unlike most of my “For a Good Cause” cookbooks this one was stapled together, so to get the scans I had to remove the staples. Then do the scans, then (using the same staples! {after straitening them!}) manually putting it back together. Not something I suggest doing, unless you are (or want to be) slightly crazy!

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/suburban-cookie-book

If you like honey, this is the cookbook for you. There are about two hundred recipes. All but two have honey listed as an ingredient. One was meant not to have it. I believe the other one is a mistake, let’s see who is the first to find that recipe.

There are sections for “Beverages”, “Breads and Rolls”, “Cakes and Cookies”, “Candy and Snacks”, “Desserts”, “Fruits and Vegetables”, “Main Dishes”, “Miscellaneous” and “Salad Dressings”.

The recipes were compiled by Eastern Connecticut Beekeepers Association, from East Lyme, Connecticut. There are recipes in here you would expect to see, and probably a few you wouldn’t. There are a total of 142 pages, including covers. There is no date printed in the book, but the cover illustration appears to have a date of 1991.

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/cooking-with-the-queen-delicacies-from-the-hive-1991

This book has one hundred and fifty two pages, including the covers. It was compiled and printed by the Hanover Center Women’s Fellowship in 1961. It has sections for Beverages, Soups, Main Dishes, Vegetables, Salads and Dressings, Breads, Desserts, Cakes, Cookies, Candies, Preserves and Pickles. Almost every recipe has the name of the person who contributed it.

One recipe is for “Spring Tonic for Humans (After a long winter)”. It calls for;

1 cup of molasses, 1 teaspoon cream of tartar, 2 teaspoons dry sulfur. Stir well. Take 1 tablespoon each morning for 3. Skip 3. Take 3 more mornings until 9 doses are taken. Good for the disposition.

This book is loaded with all kinds of recipes, hints, and some very interesting stories.

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/country-recipes-womens-fellowship-of-the-hanover-center-church-1961

The foreword of this book reads; “We, the home economic students and teachers of the Framingham Public Schools, are pleased to share with you some of our favorite recipes. These recipes represent a part of the culture of many countries. Like all Americans, we share many different ethnic backgrounds. We are proud of our heritage, and our own country. The donations received from these cookbooks will be part of the Framingham School Department’s contribution to the National Foundation sponsoring the Liberty Centennial Campaign to Save Our Statue.”.

This book has 50 pages, including the covers. There are forty three different recipes, from 20 different countries. Each recipe is very detailed, giving the title, nation of origin, ingredients, step by step directions, pan size, preparation time, cooking time, and yield. Some of the cookies are Nusskipferln, Chinese Almond Cookies, Coffee Meringue (Wasp Nests), German Ginger Cookies, Sesame Seed Cookies, Hawaiian Cookies, Mexican Mocha Balls, Portuguese Wedding Cakes, Praline Plantation, Swedish Honey Cookies, and many, many others.

There is no date in the book, but seeing as the fundraising for saving the statue began in 1982, the restoration happened in 1984 through 1986 and the statue was reopened on July 3rd of 1986 this was probably published in the early eighties.

Here is a link to the full cookbook;

https://archive.org/details/cookies-from-many-nations

This is a small twenty-four page pamphlet put out by the Betty Crocker Company in 1964. It was published to sell Gold Metal Regular Flour, Gold Metal Wondra Flour, All-New Saran Wrap, And Fleischmann’s Yeast. The first section is for Italy, and the recipes are Della Robbia Pie and Panettone. The next section is for Scandinavia, and it has Saint Lucia Crown, Lucia Saffron Buns, Vicar's Hair (an old fashioned wig shaped bun), Mazarine Torte, Jam Sticks, and Berlinerkranser. Then we move on to France for Buche de Noël, Cherry Puff Tarts, Cream Puff Christmas Tree, Petticoat Tails and Gnocci. Next up is Germany with Stolen and Black Forest Cherry Torte. Then to the British Isles for Shortbread Tree and Cheddar Pastry Appetizers. The next section is for cookies with Zimtsterne, Anise Toast, Cookies de Guadeloupe, Nurnberger, Madrid Twists, Moravian Ginger Cookies, Viennese Devils, Toffee Squares, Egyptian Rose Leaves, and Kourabiedes. The next section is entitled Snacks. It has Festive Mixin’s and Crispy Mixin’s. And the back page has Festive Decorations With Saran Wrap.

It’s a cute little booklet designed to sell more General Mills products.

Here is a link to the full Pamphlet;

https://archive.org/details/betty-crockers-festive-fixins-with-a-foreign-flair

This is an interesting and fun cookbook to look through. I am guessing there probably isn’t anybody on here who has a copy of it (although I hope I’m wrong about that!). Glued into the back of this book is an article from the Eagle Times newspaper in Claremont, New Hampshire, dated Thursday, May 17th, 1979, titled “Sunapee Youths Learn Publishing From the Bottom Up”. The story tells us there were only three hundred and fifty of these books produced. This book was the third career education project at the school. It is the first to involve every student in every facet of the program.

The front and back cover of the book are made of pieces of plywood. With the front being painted in green with the title. They are bound together with metal rings. The sections include “Breakfasts and Breads”, “Casseroles”, “Cookies”, “Desserts”, “Foreign Foods”, “Make It Yourself”, “Mixt Up Foodz” (joke recipes!), and “Snacks”. The recipes were suggested by the students themselves. And it even has the students names on the recipes they suggested. There are a lot of illustrations probably done by the children also. Seeing as this was a cookbook put together by elementary school students, the foods are very kid centric.

There are 126 pages, including covers and the newspaper article.

Unfortunately, I am missing pages 52, 53, 54, and 55. And if anybody out there has a copy, I would love to be able to get those pages to reproduce them.

Here is a link to the full cookbook;

https://archive.org/details/mouth-watering-morsels

I just added this cookbook to my collection this morning and had to share. Title is Cooking Is Fun. Sponsored by the Organization of Calvary Methodist Church, Lewiston, Maine. This is the second edition with a date of 1947. It has 218 pages, including the covers.

It is my favorite cookbook of all that I have for a number of reasons. First of all it is the oldest in what I call my “for a good cause” cookbooks (fundraisers for churches, schools, etc.), it is from 1947 and that makes it almost 80 years old!

Secondly, for the recipes. It is loaded with them (See index listing in the pictures).

Thirdly, the illustrations. They are cute, they are adorable, they are interesting. You’ll have to take a look. And due to the age some of them might even be politically incorrect.

And the fourth reason is the advertisements. It is loaded with them also (almost as many as the recipes!). All kinds of different companies and businesses from the local area.

This was a very well loved and well used cookbook. You will note many food splatters on some of the pages.

Here is a link to the full cookbook;

https://archive.org/details/cooking-is-fun-calvary-methodist-church

Edit, fixed spelling of Calvary! (DARN autocorrect!!!).

Put out by the Waltham Hospital Associates. One of the first pages states, “The Waltham Hospital Associates proudly offer Recipes Old And New for the reader’s culinary pleasure. The Associates was founded in June of 1945, to assist and supplement the work of the Waltham Hospital, Waltham, Massachusetts. In carrying out its objectives, the Associates provide many extras in comfort and equipment for the in-hospital patient care. All profit from the sale of this cookbook will be used for this purpose. The Associates wish to thank the committee who compiled this cookbook, the members who contributed cherished family recipes, and the advertising subscribers who have made it financially possible.”

This is the largest cookbook I’ve posted yet, consisting of 236 pages, including covers.

There are sections for “Appetizers” (13 recipes), “Breads” (23), “Cakes and Frostings” (30), Chowder’s Soups, Stew” (7), “Cookies, Brownies, Squares” (39), “Desserts”, (15) “Entrees” (92), “Jam, Jellies, Preserves” (7), “Pies and Pastries” (20), “Puddings” (13), “Salads and Dressings” (14), “ Dressings“ (5), and “Vegetables” (13). For a total of 291 recipes. There should be something here for everybody.

On page 13, there’s a recipe for what is called Holiday Mix. It consists of ¼ cup of butter, 1/4 cup of salad oil (scant), 1 cup of rice checks, 1 cup of wheat checks, 1 cup of TWINKLES, 1 cup of cheerios, 1 cup thin pretzel sticks, 1/2 cup cashew nuts, and 1 heaping teaspoon of Lawry’s seasoned salt. Twinkles was a cereal introduced in 1960, it was made of toasted oats and corn in a star shape and sprinkled with multi colored jimmies. So from that information we can conclude that this book is from no earlier than 1960.

A recipe in this book that I will not try is called American Lasagna. And it goes as such. “4 cups of noodles or 1/2 pound wide noodles, NOT lasagna noodles. 1 tablespoon of butter, 1 pound of ground chuck, 2 eight ounce cans of tomato sauce, 1/2 pound creamy cottage cheese, (hood small curd), 1 eight ounce package of soft cream cheese, ¼ cup of sour cream, 1/3 cup minced scallions, 1 tablespoon of minced green peppers, 2 tablespoons of melted butter. The day before if possible, cook noodles and drain. Saute meat with 1 tablespoon butter until brown. Stir in tomato sauce and remove from heat. Combine cheese, scallions, pepper with sour cream. In a 2-/12 quart casserole spread half the noodles. Cover with cheese mixture, then with rest of noodles. Cover the whole casserole with the tomato meat sauce. Chill. About 1 hour before serving, heat oven to 375 degrees. Bake uncovered about 1 hour or 45 minutes. It does not have to be prepared the day before, but the flavor is better.”. All I have to say about this recipe is how can you call it “lasagna” with no lasagna noodles, and where is the ricotta? I guess if you’ve never in your life had actual lasagna, this might not be all that bad.

Some of the recipes include “Dartmouth Outing Club Oatmeal Bread”, “Hundred Dollar Johnny Cake”, “Mapo Oat Muffins”, “Grapefruit Cake” and “Grapefruit Cream Cheese Frosting”, “Prune Cake”, “Cookies Fit For A King”, “Cheese Cookies”, “Velveeta Tomato Strata”, “Cheese, Bacon, and Onion Pie”, “California Chicken”, “Fish Mousse” (Be Sure And Check Out That Illustration), “Sherried Crab In Shells”, “Turban Of Fish”, 5 Different Recipes For Meatloaf, and many, many more.

There’s a very detailed index, many ads from local businesses, and some really cute illustrations. Bernard Keyes did the cover illustration.

Here is a link to the full book.

https://archive.org/details/recipes-old-and-new-waltham-hospital-associates

This cookbook is from 1983. It was put out by a church that no longer exists figuratively and literally. The church was closed, the building was sold, torn down, and there’s now an apartment building where the church once stood.

This book has 152 pages with sections for “Appetizers and Dips”, “Breads and Cereals”, “Cakes”, “Candies”, “Casseroles”, “Cookies, Bars and Squares”, “Desserts”, “Meats and Main Dishes”, “Pickles and Preserves”, “Pies”, “Punch”, “Salads”, “Sauces, Dressings and Stuffings”, “Seafood”, “Soups and Chowders”, and “Vegetable Dishes”. There are 23 recipes in the seafood specialties section and seeing as Rockport is a seaside town 40 miles north east of Boston, they should know their seafood.

Unfortunately, this book is missing pages 63-64 and 117-118, That means I don’t have the recipes for Beef Stroganoff I and II, Chicken Hawaii, Marinated Chicken, Apple Sauce Cookies, Apple Spice Squares, Chocolate Crinkle Cookies and Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. By chance, if anyone out there has a copy of this book, I would love to get those missing recipes.

Here is a link to the full cookbook (Minus the missing pages, of course.);

https://archive.org/details/rockport-united-methodist-women-presents-a-cookbook-sampler

Just a small booklet today. It’s entitled Fish and Tips. “...Smart people eat fish. Eat fish... live longer.” There are only sixteen pages, including the covers. There’s a stamp inside the front from the Fishery Council, Fulton Fish Market, New York, N. Y. There is no date (but I’m guessing it is from the 1950’s) and no publisher listed. It has tips on buying, storing, and cooking seafood, including pan frying, broiling, baking and steaming. In the center is a time and temperature charts for preparing fish dishes. There are recipes for Fulton Market Steam Clams, Manhattan Clam Chowder, New England Clam Chowder. Shrimp Newburgh, Southern Fried Shrimp, Scallop Stew, Oven Fried Scallops, Oyster Stew. And in what they call a special recipe section, they have Crab Meat or Lobster Meat Salad in Grapefruit Ring, broiled Shad Row, Poached Shad Row, Broiled Boned Shad, Planked White Fish, Bouillabaisse, Halibut or Salmon Steaks with Special Sauce, and Porgy with Tomato Sauce.

This book consists of 43 pages, including the cover. The first five recipes have two things in common, let's see if you can guess what they are - 1- Impossible Brunch Pie, 2- Impossible Seafood Pie, 3- Impossible Bacon Pie, 4- Impossible Cheeseburger Pie and 5- Impossible Lasagna Pie. Do we see the connections? After that, it gets into more possible items, like Poor Man's Lobster, Oven Fried Scallops, Casino Oysters, Hamburg Stew, Danish Pastry, Ravel Bars, Florida Orange Meringue Pie and many others.

The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is a charitable organization in the United States, originally founded as the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883. For more information on the WRC, please see this Wikipedia article;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woman%27s_Relief_Corps

There is no publication date printed within the book. But I found one listed ingredient helps determine the date. On page twelve for a Bran Banana Muffins recipe, it says to "use SACO cultured buttermilk available in most supermarkets". In 1985, SACO introduced its first truly unique product—SACO Cultured Buttermilk Blend. But then on page 26 for a Peanut Butter Pie recipe, at the bottom it states that this recipe "Won 'Best of Baked Goods' Rochester Fair, September 1991".

So at least we now know it is no older than 1991.

Taped into the last page of the book is a typewritten recipe for Blueberry Apricot Pie.

Bake forty minutes in four hundred and twenty-five degree oven.

Need a 9” pie tin – greased

and

1 can (1lb. 14 oz.), Apricot halves, drained.

1 pt. (2 cups) washed and stemmed Blueberries

3 tables. quick-cooking Tapioca

1-1/4 cups sugar

1/2 teas. cinnamon

1/4 teas. salt

Mix all together and pour into a baked crust.

Dot with butter and cover with the top crust.

Here is a link to the full cookbook;

https://archive.org/details/a-cookbook-carlton-womens-relief-corps-no.-18

The title of our book today is Cooking Favorites of West Weathersfield Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary. Weathersfield Vermont.

In the front of the book is a page detailing the origin of the Auxiliary.

There is also a page in the book referring to the American Revolution bicentennial and another page detailing the Vermont Bicentennial Commission. So that puts the publication of this book to sometime around 1976.

Throughout the cookbook are pages of advertisements for local businesses. One, the Amsden General Store. Another is the Vermont Soapstone Company. And there are many other local bushiness's.

Some of the recipes include Beet Perfection Salad, Jellied Tomato Salad, Pickled Beef Pinwheels, Maple Bread, Stovepipe Bread, You Name It Casserole, Dandelion Wine.

There is even a recipe for Delicious Doughnuts that is done as a poem;

Just a batch of doughnuts

Turned out fine and brown

Stirred up in a hurry

For a bake sale in town

Round and smooth and even

Pleasing to the eye

They are mighty toothsome too

Cook is spry

Will tell you how she makes them;

First two eggs she breaks

And adds a cup of sugar

(It will make two dozen cakes)

Now two spoons of shortening melted tablespoons

A pinch of salt comes next

Be sure and melt the shortening

Or patrons will be vexed

Then a dash of nutmeg

A cup of milk, some flour

And two teaspoons baking powder

It won’t take quite an hour

Have your kettle of fat all ready

As hot as can be

Drop your donuts into it

They’ll be all made for tea

The “some flour” referred to in the rhyme

Should be about 3-1/2 cups with another cup to roll

This book contains over 60 pages of recipes,With sections on Hors’d'oeuvres, Pickles and Relishes – Salads, Vegetables, and Soups – Meat, Fish and Poultry – Bread - Rolls, and Cookies – Cake and Pastry – Desserts – Candy, Jelly, and Preserves – Casseroles and Miscellaneous. There is also a section entitled Super Quantity Cooking. It has recipes for Baked Beans for 100, Hash Supper for 100, Cabbage Salad for 175, Ham Supper for 255, Braised Beef for 200 , Turkey Dinner for 250 and Chicken Shortcake for 135. Just the type of recipes we need for a small family gathering!

Here is a link to the complete book;

https://archive.org/details/cooking-favorites-of-west-weathersfield-volunteer-fire-department-auxiliary-1976

The American Association of University Women promotes equality for women, education and self-development over the life span and positive societal change. AAUW is open to all women who hold the baccalaureate or higher degree from a college or university on the AAUW list of qualified institutions.

One recipe that caught my eye is for Braunschweiger Spread. 10 ounces braunschweiger, 1/2 teaspoon of Worcestershire sauce, 2 cups of sour cream, 1 (1-3/8 ounce) package of dry onion soup. Mix together and serve with crackers or small party rye. Preparation time? 10 minutes. Serves 25. The above recipe is fast, easy, and delicious. I found that everyone seems to like it. United States rep Mary Rose Oaker from Ohio.

There are many recipes from some rather noted women.

One is a Mexican layered dip submitted by United States Representative Barbara Boxer of the 6th District of California.

From Diane Feinstein for a Tamale Pie.

Sauteed Asparagus, and Snow Peas with Hazelnuts was submitted by the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, Margaret M. Heckler.

There is a recipe called Blu'bana bread it is a combination blueberry and banana bread. It was submitted by the former First Lady Betty Ford.

And a recipe for Baklava. Submitted by United States Representative Olympia J. Snow, 2nd District, Maine.

A chocolate pound cake that was submitted by United States Senator Nancy Landon Kassebaum from Kansas.

And also there's a recipe for Zeppoli. That was submitted by Geraldine A. Ferraro, 1984 Democratic Vice President nominee.

There are 164 pages in this book, including the covers.

There is an introduction to the book by an artist named Lady McCrady. She she is a painter from West Hartford. It reads, "I don't know how to cook. It is not my mother's fault. She's a wonderful cook. I was weaned on Haute Cuisine and Perrier by the case. That was the early 1950s. But the advice I got was if you LEARN how to cook, you'll HAVE to. And there were so many other things to do. I paint. It must be due to romantic notions I inhaled from the Champagne Of Waters. This is what I believe; Existence has totally to do with aesthetics. Food in its natural state will keep you in your natural state, aesthetically vital and vigorous. Life is art. We are on a lovely visit to this planet for a certain period of time. Every moment counts. Cooking is an art. Taste, scent, and eye sensation are "plus importante". Rule number 1. Eat a little bit of each color every day. Rule number 2. Cook foods as little as possible." Then she continues with a recipe for "Destiny Jello, Buy red, green, yellow, purple and orange jello. Use glass or Ultra Blue Colored Bowls. Boil water. Make the jello, one color per bowl. Arrange it in your fridge. Move it around when necessary to compliment the colors of the food. Don't eat it.".

There is a section for Appetizers, Relishes and pickles (31 recipes), another section for Soups, Salads, and Sauces (31 recipes), a main dishes section (20 recipes), a Meats, Poultry and Seafood section (34 recipes), a Vegetables section (24 recipes), a Breads section (18 recipes), many pages of Desserts (92 recipes!), and a rather complete index of the 228 recipes.

Here is a link to the full cookbook;

https://archive.org/details/and-they-also-cook

Today we travel to the state of Maine to the small town of Parkman, located pretty much right in the center of the state. Our “For A Good Cause” cookbook is the Parkman Baptist Ladies Circle Cookbook.

There is no date in this book but you can make a few guesses from some of the recipes and the advertisements (one garage had a 25 cent car wash!). This cookbook has 84 pages (including the covers).

The sections include;

Breads, Rolls and Muffins (29 recipes),

Cakes (55 recipes),

Candies (10 recipes),

Casseroles and Main Dishes (37 recipes),

Cookies and Squares (42 recipes),

Doughnuts (10 recipes),

Frostings (8 recipes),

Pickles (13 recipes),

Pies (20 recipes),

Puddings (26 recipes),

Salads (10 recipes),

One recipe is for “Pruffins”, a prune muffin served hot upside down! I might have to try this one!

And then there is 7-Up Bread, Orange Kiss-me Cake, Edith’s Creole Date Candy, Edith’s Divinity Fudge (Edith was busy). Of course there is French Green Bean Casserole, Tuna Casserole, Macaroni and Cheese (it wouldn’t be a cookbook without them) but there are quite a few you might not have seen before.

I love collecting these and posting them here because a lot of these cookbooks have no presence on the internet. I couldn't find this one for sale, in a library or other collection or referenced in any way. So as far as I know this may be the last copy in existence!

Here is a link to the full book;

https://archive.org/details/parkman-baptist-ladies-circle-cookbook