Charming community recipe book titled FAVORITE RECIPES - - - Contributed by Members of the WICOMICO GARDEN CLUB, who are in Salisbury Maryland. Originally compiled by Peggy Allen, Constance U Mann and Julia McPherson White in 1951 - - - revised in 1972 by Ruth Pierce, Farr B DeVault and Marie S Hughes. Recipe book measures approx 5”x 6-3/4” with 92 pages, some drawn illustrations, has Table of Contents but no index and no local ads. Front cover has collectible and vintage silhouette picture of vintage gal, wearing a bonnet, gathering flowers. Recipes are in handwritten format, pages are bound by plastic spiral, and recipe contributors names are included if given (hope I am accurate with their handwriting below):
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Beverages ~ Breads ~ Cakes ~ Candies ~ Cookies ~ Desserts ~ Luncheon Dishes ~ Pickles ~ Pies and Pastries ~ Salads ~ Sauces and Dressings ~ Seafood ~ Soups ~ Hints
SAMPLE RECIPES:
Apricot Upside Down Cake
1 large can apricots
1/4 lb butter
1 cup brown sugar
4 egg yolks
1 cup sugar
1 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
5 tablespoon water
Pinch salt
1 teaspoon vanilla
Melt brown sugar and butter in a 10” iron skillet until smooth. Take from fie as soon as it begins to bubble. Place apricots, round side down, in skillet and pour cake dough over it. Bake in 350-degree oven about 45 minutes. Let it stand in skillet a short while before turning upside down on a large plate.
Dorothy Fields
Fruit Salad Dressing
1 cup pineapple juice
4 tablespoon flour
3 tablespoon sugar
2 eggs
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup cream
Mix sugar and flour and add enough juice to make smooth paste. Heat remaining juice in double boiler and add flour mixture. Cook, stirring constantly, until thickened. Add eggs (beaten until light) and butter. Cook about 10 minutes, stirring constantly. Whip cream and fold into chilled mixture just before serving.
Elsie H Roberts
CONTRIBUTORS:
Bertha S Adkins
Hilda L Adkins
Lois Allen
Peggy Allen
Lillie Bounds Bailey
Nancy (Mrs B Scott) Bennett
Mrs Carroll Bounds
Hilda Howard Bounds
Carlotta M Cameron
Helen Chandler
Mrs Ernest W Davenport
Mabel B Disharoon
Dorothy B Fields
Olive M Galbraith
Helen S Gibson
Clara W Gordy
Drue Grier
Mrs Avery W Hall
Clara Hill
C Hodgson
Mrs John T Holt
Marie S Hughes
Mrs Richard Hughes
Mildred E Huston
Eunice Laws
Mrs S H Levering
Constance U Mann
Florence H Mason
Maxine Miles
Mrs John L Morris
Louise Morris
Bobby Oakley
Mrs Jesse M Parker
Mrs Dean W Perdue
Nannie T Perdue
Dorothy Perry
R Pierce
Dora Jones Phillips
Mrs Pratt D Phillips
Ruth Powell
Ann K Purnell
Elsie H Roberts
Peg Schwartz
Lily R (Mrs E W) Smith
Lettie Snow
Molly Stein
Elizabeth T Sudler
Virginia G Thomas
Alice Toadvine
Dorothy Waller
Margaret S Webb
Julia McPherson White
Mrs S King White
Mrs David H Wimbrow
Elizabeth Woodcock
Condition: Good, and I checked EVERY page to enter all the names! (I include ALL names in ALL fundraiser-type cookbooks because I know how frustrating it is to hope and wonder if specific contributors are included in a book, only to find out they’re not, upon receipt.) Pages are tight, no tears, no chips, no writing, no dog-ears, all pages intact, no defective spirals. Splatters on pages 14 and 15, and 16 with recipes for Date Nut Bread ~ Southern Spoon Bread ~ (another) Southern Spoon Bread ~ Johnny Cake ~ Smithfield Ham Biscuits ~ Nut Bread ~ Sweet Potato Pone ~ Pan Cakes (see image). Covers are also good with light spotting and a vertical area to right that is either a rub or transfer from another book. Little to no edgewear. This cookbook has character! Shadows/shading is from copier, and is not on book - - - I did not want to press down on copier to avoid the shadows for fear of hurting the integrity of the book! Books are NOT from smoke-free or pet-free environment. Email with questions or requests. Email with questions or requests. Images are part of the description; please SUPERSIZE them for clarity.
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