Cookbook of Anonymous, 1925-1942

This cookbook was most likely originally used as a notebook for a home economics class as it includes notes on numbered lessons with individual recipes and cooking instructions for each lesson. The volume also includes descriptions of cooking techniques for various foods and beverages, such as coffee, as well as definitions of various types of food items, including cinnamon and nutmeg. The owner continued to use the volume over the years to record handwritten recipes as well as pasting in recipes clipped from newspapers, and recipes typed on index cards. The bulk of the recipes are for desserts, sweets, and frostings, including fruit salad, pineapple pudding, prune pudding, strawberry fritters, chocolate bread pudding, cocoa cake, nut bread, scotch cake, custard cake, maple frosting, fudge, etc. Also included are several recipes for vegetable dishes including sweet potatoes, scalloped potatoes, mustard beans, and asparagus, as well as main courses, including steamed filet of chicken, hamburger roast, and salmon. Several recipes for various doughs and breads are also included. Two published culinary pamphlets are also included in the volume entitled Meat Pies from Top to Bottom and Grandma's Old Fashioned Molasses Recipes, as well as several printed recipes distributed by The Edison Electric Illuminating Company of Boston.