The Food of a Younger Land (48 page)

This book has forty-four pages of delicious and practical recipes that were contributed by the members of the Eastern Star. There are very good menus, recipes and table decorations for breakfast, luncheon, afternoon tea, dinner, buffet suppers and sandwiches. Proportions to use when serving large groups of people are also given.

Especially good are the unusual recipes for Mexican, Swedish, Bohemian and Jewish dishes.

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This is a book of general recipes published by the Herald in celebration of their Golden Jubilee in 1940. All of the recipes were contributed by people of Augusta and vicinity.

Among the prize winning recipes are barbecue chicken, angel pie, and pumpkin pie.

This book has 180 pages of quaint and everyday recipes that are famous throughout the South. These recipes, contributed by the housewives of Augusta and vicinity, were published to raise money for the Greene Street Presbyterian Church. It is in use in many homes in Augusta.

There is a recipe for soft ginger bread, a dish that is very popular among the children of today.

A rather amusing recipe for Brandy Peaches is given. At the end of the recipe it is stated that, “they will keep as long as locked up.”

This book has ninety-six pages of delicious Southern recipes. Contributed by Augusta people, many are over a hundred years old. Included also are printed advertisements of the different business concerns of Augusta.

Water melon rind preserves, Creo gumbo, and chow chow are only a few of the tasty recipes.

This book was presented by the Junior League in an attempt to preserve the tradition of Southern cooking. It contains many famous Southern recipes, both old and new. A large variety of them were contributed by people who are famous as good cooks. Each recipe has the name of the person who contributed it and many of them are in print for the first time.

Included in the section devoted to old recipes is an excellent one for that strictly Southern dish, “ ’Possum and ’Taters.”

Wine Jelly is another old and popular recipe that is given.

There is also a very good recipe for Georgia Mint Julip, a famous Southern drink.

This little book, hardly more than a pamphlet in size, was compiled by the Music Study Club of Americus, Ga. It has many choice and delicious recipes, most of which are simple and inexpensive. Among the most tempting recipes are cocoanut cake and cheese delights.

This book has many delicious and famous Southern recipes contributed by people of Wilkes county and vicinity. A number of these recipes are very rare, having been secured from people who regarded them as old family secrets.

Included are recipes for meats, vegetables, cakes and salads for the famous Southern dinners.

Bacon muffins, glorified rice pudding, Southern relish and Hard Times fruit cake are only a few of the tempting recipes given.

These recipes, contributed by the housewives of North Augusta and vicinity, include dishes for everyday meals and festive occasions. Some of the most unusual ones have been handed down for generations. Among the most popular recipes are pineapple salad, a favorite recipe of Mrs. Calvin Coolidge, and Heavenly Hash, which isn’t a hash at all.

A very good recipe for Blackberry Wine is only one of the old and valuable wine recipes given.

This is a book of carefully selected and unusually fine menus and valuable recipes. There are many highly prized frozen recipes; among these are two very good ones for cherry almond parfait and caramel mousse. Included also are calorie charts, diet menus, time tables for cooking, health exercise, yearly budget charts and attractive illustrations of correct table service.