Cookbook Book Club -- August -- What's Old is New Again!

Donna was hostess this month

Her choice

Any Cookbook Before 1940!

We had a great meal

But we always do

And I do collect cookbooks from the 20s and 30s

(because Linderhof was built in the 20s)

So I thought it was a fun choice

The food, as always, was fantastic!

Donna's entree was pan broiled pork with gravy

from the original Fannie Farmer

(which is simply called The Boston Cooking School Cook Book!)

Barbara brought a salad

Cream cheese ring with fruit

from Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book

(can't you just see it on a ladies lunch table in the 30s or 40s)

Salads today don't come like that!

Fannie makes a reappearance

From Sara's grandmother

And Sara's vegetable choice was peas with lemon mint butter

It's not chocolate pie -- it's coffee cream pie!

From the Modern Priscilla Cook Book

which I got in Minnesota in February

It was the oldest book last night published in 1924

And my favorite story

Michelle's husband's aunt's cookbook

Everyday Foods

her home-ec text book from high school

It has her name, date, locker number written on the inside cover

What a treasure that is

And it was published in 1927!

Lots of text, lots of illustration and then recipes

So that every high school girl could learn things properly

And have recipes to make a husband happy!

The recipes:

From The Boston Cooking School Cook Book by Fannie Farmer

Donna used pork instead of beef

The Betty Crocker Picture Cook Book

yielded the recipe for this dish

Barbara used canned fruit for the garnish

A newer version of Fannie Farmer

(named Fannie Farmer -- not Boston Cooking School)

provided Sara's peas with lemon-mint butter

The Modern Priscilla Cook Book

provided the recipe for Coffee Cream Pie

(I did serve it with big dollops of whipped cream)

I've never head of coffee pie and so I was intrigued

(the book also had a recipe for cantaloupe pie and I almost made that!)

Michelle makes lemon meringue pie a lot

But not with this recipe

which she, like me, found daunting in using a double boiler

And she, like me, felt that it took longer than forever for the mixture to thicken!

But we all felt that it was a really good lemon pie!

We had a grand time and are looking forward to our next adventure

which will be with Ree Drummond

The Pioneer Woman

for we're hoping that sometime next year we can do a road trip

to Oklahoma and visit both her restaurant and her lodge.