Browsing my vintage cookbooks [View all]

I just love leafing through old church-lady cookbooks. It’s interesting to see how much tastes have changed. Here’s a recipe for "Christmas Aftermath" from around 1915.


Christmas Aftermath

Butter a baking dish and put into it a layer of mashed potatoes; then a layer of leftover fowl meat (chopped), a dozen large oysters, seasoned and rolled in cracker crumbs. Add bits of butter and one cup of milk. Bake for 20 minutes.

This particular book is full of hand-written recipes and bits of paper. One recipe for what may be tartar sauce is on the back of stationery from the Mineola Hotel where rooms start at $2.50.

I love my old cookbooks.