Titled OLD TIMEY RECIPES collected by Phyllis Connor. Softcover, with illustrated drawings, measures approx 5-1/2” x almost 6-1/2” with 65 pages. No index but the table of contents lists all the recipes and categories for Breads, Cakes, Candies, Cookies, Jellies and Preserves, Meats, Pastry, Pies, Pickles and Relish, Puddings and Desserts, Salad and Salad Dressing, Stuffings, Vegetables – Side Dishes, Beverages. Dated 1973, 7th Edition. No publisher given. See below list of recipe contributors and above image for style of published recipes. Quite a charming country-feel mountain-type recipe cookbook … and the cover resembles patchwork! There’s even a recipe for parsnip wine … moonshine … and home brew!
From Introduction/Foreword:
Here is a collection of regional recipes from some of the best cooks in this mountain area. Many of these recipes are old family favorites that have been handed down through two or more generations. Not only have they been tested and proven, they are, for the most part, simple and yet unusual. In nearly all of them the only ingredients needed are the basic food stuffs which we keep on hand at all times.
Some of our donors gave us their names (28), others declined because they did not want to take credit for something which they considered common knowledge.
We have put in a sprinkling of old timey recipes which are really out of date (such as sassafras jelly or hog jowl with turnip greens) but these are added because of their special interest. Most of them are standards, however, the kind that your ladies like to learn on and the kind all of us come back to time and time again.
Generally you will find that, as these “old favorites” indicate, the best recipes call for simple, good-quality ingredients such as: butter, milk, common vegetables and meat. Combined correctly, these fundamental ingredients will not need rare, exotic spices which might only “hide” the nuances of their own good flavors.
Contributors Names:
Mrs James E Arnold
Mrs Ruth Atkins
Mrs W A Baker
Jeannette Ball
Mel Barnette
Eula Barnhill
Mrs Melvin Belcher
Mrs O S Bruce
Mrs W G Burchett
Mrs Harold Calfee
Mrs Dorothy Carroll
Mrs C T Carson (from an 1831 cookbook)
Elsa Cheek
Mrs Elmer Coleman
Phyllis Connor, Bluefield WV
Mrs Robert Connor
Mrs B C Courtney
Mr/Mrs Russell J Cousins
Mrs E A Crawford
Mrs Glenn Davis, Bluefield WV
Mrs Carl Deskins, North Tazewell VA
Mrs Tom Edwards
Mrs Venita Francis
Debbie Frye
Mary Graham
Mrs D B Gray
Mrs A E Griffith
Myrtle Hash
Mrs R M Henderson (written down in 1890)
Mrs Daniel W Hicks
Mrs Fred B Horne
Mae Humphries, Greenbrier County Kentucky
Mrs Jimmy Jones
Mrs Jimmy Law
Mrs W H Long
Cathleen Matthews
Mrs H T Matthews
Mrs Harold Matthews
Peggy McGraw
Mrs Jean McGuire, Clifton Forge VA
Mrs Colonel Moore (written down in 1890)
Mountain Crafts Shop, Bluefield WV
Dr Toy Nelson, Bluefield WV
Mrs O T Powers
Mrs W E Purdue
Mrs DWR, Washington City (1890)
Mrs R G Regan, Glade Spring VA
Mrs Robert Rounion
Mrs H F Toothman
Mrs Harry Toothman (from cookbook published in 1880)
Sue Welker
Mrs Leo White
Mrs Harold Whiting
Mrs Marvin Wilburn, Bluefield WV
Mrs J C Wilkinson, Bluefield WV
Mrs Stella Johnson Witt, Tazewell VA
Mrs Richard Wood
Aunt Susie Zimmerman
Random Sample Recipe(s):
CORNED BEEF HASH PIE
1 pound corned beef hash
1 egg slightly beaten
½ cup catsup
1 pint of peas or corn
¼ pound American cheese – grated
3 tablespoons milk
1/8 teaspoon dry mustard
Combine hash, egg, catsup. Mix. Line bottom and sides of greased 9” pie pan with this mixture. Spread the vegetables on top. Put cheese, milk and mustard in saucepan. Heat until blended. Pour over meat-vegetable mixture. Bake 350-degree oven for 20 minutes.
6 Servings
BAKED HAM GLAZES
ORANGE-HONEY … Combine ½ cup honey with ½ cup orange juice and 1 cup light brown sugar. Mix well.
CURRANT JELLY … Blend together 1 cup currant jelly, ½ teaspoon dry mustard and 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish.
CRANBERRY … Fork whip 1 cup canned cranberry jelly with ½ cup light corn syrup.
MUSTARD … Combine 1 cup light brown sugar, ¼ cup prepared yellow mustard, and ½ teaspoon powdered cloves.
Condition: Very Good. Non-toned quality-paper pages are clean with no splatters or spots, tight to no-rust two-staple binding, no creases, no dog-ears, no chips, no tears, no writing, all pages intact. Covers are clean with only one spot under the word “Recipes” on front cover. Price sticker on front cover corner, what Grandma paid for it decades ago .... my pet peeve is ignorant sellers who deface a fragile antique with a sticky cheap price tag! My dear late grandma loved her cookbooks, recipe booklet books, cookbooklets, advertising promotional premiums ... bought mostly at yard sales, she read them all like novels, rarely cooking from them because my grandpa was either too strict with his money or because he was strictly a meat-and-potatoes-only eater. Minimal shelf wear. Gutter shadow is from scanner and NOT on item ... any shadowing or blemishes are enhanced/exaggerated by the scanner. Books are NOT from smoke-free or pet-free environment. Please see above 4 supersized image ... they are part of the description. Email with questions or requests.
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