Recently, while reading Vintage Cookbooks, I decided to pull out one of my old cookbooks. Since I’ve been going through a phase of wanting to throw every excess thing away (especially books) in preparation for my potential return to university, I figured I should try baking something from it to see if it was worth keeping.
I have two old cookbooks: one is from the very early 1900s but it’s in storage;
The book with the original recipe
the other is an old Duncan Hines recipe book – last copyright 1946 – that I literally found on the street that has been sitting in my bookshelves unused ever since. In other words, I’ve had this book for nearly
6 years and never baked a thing from it. But I was really hoping that it would prove to be worth the space since it entertains me to no end with it’s peculiar salads, it’s essential cocktail recipes, and it’s near complete disregard for what is now considered healthy. (I may have to write more posts about that, a la Vintage Cookbooks, just because I find them so funny.)
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