Recipe Box Adventure!

I have always been fascinated by old recipes. I collect antiques and am always scouring the shops looking for old recipe books. I always hunt for a recipe box which actually contains the recipes from the home cook. In all my travels, and all of the recipe boxes that I have looked at, I have never found one that had the recipes contained within. On a recent trip to Texas, I found such a box! It was made in Japan (has the sticker on it) but was sold to its owner in Bruners San Antonio Corpus for $1.00. There was a label in the box written by the shop keeper which said “Purchased in 1950”. It is jam packed with recipes and I decided that it would be fun to include you, my readers, as we explore this recipe box together.

I am also a home cook who has a passion for cooking, food and all things yummy. So, I thought, why not combine my love of cooking, old recipes and exploration in this blog that I could share with my friends?

I’m not sure how many recipes are actually contained in the box, but it could be a couple of hundred which will keep us entertained for many days to come.

Together we will pull one recipe at a time and I will attempt to cook it. I have to admit, I’m not much of a baker but will give it my very best effort. I hope that in exploring these recipes we can keep history alive and cookin’!

Monday, March 17, 2014

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!!!

Will you be drinking some of this today?  Maybe it will be green?  Found this in the recipe box:

Ad for beer - add says 6- 12 oz cans of beer for 99 cents!  Wow!  This ad was from 1965.  Things were so much cheaper back then.  

 Did you make a corned beef?  I made mine yesterday in the crock pot and I used beer (not green) as the cooking liquid. It really makes a delicious corned beef! 
What about a parade?  All things fun on St. Paddy's Day! Don't forget to wear your green!  
  1. “If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.” - Brendan Behan (famous Irish poet)
  2. Not to ruin your St. Patricks Day fun but, it is:  Day 1 of the 9-day slaw experiment!! Are you excited????  I am!!  Here is my report for Day 1:  Slaw tastes fantastic!  Love the flavors, not liking all the liquid.  Still lots of liquid in the bottom of the bowl.  I would suspect that the recipe is not right in its proportions.  I think I will look at other Nine Day Slaw recipes for reference.  
  3. I hope you have a wonderful day!!!

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