A New Old Cookbook!!!

So, I attended an auction with some friends a while back and my friend won a stack of old books.  As it was nearing the end of the evening, they had piled a bunch of other books on top of the few she wanted.  After the auction was over and she went to collect her things, she allowed me to poke around through the books she didn't want.  I came away with a yearbook from 1950-something and one from the 1920s!  Very cool...  There was also this neat old cookbook....

The cover says "Westport Victory Cook Book".  Printed in 1942, it encourages individuals to "patronize the firms whose advertisements appear herein".  There are many old adverts for local businesses throughout the pages.  How interesting!

Inside the cover

I'm picking a few receipts from the different sections of the book and trying them each week.  This time around we have Peter Pan Pudding, "My Blue Ribbon Devils Food Cake", Orange Slice Cookies, Graham Cracker Pudding, Butterscotch Rolls, and American Style Beef Pot Roast.  It looks like a lot of sweets this time around!  I'm taking the first receipt from each section and working through it throughout each pay period.  So there will be another set of yummy deliciousness in two weeks!

For tonight, we made homemade pizza with pepperoni, cheese, and pineapple toppings.  Yum!  My good friend Laurel from SnailCreekFarm.blogspot.com came over to drop off a roast for our meal later this week.  While we were chatting, she mentioned a new food related blog and that got me thinking,  "Why not post about what I'm doing with this cookbook!"  And so here is the first of, I hope, many food related posts!  

On to tonight's experiment with the 1942 receipts...  I made the dish Peter Pan Pudding.  Odd name for a tasty and cool treat!  It consists of gelatin, whipped cream, crushed pineapple, marshmallows, marashino cherries, and pecans.  It went together quickly and tasted better after chilling for a bit in the fridge.  The recipe actually calls for you to "stir and allow to set".  I could tell why very quickly!  The cream is bland tasting at first because it hasn't had time to soak up the other flavors yet.  After setting in the fridge for a little bit, it tasted very good!  Laurel had left by the time we got out the fancy dessert dishes and served some up!  Everyone enjoyed it!  So here are some pics of Peter Pan Pudding and the receipt from the cookbook for you to try, if you'd like!

Stirring in the marshmallows and pecans.

The recipe from the 1942 cook book.

Finished Peter Pan Pudding served up in beautiful dessert dishes!

I hope you enjoyed this post and will come back for more!  

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