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"Pioneer Recipes is a compilation of material gathered by the Deseret News during a contest conducted by that paper in 1949-1950. Prizes were awarded best recipes in each classification, and all entries became the property of the Deseret News"--T.p. verso.
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"The meat recipes included in the collection were awarded the grand prize in the National Meat Contest and the fish recipes were awarded the first prize in the New England Fish Contest. Most of the recipes in this collection have been awarded prizes in newspaper, magazine, and other contests."--P. v.
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Includes Portuguese and Spanish dishes along with a recipe for Mexican frijoles. Cf. Driver.
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"Aunt Sammy's radio recipes, revised, brings together 400 of the most popular recipes and 90 of the menus included in the Housekeepers' Chats. Immediately with the start of this radio service for women in 1926 came the demand for copies of the recipes originated by the Bureau of Home Economics but not included in the regular printed series."--Foreword, page v.
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Manuscripts
The volume contains 220 entries of recipes for food, drink, and medicines. The medicinal recipes include remedies for bladder ulcers, palsy, dropsy, scurvy, consumption, cough and shortage of breath. Entry #49 is the recipe for Walker's ointment, given in memory of the widow of Edward Walker of Stenhill. Entry #145 is the Duke of Berwick's physician's concoction for preservation against the pestilence that his soldiers contracted when they robbed infected houses in Marseilles. The handwriting and ink are the same throughout
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"In 12 volumes -- over 2,000 pages -- with more than 1,500 illustrations in color, 1,000 entries and 8,500 recipes, 1,200 menus, 50 specialty cook books and a host of delightful features by distinguished food writers."
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