Second Edition of the Twentieth Century Cook Book Has Been Revised and Enlarged by The Ladies' Aid Society of the First Christian Church, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1906

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The Dalles, Oregon, The Ladies' Aid Society of the First Christian Church, The Dalles, Oregon, 1906, paper wraps

2nd edition, revised and enlarged, VG+

[COOK BOOK – REGIONAL]  [OREGON – THE DALLES]  [RECIPES]  [LADIES’ AID SOCIETY]  The Ladies Aid Society of the First Christian Church, The Dalles, Oregon.  Second Edition of the Twentieth Century Cook Book Has Been Revised and Enlarged by The Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Christian Church, The Dalles, Oregon, in 1906 (The Dalles, OR: Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Christian Church, 1906).  Printed by Chronicle Print, The Dalles, OR.

Red paper wraps; frontis; 72 pp plus a one-page index; several blank pages inserted among the text block to add recipes by hand of which three have recipes written on them and two others have recipes attached to them with straight pins; regional advertising throughout.  Measures 8 x 5.25 inches.  Inside front cover has bled some red color onto the outside edge of the first free flyleaf which contains the frontis photo of the First Christian Church; small separation on the bottom quarter inch of the wrapper spine; o/w in VG+ condition; clean and bright throughout.  [26-1145]

The Preface states, “The first edition of the Twentieth Century Cook Book, prepared in 1901, by the Ladies’ Aid Society of the First Christian Church, has long since been exhausted.  The demand for a new edition has become so great that the original book, revised and enlarged by the edition of many new and tested recipes, is now presented to the public.  The recipes have been compiled with great care.  They are all tested and tried and need no further commendation than the name attached to each.”  The majority of the recipes have a local woman’s name printed at the end of the entry.

The index lists the various recipe categories: Bread; Sandwiches; Cookies, Doughnuts and Gingerbread; Soup; Meats and Fish; Vegetables; Salads; Puddings; Pies; Cakes; Breakfast and Tea Cakes; Icings and Fillings; Preserves and Pickles; Drinks; Ice Cream; Candies; Invalid’s Tray; and Miscellaneous.  Also included at the end is information on Weights and Measures and Household Hints.  The three pages filled in by hand give recipes for Beefsteak Saute, Mrs. Eels Salad Dressing (added on March 12, 1908), and Plum Pudding.  One of the pinned-in sheets is titled “My Own Recipe for Onion Pickles [and] French Pickles”.  The other is a recipe for “Pickled Peaches, Pears, and Sweet Apples”.

Fine recipe / cook book from this community along the Oregon side of the Columbia River in Wasco County.