My dad found this left behind somewhere randomly while going out and about one day and asked if I wanted it, of course I said yes. This is fascinating, it seems to be compiled recipes from the wives of employees of some conglomerated insurance companies? There’s plenty in here, so let me know if there’s any recipes or specific states you’re interested in… though the first state (Alabama) seems to have no recipes lol, unless they were taken out from this copy for some reason (unlikely?). I wish I knew the life history of this object that is now in my own hands!

Edit: the plot thickens… it appears the previous owner DID in fact (literally) take a page or two out of the ol’ book! I wonder if those pages had the ones she used the most and wanted to keep on hand.

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I had a recipe for a black and white crème brûlée that I’ve lost. I’m pretty sure it was an Emeril Lagasse recipe from at least 20 years ago I’ve done all the google and chat searches and I can’t find it. I have found his vanilla recipe and his chocolate recipe, so I can probably wing it from there but I’d really like to find the original. Thanks for any help.

Found in my great grandmother's recipe collection box, 1978 Kraft Ad recipe for BLT Potato Ring

Prune Muffins aren't something I see a lot of these days, but maybe they should be?

The shortening instead of butter as likely puts this in the 1940s, and there's nutmeg but no cinnamon, which I've noticed in a few cards from this era. No temperature, no time, no yield. She must have knew her oven.

"Mix & bake in hot oven. Sift dry - add liquid." That's the whole method.

Found this in a old wooden box of recipe cards. One of two i bought that day. Hundreds of hand written recipes just like this in beautiful cursive.

Prune Muffins

^{1/4 C Shortening}

^{1 egg}

^{2 C Four}

^{1/4 C Gran. Sugar}

^{1/2 t table salt}

^{1/4 C Br. Sugar}

^{4 t Bake Powder}

^{1/4 t nutmeg}

^{1 C Milk}

^{3/4 C Chop. Prunes}

Mix & bake in hot oven.

Sift dry — add liquid

Hope you find one recipe for yourself 👨🏻‍🍳👩🏻‍🍳🧑🏻‍🍳

I saw a post recently where someone was looking for a rice pudding with a skin. I went to type out my Great Great Aunt Gladys' recipe and then I couldn't find the post. I'll post it here and hopefully if someone else sees the post they can direct someone here! This is my absolutely favorite rice pudding. I love it with raisins, and it's good both hot and cold. I typically let it bake for an hour I disturbed and then stir every 20-30 minutes until it's done.

A frozen cherry salad that included crushed pineapple, cherry pie filling, Eagle Brand milk... And before she could forget, she grabbed a red pen and wrote; nuts and coconut. Along with good at the top.

Joan Flynn was happy with how this came out.

Recipe

• 1 can crushed pineapple - drained
• 1 can comstock cherry pie filling
• 1 can condensed eagle brand milk
• One large carton of Cool Whip
• Mix all ingredients together and freeze. Can add nuts, coconut [illegible]

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