Fun in an old cookbook!

[tbutler]

My mother pulled out her church cookbook this evening. The cookbook is really two cookbooks in one. Titled: Past and Present, 1946 - 2008, it has all the recipes and other information from 1946 (the year I was born) and from 2008. Mom still has the old original 1946 cookbook and they used her copy for the new cookbook.

Anyway, I thought a few of the tips would be helpful today. There were two pages of tips in the 1946 book. Here is a sampling:

To make stove polish shine more easily, add a little turpentine.

Using a pastry brush, wash the bottom of unbaked pie shell with unbeaten white of egg; your pie will never soak.

Silk hose will wear longer if washed in cold water.

Tough meat will be made tender if placed in vinegar water for a few minutes.

My own personal favorite: Lard will be whiter if a teaspoon of baking soda is added after lard is started to render.

The cookbook was produced by the ladies of Friends United Church of Christ, 313 E Main Street, Warrenton, MO 63383 www.uccwebsites.net/friedensuccwarrentonmo.html

[Guest Wayne77590]

Wow! Have we come a long way, but those suggestions still work I'll wager.