Recipes for Old-Fashioned Celebrations

With historical notes from Conner Prairie Museum

The celebrations we have here in America are very much about bringing people together. Good food is a large part of your family and community. The recipes in this cookbook highlight some of the wonderful foods that accompanied bigger celebrations such as Christmas, New Year's and Easter, as well as work gatherings, camp meetings, weddings and funerals.

Notes are provided from Conner Prairie Museum and give a historical perspective on some of these early American celebrations.

Here is a sampling of recipes from this cookbook.

New Year's Day Recipes:
    Pork Roast and Sauerkraut
    Corned Beef and Cabbage
    New Year's Cake

Valentine's Day Recipes:
    Valentine Buns
    Apple Custard Pie
    Molasses Taffy

Easter Recipes:
   Peas with Mint
    Greens and Hot Dressing
    Glazed Ham
    Egg Cheese

Funerals:
    Stewed Chicken
    Ham Pie
    Mashed Potatoes with Onions
    Raisin Pie "Funeral Pie"

Weddings:
    Pork and Ham Loaf
    Green Corn Pudding
    Stack Cake
    Rice Pudding
    Cherry Pie

Independence Day:

    Fried Chicken
    Sweet Pickles
    Muster Day Gingerbread
    Election Cake
    Black Raspberry Pie
    Vanilla Ice Cream

Work Frolics:

    Pickled Beet Root and Eggs
    Virginia Corn Pone
    Venison Steaks
    Apple Butter
    Squash Pie
    Brown Sugar Pound Cake

Camp Meeting:

    Molasses Bread
    Potato Balls
    Chicken Salad
    Apple Pie

Halloween & Thanksgiving:

    Doughnuts
    Lemon Sponge Cake
    Cider Cake
    Stewed Peaches
    Batter Bread
    Thanksgiving Pudding

Christmas:

    Roast Goose with Sauerkraut
    Moravian Cookies
    Custard Pie
    Bourbon Cake

Mix and match this Celebrations recipes cookbook with some of the titles below. These cookbooks would be a wonderful bridal shower or baby shower gift for that special someone that you know. They are also a nice gift for a neighbor of teacher that is fond of cooking. This book has a nice amount of history regarding early American celebrations for the history buff as well. To learn more, visit the Conner Prairie Museum website.

This cookbook measures 8 1/2 " x 5 1/2 " and is a soft cover book. 32 pages.

All recipes in these cookbooks are in US equivalents (cups, pounds, ounces).

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