Philathea Cook Book

A church class in Worcester, Massachusetts pooled its recipes in 1922 — and signed every one of them.

This site is the complete 1922 book Philathea Cook Book, page by page as originally printed — period spelling, remedies and opinions included. About this edition →

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The Book

1 recipe

Bread, Rolls and Muffins

20 recipes

Soups

6 recipes

Fish and Meat Dishes

31 recipes

Salads and Salad Dressings

8 recipes

Puddings

27 recipes

Pastry

12 recipes

Cake

43 recipes

Doughnuts and Cookies

22 recipes

Confections

8 recipes

Pickles and Preserves

6 recipes

Sick Room Recipes

14 recipes

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Highlights

Maple Charlotte

One envelope of Minute gelatine, 1 cup of maple syrup, 1 cup milk, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts, 2 eggs, 1 tsp. vanilla. Heat milk and…

Oatmeal Cookies (Cup sugar eggs tsp Royal bak)

1 cup sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp. Royal bak. powder 21/2 cups oatmeal 1 tbsp. butter 1 tsp. vanilla Cream butter and sugar, add yolks of…

English Christmas Plum Pudding

(Makes two puddings) 11/2 cups flour, 11/2 cups bread crumbs, 11/½ tsp. Royal baking powder, 1 lb. 2 oz. suet, 11/2 lbs. raisins…

Mock Lobster

11/2 cups salmon, 1 cup tomatoes, 2 tbsp. cracker crumbs, 1 tbsp. butter, salt, pepper or paprika. Cook ten minutes in double…

Graham Bread

1 pt. Graham flour 1 tsp. salt 1 good tbsp. lard 1/2 cup light molasses 1 yeast cake Mix with milk or water. Makes two loaves.

Waffles (Tsp salt tsp soda eggs)

1/4 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. soda 2 eggs 21/2 cups milk, 3 cups flour, 3 eggs (whites and yolks beaten separately), 2 tsp. Royal baking…

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