The Modern Method of Preparing Delightful Foods

Ida Bailey Allen tells the story of American corn — Plymouth breakfasts to the Great War — and hangs a day's four meals on it, for the company that made Karo and Mazola.

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The Planting

4 recipes

Breakfast

54 recipes

Luncheon

79 recipes

Dinner

73 recipes

Supper

51 recipes

Corn Modernized

2 recipes

Unusual Recipes

46 recipes

Napery and Its Care

7 recipes

The Harvesting

1 recipe

Highlights

Minced Ham or Tongue Sandwiches

Add enough Mazola Mayonnaise to minced ham or tongue to allow it to spread easily. Make small sandwiches and fry first on one…

Fudge Sauce

1 cup sugar 1 cup Karo, Red Label 1/4 cup water 11/2 squares chocolate cut in bits 2 drops vanilla Few grains salt 1 tablespoon…

Luncheon

WHAT you provide for Luncheon determines the afternoon's successprovide fo Your husband's-the children's your own. If the meal is…

Karo-d Carrots

1 3 bunches carrots (2 pounds) Salt 1/2 cup Karo, Blue Label 2 tablespoons Mazola Mace Scrape the carrots, then cut in halves or…

Potato Salad

3 cups diced warm boiled potatoes 1 hard boiled egg 1 tablespoon chow-chow 2 tablespoons grated onion 5 tablespoons Mazola 2…

Chocolate Cake

Follow the preceding directions and bake in two layers. Cool and put together with Chocolate Icing.

Jack Wilbur's Pictures

Five full-page plates, captions and all — two scenes of American food history, three photographs of the products. The book in miniature.

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