Collections : [University of Michigan Special Collections Research Center]

Item [9] promotes Gerber's Strained Cereal and Strained Vegetables. Includes foreword by Lillian B. Storms, Ph.D., Director of the Department of Nutrition at Gerber Products Company of Fremont, MI; history of Gerber's; description of product preparation; diet, nutritional, and medical advice for mothers on the care and feeding of babies and children; list of Gerber's Strained foods; product packaging illustration; and index and bibliographic references. Damaged: stains on p. 40 and 41. Marked: Form E 5.

Item [10] promotes Staley's Syrups and Cream Corn Starch. Includes recipes for sandwiches, salads, snack food, beverages, and desserts; menus organized by event; foreword by Cornelia Staley and letter to mothers by A.E. Staley; advice on party planning and entertainment for children; offer for additional copies; product packaging, period dress, children, children playing, and table setting illustrations. Sample recipes: candle salad, sand-witches, and shamrock cookies. 2 copies.

Item [11] promotes Sunkist oranges and lemons and is a coloring book. Includes children's story intended for school or class use that describes where oranges and lemons grow and how they get to market; nutrition and diet advice; game and table to track growth and weight gain; offer for additional copies; and product packaging, and children in period dress illustrations. Marked: C-110--750M--9-36.

Item [12] promotes Presto Self Rising Cake Flour and girls learning to cook at home. Includes recipes for cakes, cookies, fillings and frostings, pastry and pies, and breads; reasons for using Presto instead of similar products; recipes intended for young girls; helpful hints for baking; advertisements for other Hecker H-O products; serving suggestion and product packaging illustrations; and index. Some recipes include wine as an ingredient. Sample recipes: imperial cake, cocoa coffee frosting, and grape tarts.

Item [13] promotes girls learning how to cook and is a die cut in the shape of a camp tent. Includes recipes for sandwiches, salads, entrees, and desserts; kitchen tips and advice on table setting, camp cooking, and good health; offer for additional copies from Detroit Creamery Company; and table setting, procedures for cooking, period dress, children, and outdoor dining illustrations. Sample recipes: camp stew, brown betty pudding, and cottage cheese fruit salad.

Item [14] promotes Presto Cake Flour and girls learning to cook at home. Includes recipes for breads, luncheon, desserts, frosting and fillings, and sauces; tips for baking and measuring; advertisements for Hecker H-O products; serving suggestion and product packaging illustrations; and index. Sample recipes: steamed date pudding, pinehurst cake, and epicurean sauce. Damaged: cover detached and split.

Item [15] promotes healthy diets for children with recipes attributed to the Culinary Arts Institute. Includes recipes for breakfast, salads, sandwiches, desserts, breads and beverages; menus for each day of the week for preschoolers and school age children; advice on diet, nutrition, purchasing food, and child care; table of food and vitamins; cost of book; table setting and serving suggestion illustrations; and index with list of corporate sponsors who contributed illustrations. Sample recipes: rolled oats and rice, baked liver, and blueberry rennet-custard.

Item [16] promotes Nestlé's Lion Brand Evaporated Milk and includes reasons for using it. Includes recipes for beverages, breakfast, breads, entrees, and desserts all of which use Nestlé's Lion Brand Evaporated Milk as an ingredient; advice on nutrition, care, and feeding of babies and young children; table of some sources of vital food elements; nutrition dictionary; American Medical Association endorsement; babies and product packaging illustrations. Sample recipes: epicure's egg timbales, molasses milk drink, and jeweled rice pudding. Marked: CM--14--L.

Item [17] promotes Karo Blue and Red Label corn syrup. Includes recipes for beverages, spreads, cereals, fruits, and desserts; advice on economical purchases, nutritional, and preparing food appealing to children; children and product packaging illustrations. Sample recipes: cocoa bread pudding, polka dot cream, and fruitade. Marked: A246.

Item [18] promotes Gerber's products for children past infancy. Includes recipes for soups, cereals, beverages, salads, luncheon, entrees, souffles, desserts, and frozen desserts attributed to the Experimental Kitchen at Gerber Products Company; general information about food values; advice on feeding children; product list of strained, junior, meat, and cereals; product packaging illustrations and index. Sample recipes: apricot-farina sherbet, spinach and liver custard, and chopped carrot sandwich.