Box 180.
Creators include:
- Allen, Olive S.
- Splint, Sarah Field, 1883-1959.
- Semple, Mildred.
- McLean, Beth Bailey, 1892-1976.
- Carter, Winifred S.
- Procter & Gamble Company.
- Swift & Company.
Creators include:
3.5 Linear Feet (7 small manuscript boxes)
Forms part of the Janice Bluestein Longone Culinary Archive. This collection includes promotional materials relating to various kinds of fat used in cooking, including lard, margarine, vegetable oils, and shortening. It does not include materials specifically focused on butter, which are part of the Culinary Ephemera: Dairy collection. Publications date from 1889-1990s, with most materials concentrated in the 1900s-1950s. Brands and products of particular note include Wesson Oil, Oleomargarine, Spry shortening, and Crisco shortening.
Item [1] promotes Crisco shortening. Includes product packaging and period dress on front cover; pastry, cake, and deep frying hints; information on Olive Allen's experience and Crisco; comments on recipes (some recipes are attributed); and index. Sample recipes: Mexican rarebit, raspberry tarts, King Richard's apple fritters, and spiced coffee cake.
Item [2] promotes Crisco shortening. Includes cooking hints; information on Crisco; and product packaging, period dress, and serving suggestion illustrations. Sample recipes: rolled oat wafers, vanilla wafers, English fruit cake, and rice pudding.
Item [3] promotes Crisco shortening. Includes elaborately illustrated method for making Danish pastry; offer for display materials; and period dress, test kitchen, and serving suggestion illustrations. Series: Crisco bakery service series ; no. 1. Form 74-U.
Item [4] promotes Crisco shortening. Includes detailed illustrated methods for deep frying, pastry, biscuits, and cakes; serving suggestion and product packaging illustrations; and offer for The art of cooking and serving, by Sarah Field Splint, food editor of McCall's magazine. Sample recipes: fried oysters, stuffed flank steak, and coconut jumbles. Cover slightly damaged. Marked: T-2.
Item [5] promotes Crisco shortening. Includes basic instructions on baking pies. Series: Manual ; no. 2. Sample recipes: puff paste, butterscotch pie, and prune whip pie. Marked: 101-T.
Item [6] is similar to item [5]. Basic instructions on baking cakes and cookies. Series: Manual ; no. 3. Sample recipes: pound cake, spice cake with sour milk, and frosted caramel squares. Marked; 102-T.
Item [7] is similar to item [6]. Basic instructions on making desserts. Series: Manual ; no. 5. Sample recipes: Washington pie, two-minute cake, and brown Betty. Marked: 104-T.
Item [8] promotes Crisco shortening. Includes similar illustrated methods as in [4]; serving suggestion and product packaging illustrations; and offer for The art of cooking and serving by Sarah Field Splint, food editor of McCall's magazine. Sample recipes: veal oysters, carrots O'Brien, and fluffy omelet. Marked 160-T.