17.5 Linear Feet (35 small manuscript boxes)
Series 1: Flour includes publications from a range of companies promoting flour products. Most publications focus on recipes for sweet baked goods, such as cake, pie, quickbreads, and cookies, but some provide recipes for sandwiches or other savory dishes. Although the inclusive dates are 1869-2002, most publications date from the 1910s-1970s. In addition to numerous flour companies, including Robin Hood Flour Mills, Washburn Crosby Company, and King Arthur Flour, among others, this series includes publications from corporations that produced both flour and baking mixes, such as various iterations of the Pillsbury company.
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Item [1] promotes Calumet Baking Powder. Includes color illustrations of woman in period dress, company child and dog mascots, company model kitchen and laboratories, facilities, product packaging, and serving suggestions; product quality guarantee; Modern Priscilla certificate of approval; offers for additional copies of publication and The children's party book; full page advertisements for product and for company-sponsored radio programs; descriptions of product composition and of the company's Home Economics Dept.; table of cooking times; table of ideal food combinations; table of weights and measures; method for testing freshness of product; household hints and table etiquette; recipes for baked goods, candies, soups, salads and entrees; and index. Sample recipes: cream puffs, Charlotte Russe, and Calumet meat pie.
Item [2] promotes Calumet Baking Powder. Includes menus and recipes organized by event or theme such as Afternoon Tea or Lincoln's Birthday Party; novel serving ideas; illustrations of serving suggestions, table settings and people in period dress; and index. Sample recipes: chicken mousse, Washington pie, and roast goose. Damaged: covers missing, first and last pages loose.
Item [3] promotes Calumet Baking Powder. Includes six quantity recipes for cookies, quick breads, and muffins; General Foods product list; and place to record costs on each card. Sample recipe: rich corn bread. Marked: 1068-39, 1068-46, 1068-50, 1068-51, 1068-59, and 1068-192.
Item [4] promotes Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Sodas and features recipes tested and approved in the Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda Kitchen by Martha Lee Anderson. Includes introduction, comments on use of sour milk, buttermilk and baking soda; substitutes for sour milk and buttermilk; facts regarding plain white flour; baking and kitchen tips; tables of weights and measures, temperatures and baking times, and cooking times for vegetables; illustrations of product packaging and serving suggestions; recipes for hot breads, cakes, cookies, puddings and doughnuts, and frostings and sauces; and index. Sample recipes: bran muffins, golden spice cake, and Saturday's pudding. Marked: F-1000-1-36.
Item [5] promotes Arm and Hammer baking soda. Includes introduction; comments on use of sour milk or buttermilk in place of baking powder; advantages of Arm and Hammer soda; general directions for cooking with baking soda; hints on baking; tables of weights and measures and weights per bushel of grain in 33 states; tips for using baking soda for cleaning and stain removal; what to do in case of accidents; postage rates; illustrations of people in period dress; recipes (some attributed) for soups, breads, cakes, cookies, candies, frostings, pastry, puddings, desserts, soups, and sauces; offer for additional copies; and index. Sample recipes: mock bisque soup, griddle cakes, and jelly roulade. Damaged: missing outside covers.
Item [6] promotes Arm & Hammer and Cow Brand Baking Soda with introduction by Martha Lee Anderson of the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Research Test Kitchen. Includes tips for using baking soda for cleaning, fire extinguishing and odor removal; illustrations of product packaging and serving suggestions; and recipes for cakes, frostings, cookies, and quick breads. Sample recipes: red devil's loaf cake, peanut butter icebox cookies, and lemon clover rolls. Marked: D-2000-3-37.
Item [7] promotes Cow Brand Soda. Includes perpetual calendar; introduction to the housewife; full-page advertisement for Cow Brand Soda (or saleratus); advantages of Cow Brand Soda; use of soda with sour milk, buttermilk or cream of tartar; household tips; tips for estimating measures, measuring cubic contents of a corn crib, and capacities of square and circular cisterns; advice on using baking soda for various household tasks and for farm animals; postage rates and regulations; tables of weights and measures and weights of a bushel of grain in 34 states; how deep to plant corn and amount of barbed wire required for fence; daily savings at compound interest; illustrations of product packaging; recipes for breads, cakes, candies, desserts, puddings, pies, soups, and sauces; and index. Sample recipes: corn dodgers, Queen Ann apple flamri, and Everton taffy. Marked: (Cow).