Star Recipes
19463419Elm Creek Manitoba: Elm Creek Chapter No. 32 Order of the Eastern Star December 1946. First Edition First Printing. Card Covers. pp. 96. 8vo. measuring 6.25" x 9.25". Illustrated twice-stapled teal card covers bearing the star crest of the Order and red lettering to the centre of the front cover. Richly illustrated with a plethora of advertisements by sponsoring local and national businesses and merchants including from the Hudson's Bay Company Dorfman's Dyson's Pickles Limited Fred Simm & Son Elm Creek Cooperative Elevator Association Ltd. United College United Church of Canada Canada Bread Co. Limited N.M. Paterson & Co. Limited St. Claude Creamery amongst many others. Comprising of a brief history of Elm Creek it is accompanied with a rich selection of recipes all accompanied with the names of their respective contributors. Sections include: Meat Eggs Fish Etc.; Pickles; Salads Snacks and Sandwiches; Cookies; Buns and Bread; Grand Chapter Recipes; Cakes Light; Cakes Dark; Pies; Desserts; Canning Preserves Soups; Beverages; Icing and Candy; etc. Excepting some very rubbing to the covers there are no other detectable flaws to the extremities faint tide-mark to the upper margin of the title page only else contents remain bright clean and unmarked with tight sound binding. Remarkably well-preserved for its age. Overall near fine. <br/><br/>See Driver's reference M133.1 in 'Culinary Landmarks' wherein she additionally references "Garrett pp 125 131." Exceedingly rare in commerce and in such fine condition. At time of cataloguing not recorded in OCLC University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections Guelph McMaster et al. Rare indeed. Elm Creek Chapter No. 32, Order of the Eastern Star unknown
