Orphaned Cookbooks

[@amywright2243]

Enjoying your back catalog of videos today. My Mom was a nurse for 30 years. I have her recipe box with many written on notepads with drug/medication advertising. I know that while she was caring for her patients, she was collecting recipes to care for us at home, too.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Amy - what a beautiful story about your mom and how she collected recipes and used all the old promotional pads of paper that the drug companies gave out (maybe they still do). Since she was a nurse, she knew how to take good care of people! Thanks for sharing!

[@SK-ki1te]

“Some people just tear out recipes and some tear out and actually make them “🤣😂

[@denisej4522]

Your view that these old cookbooks and other kitchen related things are an important part of history sure resonates with me, Kevin! I feel suich a strong sense of connection w those from my past when making their recipes. I even feel it with those cooks and bakers I never knew when I see their recipe, (or make them) and imagine their lives. Cooking and baking feels to me like recreating history.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Denise - you are right on about the connection with cooking and our history! I often say that cooking is one way that we can "time travel" and it's also a wonderful way to stay connected to those who have passed down so many of these great recipes. Thanks!

[@denisej4522]

@@cavalcadeoffood "Tie travel" is a great way to describe it!

[@junehalapir5859]

I hope someone will appreciate my hundreds of cookbooks some day.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi June! There will always be people who value the printed cookbooks! So many of those recipes are not online, so those cookbooks are great resources. Thanks!

[@lightmarker3146]

Dear Kevin, your cookbook donor knew the best home for these , your library!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, lightmarker! I will try to give the cookbooks a good home!!

[@lightmarker3146]

@@cavalcadeoffood I'm sure you will !

[@jeffphillips6795]

I love old cookbooks! I think it’s so important to keep, treasure these books there a glimpse into the past! Thanks great show

[@cavalcadeoffood]

You're welcome, Jeff!

[@juneaustin5870]

Thank you so much Kevin, old cookbooks, handwritten recipes, magazine clippings, hold so much meaning and history. Just made my heart leap with joy as you went through that bag and that box. I found my mother in-law's peanut butter cookie recipe handwritten on a scrap of paper after she passed, in her beautiful script, just the ingredients and oven temperature, it is stained, creased from much use and a lot of love. My husband wept when he saw it and smiled when we baked some...like a bit of her is still with us.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi June - thank you for sharing the experience you and your husband had with your mother-in-law's cookie recipe and knowing the value of these old, tucked-away recipes. I'll bet those cookies tasted extra good because they help to keep the connection with her! Thanks so much!

[@justinhaase8825]

I live behind a thrift store…and am very familiar with their dumpster. I bet my library will prob be pretty close to yours in size…and I have found what must be literal tons of cooking appliances and utensils over the years. I have barely cooked any recipes because life is super busy…but I find so much potential in cookbooks and utensils. There is a small cooking appliance museum in SW Missouri you might consider visiting…

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Justin - I'll bet you've found a lot of great items in the dumpster of the thrift store. I think many donations don't make it out to the sales floor for one reason or another and just get tossed. Glad you've rescued some things!! I've not been to the appliance museum in Missouri, but I'd like to visit someday. Thanks!

[@JWimpy]

Any time I am in a thrift store I always check out the old recipe books. I especially like the little booklets that food companies and appliance companies put out. That A&P ad brings back memories. My grandfather was a butcher for an A&P in Dallas, TX.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Johnny - those little booklets from the food manufacturers have some of the best recipes! I miss A&P! Thanks!

[@lightmarker3146]

When I lived in Maine 1990 one of the last A and P stores was still open in Greenville , Maine . It was a hoot .

[@sueferguson7288]

Oh Kevin, regarding cookbooks! You are a kindred soul!! Started collecting in late 1960's. A few years ago I had to start trying to downsize them.... donated to Library book sale.

[@trainships1795]

Sugarcreek,Ohio was settled by Swiss Immigrants and many of the buildings in downtown area are very similar to those in Switzerland 🇨🇭. Swiss Cheese manufacturing in the Area similar to Wisconsin. They have an Annual Swiss Festival and it is one of the gateways to Ohio Amish Country. It is also home to the largest Cuckoo Clock.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Train Ships! Thanks so much for the information! I plan to visit Sugarcreek the next time I travel in Ohio. Thanks!

[@yudellachirino1216]

Greetings from ARUBA ..One Happy Island in the Caribbean. I love your channel

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hello Aruba!! Thanks so much Yudella! I appreciate you watching!

[@DaveMathison503]

I've got my grandma's cook books, example 1- The Bread Basket by Fleischmann's Yeast dated 1942. #2- The 4-H project originally 1914, the Revised June 1945. And my favorite #3- Your really Cooking when you're cooking with SEVEN-UP, 1957 from the Seven-up co. St. Louis Mo.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Joe! You've got some great cookbooks there from your grandma! I'll bet there's a lot of fun recipes in that 7UP cookbook! Enjoy!

[@horseshoe3345]

Orphaned cookbooks? Oh, I get it! They were left on your doorstep just like a baby. How kind of you to adopt them and give them a home.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Alice! Yes, they were left at my front door so I felt like someone wanted me to adopt them! Thanks!

[@andrewoltman1171]

I so appreciate the respect and love you put into everything, you are a joy to watch, and what a wonderful episode, taking us back to a very different time. I appreciate everything you, Ralph, and Mar do to bring the joy to us.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thank you so much, Andrew! It's our pleasure to share these things with others who find them of interest. I appreciate you watching!

[@bambihoyer5893]

Always interesting to see an old newspaper ad. Great show as always.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Bambi!

[@JohnSurf5]

It’s interesting when people find out that you collect a certain thing, especially older things, they are delighted if they have something they can give you that they’ve inherited and were hoping to find a new home for. I bought my great grandparents bungalow and mentioned all the cookbooks that came with it and also that I had some from my other grandparents as well and now several of my friends have brought me their relatives cookbooks. At first, I was a a little bit less appreciative than I should’ve been. But then the pandemic came, and I needed to cook with what was on hand, and those cookbooks were lifesavers! I went from being able to sort of understand what cooking was to being competent with making a meal with basic pantry items. These older cookbooks are such wonderful guides for beginner cooks to intermediate cooks and invaluable for helping to make delicious dishes with often very few ingredients. Thank you for sharing these cookbooks in your different video segments. A lot of younger people suggest only needing online sources, but I have discovered multiple online recipes were not tested and were nothing more than a vehicle to sell ads. Also, these cookbooks do a great job of usually explaining cooking and recipe understanding basics. Lastly, they represent a little piece of local culture. Each region has their own version of some popular dishes. I have enjoyed cross-referencing a recipe through multiple cookbooks and seeing the different variations.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi John - you put it beautifully. These old cookbooks are important for all the reasons you gave, and most of them were written by trusted cooks or test kitchens so that the were sure to work. So much of what I see online is untested, and I can see issues with recipes just reading them over. And yes, when people know you collect something it often means that they have something for you! Thanks!

[@prairiegirl9770]

When I was a young bride in the 1970’s, I loved the Chicago Tribune Food Guide every Wednesday. I have lots of those old recipes.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Lots of great recipes in the food sections of the old newspapers! Thanks!

[@amierichan1428]

Those look like my shelves:-)!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

LOL - sounds like you're also a cook book fan! Thanks, Amie!

[@sueferguson7288]

Had to try to measure my bookcases About 5 in house completely filled, books on top, boxes stored in shed in closets. Plastic bins of Pillsbury Bake Off books, Culinary Arts booklets. At one point several years ago had 3000 plus.....It breaks my heart that they won't get passed down. My daughter & 3 grand daughters are ALL Celiac!!!!!I could cry!!!!

[@garystaab7835]

I love finding cookbooks at estate sales, yard sales, flea markets and the such. So much fun. Great video, Kevin!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Gary! It's is fun to run across these old cookbooks at the sales. Thanks!

[@meredithlynn]

Hi Kevin and Marianne, What a fun surprise. Hope you are having a blessed day💛🌸 The first big cookbook is what I call a recipe Bible. You know that it belonged to a person who used and kept great recipes. I love that you are sharing your cookbook collection. Remember, there was no google or Pinterest back “then”.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Meredith Lynn! You're right - people couldn't have even imagined the internet back then and had to keep their recipes in some sort of file, book or box. Thanks!

[@christine38267]

Such a nice walk down memory lane.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Christine!

[@dicdollars1911]

Great video Kevin! I also share you interest in old cookbooks. There are many I have collect down here in Toledo. Lots of old ones from Hungarian, Polish and German church congregations down here.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Dic Dollars! I'll bet you have some great ones from those neighborhoods in Toledo. Enjoy!!

[@dalebartnick9403]

I was fortunate enough to receive my grandfather's hand written cookbook after his passing. Many of the recipes in that book I enjoyed as a child. I grew up watching my polish Grandparents garden can and cook. Many great lifelong memories are created in your Grandparent's kitchen.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Dale - how nice to have your grandfather's cookbook! It is such a wonderful way to stay connected to him and your family. I'm sure you cherish it! Enjoy!

[@carlaramunno7314]

Omg!! That looks like a box that could have come from my mom's house. She would write down recipes that where given on TV shows or the local call in radio show. What a treasure to explore!! Thank you for sharing and preserving a era that we grew up in. All the best to you and yours.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Carla! Thanks so much! Sounds like your mom had a lot of recipes, too!

[@jeffphillips6795]

My grandmother did too, it brings back so many memories and brings my grandmother back also.

[@RugbyFootballer]

Yay new episode keep them coming Kevin :o) so you are the man of the land of misfit cookbook

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi RugbyFootballer! Yes, I guess I'm the mayor of old cookbook town! Thanks!

[@sueferguson7288]

I see so many in your shelves that I have. One if my treasures is a huge one by Vincent Price & wife. He was quite the cook!!!!

[@suzannewahler7371]

I just love your channel!! So glad the cookbooks found a great home!! What fun😄

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks so much, Suzanne!

[@kageouscontagious]

Wow, how nice! I love your collection and preservation of history! Thanks for sharing 🤗

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi kageouscontagious - thanks so much!

[@jeffreyw2489]

I love your excitement over those recipe collections. I share it too. I hope your library (and all of your collection) will outlast us and be of interest to future generations. I think they will find these things to be fascinating.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Jeffrey! Glad you enjoy seeing these collections! Thanks so much!

[@johnhpalmer6098]

What a nice surprise to see you here on a Tuesday! Normally, you'd upload on a Thursday, but didn't see you do so last week, so Tuesday it is! Speaking of cookbooks, I have I think an early print of the Art of Cooking by Julia Child, an old Larrouse book. My Mom had a copy and I found a nice one with plastic jacket protector about 30 years ago, and it sits on a homemade shelf proudly. I also have an early 60's Better Homes and Garden's binder cookbook that used to be my mother's. She gave me hers when her mother died and she got her mother's instead. Even has several notes on certain recipes and a star as the ones she used, like for pancakes or waffles. I have a nearly fully faithful copy of the Betty Crocker cookie book, that was originally from 1963. It's a reissue from about 25-30 years ago that I've referenced for chocolate chip cookies and molasses crinkles and although it is wire bound, the wire is not exposed on the spine like the original ones, but has a cardboard back to cover the wire binding, but original, including the back that has the years and the popular cookie of that year, which is where I get the chocolate chip and molasses crinkles. They made an early reprint that had a standard binding and lacked that section, but when I saw this copy, I bought it at I think Borders. BTW, back to your episode on the vintage canister sets, I told you about a blue apothecary glass canister set I have that was my late mother's, some research after that episode reveals that this particular set, unadorned, 8 sided apothecary set was from LE Smith and it seems it came in 2 colors, turquoise blue and a deep green. They made other designs that were more elaborate of this basic shape that came in other colors like amber or amethyst or ruby red etc and they were one of the companies that made carnival glass trinkets and vases for fairs etc. back in the 60's and if memory serves, are still in business today if not mistaken.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi John - sounds like you have some great old cookbooks, and even nicer when they have a family connection! I think I have a reprint of that Betty Crocker Cooky Book in the library. Interesting about the glass cannisters from LE Smith! Thanks!

[@ahartfie]

Late to the party but re: microwave cooking, we got our first microwave from JC Penney in 1986. I think we went to six weeks of weekly cooking classes. I also remember our microwave-only cookware, mostly used for boxes of frozen vegetables. Keep up the good work.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Adam! Sounds like you got the entire course in cooking with your new microwave! I remember that microwave cookware. Thanks so much for watching!

[@cindywhite8118]

What a nice surprise

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Cindy!

[@Ladythyme]

I wish someone would leave a gift like that in my driveway! Jackpot! I’m Sooooo jealous… I use to work at the A&P in my early 20’s! My mom & dad use to shop there every week when I was growing up. Ohhhhhhhhhhh I’m drooling over these books… my mom had some of those which I now have still today.. I had a complete set of an Microwave Encyclopedia …I think it had 12 volumes 😉

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Lady Thyme! This was a nice surprise to find, for sure! When I was a kid I thought it would be fun to work at an A&P. I always loved the coffee smell from the grinder that was near the check outs. I thought it would be great to be around all that food! LOL! I didn't know there was an entire encyclopedia for microwave cooking! Fantastic! Thanks!

[@DJ-mu3ev]

Great episode. This channel is delightful. You've inspired me to go though some of my vintage church/women's club cookbooks and try out some new recipes this week.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, D J! I'll bet there's a lot of wonderful recipes in those old cookbooks of yours! You're sure to find some good ones to try out!

[@karentowns5137]

Hey there Kevin I'm enjoying your time and effort you put in your work! Boy the memories are to treasure. I saw couple of magazine recipes and a cookbook. my mom had. Boy did I get excited. Still trying to locate her recipes for her delicious casseroles. As always a hearty thank you! 🙌🙌😀💙

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Karen! Thanks so much! I hope you can locate your mom's recipes - those would be real treasures to have! Glad you enjoyed the video! Thank you!

[@wmalden]

Instant flashback for me when you showed the red “My Recipes” binder. My mom had one just like that in green. She filled that (or it fell apart) and she moved all the recipes to a regular 3 ring binder. I scanned all my moms clipped and hand-written recipes and saved them on my computer. Sadly, I don’t think anyone else would be interested in them so they will get tossed after I’m gone.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi wmalden - those handwritten recipes are really wonderful...especially when you recognize your mom's handwriting. It really makes them special. Thanks!

[@west8864]

Your old recipes don’t need to be thrown away. Consider donating to a culinary library - Google for resources

[@dawnelder9046]

I own a old Robin hood Christmas Cookbook from the 50s. It has Mr mothers shortbread recipe. My daughter asked me to take a picture of it and send it to her. For my birthday I got a wooden plack with the recipe in my mother's hand writing. It is on the wall. Love it.

[@goingslightlymad7172]

Good morning! Great video. Ironically, I was looking through an old recipe box yesterday looking for an onion rice recipe I had a few years ago. I found coupons for different items with an expiration date of 1998! I found the recipe, made it, and decided I don't like onion rice anymore, yuck! I have a bunch of "Culinary Arts Institute" little cook books. I remember looking at them when I was a kid dreaming of making candy and cookies. its fun to go back and look at all the "old" books! Glad your weather is warming up! :) Have a great day. :)

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi GSM! I've never heard of onion rice, but based on your review I don't know if I'll try it :-) Those books from the Culinary Arts Institute had such great illustrations and photos! Thanks so much!

[@TW1257]

love old ads and magazines. i have the Life with the original Chex Mix recipe and the December 1957 Better Homes and Gardens. The month and year I was born.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Tim! I didn't realize that they first published the Chex Mix recipe back in 1957 - great that you have it! Thanks!

[@kathyleah7088]

Thank you for sharing! So very interesting and makes me nostalgic.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

You're very welcome, Kathy!

[@tamsondarland8951]

I am an avid cookbook collector too. Such history from past cookbooks. Love your videos over cookbooks. Brings back wonderful memories. Thanks from Ky.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Tamson - thank you for watching...glad you enjoy the videos!

[@tamsondarland8951]

@@cavalcadeoffood Enjoy your channel topics so much. I love hearing about history. Love from Ky. 👍

[@jack6964]

What a great video! I am so happy that these have a new home. Do let us know if you make any recipes from some of these wonderful books!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi John! I will - I spotted a few recipes while sorting through these that I'm anxious to try! Thanks!

[@barry5153]

Really enjoyed!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Barry!

[@JL-vf6sd]

❤️

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, J L!

[@gerryramirez8706]

Christine and I would love to come see you, Kevin! Chris has a ton of cookbooks, and she can never get her fill of them. I hope you never stop sharing these great finds, and, naturally, your amazing recipes that I’ve actually used to make meals with (the kapusta recipe is the best, and we have our own Nesco!!).

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Gerry! I'll keep on sharing them with all of you! Glad you like the kapusta recipe and it sounds like you make it the good old Nesco way! Those roasters are the best! Thanks!

[@Channel-cm7yc]

Absolutely love your channel. Your presentations are top notch! 👍👍

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks so much, Channel123 - glad you enjoy the videos!

[@jasonjennings8125]

I'd like to see the vintage dishwasher one thing you havn't shown I love looking at the old stoves the wide frigidaire elements are nothing like todays elements

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Jason - I will have to do a tour of the dishwasher in the future. Thanks!

[@jasonjennings8125]

one question the old wide frigidaire radiant tube elements did they ever glow the red orange like coil top of today

[@jasonjennings8125]

Do you have any vintage washers/dryers i am into and like the old reliable appliances

[@cavalcadeoffood]

@@jasonjennings8125 Yes, if they were set on high they would eventually glow orange, but it took them longer to get to that stage than other thinner coils. Thanks!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

@@jasonjennings8125 No, I don't collect washers or dryers - I don't have any more room! LOL Thanks!

[@askmamalouise7605]

This is just juicy!!! Shout out to the marvelous gift giver!!!!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Mama Louise - for sure!

[@Al-thecarhistorian]

At 9:00 you display "Recipes from Little Switzerland of Ohio", published by the Sugar Creek United Church of Christ. To answer your question-Sugar Creek was settled by German and Swiss settlers, the latter being known for cheese making. Sugar Creek is known as the Little Switzerland of Ohio. My twin brother is a retired UCC minister and had a three point charge (minister of three churches) in that area for 10 years. A very heavy Amish population is found in this area of NE Ohio. We live about 20 miles north of Sugar Creek and visit the area occasionally to dine at one of several Amish themed restaurants. Much of this quaint area has been taken over by establishments promoting tourism. My wife is an avid cookbook collector. If you would consider selling this particular book, please reach out to us. As always, a well done video.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Al - thank you for all the information about Sugar Creek, Ohio! After reading through the cookbook I have made note to visit the town the next time I travel through Ohio. I'm in Michigan, so I often find myself in Ohio when traveling. Thanks again for the background!

[@tomsparks6099]

Fascinating. What a gift! I had been writing a story whose plot involved a woman clearing her dead parents' house at Christmas and comes upon the family's old recipe box. During my process, I had been meandering an antique co-op and came upon a decorated recipe box chockful of old recipes I snatched that. It was muse to my story. Magical stuff. Question/ comment: Kevin, the original Armana microwaves could take metal. We had one in the restuarant I worked in.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Tom - sounds like you've got a wonderful set up for your story! Who knows what things await among all those old recipes in the box. I didn't know the early Amanas could take metal. I can see for a restaurant that would be an important feature. Thanks!!

[@scooterdover2771]

The metal in the microwave, is that how you got your name "Mr Sparks"?😀

[@brianderowski6606]

Very interesting! I would love to look through the Lexington Trailer Park Cookbook sometime. Fun video. Nice camera work, Mary Ann! See you soon! Happy cooking!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Brian! Next time we get together remind me to bring the Lex Trailer Park book for you! Enjoy the beautiful day!!

[@GarthGoldberg]

Sunbeam appliances were some of the best. I have a new old stock automatic toaster I bring out once in a while to make some toast. The A & P was so big, it's hard to believe it's gone now. Wok and Tempura cookery: that must be from the 1970's, hippie era and all.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Garth! Those vintage Sunbeam toasters couldn't be beat! So well made. It's hard to believe there is no longer an A&P. I felt the same about Sears disappearing - these were huge retail operations at one time. Thanks!

[@cynthiafisher9907]

Garth Goldberg. I have a Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster that has been my daily toaster for many years! They do a better job than the new ones, which also take forever to actually make toast.

[@glorialautzenhiser5140]

Little Switzerland of Ohio have a website showing their huge clock , I got into your web site really enjoy it

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Gloria! I'll have to check out the Little Switzerland of Ohio website.

[@hanscraig1850]

Hopefully ill get to see you in a couple of weeks.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hans - will you be coming up to Michigan? Please keep me posted on your plans! It would be so good to see you!

[@sandy-mr5gj]

Sometimes those old clippings are the best recipes ever.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi san dy! I agree. Some of the best recipes I've made came from an old newspaper or magazine clipping. Thanks!

[@MS-qq4dy]

From the newspaper @6:08 min mark. Apparently the A&P had cacklebirds on sale for 59 cents/lb! Gave me a good cackle. Also, an aside... sometimes when I pull out my vintage cookware, cook from my mom's well-used, massive collection of Bon Appetit mags or notice someones penmanship I think of you. Nicely.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi M S! Those old grocery store ads are fun to look at! Cacklebirds! I'm sure there are lots of great recipes in those old Bon Appetit magazines!! Thanks for thinking of me!

[@marinaharmon5775]

Waiting for the rubars to come out of our oven... So glad I found you. All the best!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Marina - I'm glad you found us, too! Thanks!

[@margaretmojica8190]

That magazine of 1963 is a year younger than my husband! Pumpkin Cake sounds interesting. The pumpkin bread recipe also sounds interesting. It appears that the person was newly married in 1963 and was learning how to cook.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Margaret - you may be right. So many of these recipes are from the same time period. Thanks!

[@katejenkins8303]

Thanks for sharing I love to read the old newspapers

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Kate - the old newspapers are real time capsules! Thanks!

[@mshowell3710]

Woww What a Gift!! You know the recipes are Wonderful... made with All the old yummy ingredients!! 😀 share on shows plz!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Ms Howell! I'm sure some of these recipes will make their way into future episodes. Thanks!!

[@peggymcbrien6914]

It is so nice that you are thrilled to get these and that they didn't get thrown out. The A & P ad showed a sale on "cacklebirds". What were those???

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Peggy! I did a little research and it seems "cacklebird" was a trademark of the Penobscot Poultry Company and it was the brand name of their dressed chickens! I'll have to look for them the next time I'm at the A&P!! Thanks!

[@libbysa4822]

Try to catch you releases often. Sugar creek Ohio is in the southwest are of Ohio, not very far from the w Virginia border. It is a Huge Amish settlement. Great food, great people, we took mom there often. Also wanted to ask you if you ever knew Jeannie Ohsowski. She was my absolute favorite aunt and she had a second hand store in your town called I think Jeans attic? I’m sure my uncle help, skinny from time to time. Such a small world, I was born in Detroit, grew up in Livonia, brother lived in commerce tsp couple streets from bill bond. Sister lived in garden city, I lived in Blissfield. Thx for listening

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Libby! I'm planning to visit Sugarcreek the next time I'm in Ohio. I didn't know Jeannie. Sounds like you have a lot of ties to southeast Michigan!! There used to be a great antique place in Blissfield that I would visit from time to time. Thanks so much!

[@audeoone926]

Hi Kevin, it’s Pam Zinger. What a fun video. Definitely took me down memory lane. Cresswell looks like a beautiful part of Michigan. I’d love to see your store one day. All the best!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Pam!! So nice to hear from you!! Croswell is a nice small town up in the Thumb. Hope all is well with you - we are having a reunion in August...hope you can make it! Thanks so much!

[@russbear31]

Strange coincidence: A little old lady who lives in my apartment building (she's about 80+) cleaned house over the weekend. She put several boxes of old cookbooks in the hallway and hung a sign on them (free stuff). Yeah, I snagged some of copies of the Westinghouse Cookbook (1950s), McCall's Cookbook (1963), and several old Betty Crockers and BH&G cookbooks. Her health is declining. She might be moving soon to a nursing home, so she's letting go of her treasures.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi RD M - so glad that you gave some of those great old cookbooks a good home! Thanks!

[@sueferguson7288]

Kevin, it's history, they show how they cooked, how things changed with the technology!!!!???

[@jonathan_nc]

I have lots of old freebie advertising cookbooks I read now and then. You're right about going back in time. Some of them are a hoot to read. I have a recipe file box for keeping old recipes on 3x5 cards and a notebook with page protectors for new computer printed recipes. I need to send you the cookbook that came with my 1984 Sears Kenmore microwave. It even came with a shelf so you could cook several things at a time. My new microwave barely came with instructions and no cookbook.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Jonathan! Funny how the new microwaves don't include any recipes, let alone much instruction. I guess they are so much a part of our cooking experience know the manufacturers just assume everyone knows how to use them. It was quite a learning curve back in the 70's when many people got their first one! Thanks!

[@bobbyspapercraft]

Yes please chafing dish video ❤

[@cavalcadeoffood]

I'll do one in the future - thanks, Bobby!

[@justinhaase8825]

Comment number two…because I see the gamut of modern mass market down to literal 100 year old cookbooks…I’m always torn on these church or business employee cookbooks. They alway seem to be between about 1960-2000 and on glancing nothing seems too attention grabbing. Am I missing out or are do they contain enough gems to be worthwhile?

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Justin - I always find value in the community cookbooks. I have some that are from the 50's, but all of them usually have a few really good, interesting, unique recipes in them. Often you'll find some recipes that have been in families for generations. Thanks!

[@cherylwilliams2107]

My Grandmother made Broken Glass Cake! I’m 70, so you know that recipe has been around a long time!

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Chery! Of the recipes I've gone through so far, the Broken Glass Cake is one that really interests me! It must have been popular at the time. Thanks so much!

[@cherylwilliams2107]

@@cavalcadeoffood , my siblings and I remember Broken Glass Cake fondly, whenever I would mention it to friends,they didn’t believe that such a thing existed! I would love it if you could post the recipie, as I haven’t been able to find one.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

@@cherylwilliams2107 Hi Cheryl - here's the recipe for Broken Glass Cake that was in the binder I received: 1 package of Lemon Jello 1 package of Lime Jello 1 package of red Jello (maybe they mean strawberry??) Add 1 1/2 cup of boiling water to each package of Jello Chill and cut into tiny cubes - several days ahead. 36 Graham crackers - rolled out fine 1/3 cup of sugar (mix with the crackers) 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon 1 stick oleo (melted) Line 9x13 pan with cracker mixture (save 1 cup of the crumbs) Whip 2 boxes of Dream Whip until it stands in peaks. Add 3/4 cup sugar to Dream Whip while creaming. Dissolve 1/4 cup of cold water and 2 packages of Knox gelatin - add 1/4 cup of hot water also and 1/4 cup pineapple juice. Mix with the Dream Whip. Add Jello cubes to this mixture, spread over the cracker crumbs in pan, sprinkle last cup of cracker crumbs over the top of this mixture and chill overnight.

[@cherylwilliams2107]

Thank you soooo much!!!!!

[@johnting673]

taken from a Google article I just copied and pasted "According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the world’s largest cuckoo clock is located in Sugarcreek, Ohio. This quaint town has storefronts resembling a Swiss village, some decorated with Swiss murals painted by local artist Tom Miller."

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, John!! Looks like I need to check out Sugarcreek next time I travel through Ohio! Thanks for the research!

[@johnting673]

@@cavalcadeoffood My absolute pleasure 🙂

[@tecben]

UCW maybe be for "United Food Workers Union"

[@randallvictory9468]

I like your shows how old are you don't mind me asking

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Randall! Thank you - I'm glad you enjoy the videos. I'm old! LOL!

[@scooterdover2771]

@@cavalcadeoffood That's telling him!

[@heatherinparis]

Cackle Birds? I assume they lay cackle berries?? Lol

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Heather! Turns out Cacklebirds was a brand of chicken. Thanks!

[@glorialautzenhiser5140]

I’m sure Little Switzerland of Ohio would be in the Amish country here in Ohio

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Thanks, Gloria!

[@janicemorin3485]

It wasn’t me.

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Janice!! I found out it came from my friends Cam and Denise. Hope all is well with you and Gary!!

[@hanscraig1850]

I would bet UCW is United Christian Women,

[@cavalcadeoffood]

Hi Hans! I'll have to look in the book, but I'll bet you're right! Thanks!