I'm in the process (I mean, it's taking forever) of going through all of my
old cookbooks that I no longer, or, have never used. I'm having problems
parting with most of them 😉 I came across 3 books tonight which I can not
recall buying. "The Second Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes From Famous
Eating Places" which was published in 1951 most certainly came from my
Stepgrandmother. My grandfather was a GM exec in the 50s. The illustrations
are fantastic. I was surprised to see Medart's restaurant featured. If
memory serves it is the Cheshire Inn and maintains much of the same charm
Medart's must have had.
I must have purchased "The Best of Taste" from 1957. There is an
inscription which is barely legibile but I can make out Commander
Chamberlain and Lt. John McWiltean. The penmanship is not good 😉
Apparently it's from the Naval Instute in Annapolis. This recipe cracked
me up, it is French and called "Cantaloupes au Porto".
3 Cantaloupes (iced)
1 1/2 cups port wine
Cut the cantaloupes in half and seed. Fill the middle with port wine.
Serves 6.
Poor drunken cantaloupes 😉
The third book was published in 1940 and called "Sunset's Host and Hostess
Book". I haven't had a chance to look through it yet but will get to it
soon.
I'm looking forward to perusing all 3 books.
Michael <- easily entertained
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