Review: Interesting old cookbook
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 7, 2011
This book was copyrigthed in 1913 and published by the N. K. Fairbank Company. They made a shortening product called Cottolene (beef tallow and cottonseed oil). This cookbook was distributed to help promote that product. It contains a nice introduction about why the book was written, the "benefits" of cottolene and some basic cooking info such as how to measure and how long to cook things.There is a complete menu for each Sunday in the year. Back then Sunday dinner (mid-day meal) was a big affair for many families. This does seemed to be aimed at the more well to-do families since there are recipes for oysters, crabs, and exotic fruits. The recipes are well written but lack in the area of oven temps and times...back then that varied based on how hot your oven fire was. Some of the recipes do look worth trying. Even if you don't cook from it, if you enjoy reading cookbooks, I think you will enjoy this one.The book is very well formatted on the Kindle and includes hyperlinks. I just wish there was a table of contents.