1936 Watkins Recipe Book
Steve B
Was going though some cookbooks, and found this one. The simplicity of the
recipes is fantastic
Caviar Sandwiches 1/4 pound caviar
2 tbsp lemon juice
Watkins Paprika 3 tbsp olive oil
Blend all ingredients, spread on thin round white bread with creamed butter.
The color panels in the back are really neat. Good color left, and clear.
I looked this up on ebay, and there was one for $6, but no bids.
They really knew how to cook during the depression, didn't they? Of course,
every recipe calls for Watkins spice of some sort.
Steve
Mark Thorson
>
> Was going though some cookbooks, and found this one. The simplicity of the
> recipes is fantastic
Look here for cookbooks.
They are a meta-search service. They amalgamate ABE and
several other search services.
sf
<desert...@fishymail.net> wrote:
> The color panels in the back are really neat. Good color left, and clear.
> I looked this up on ebay, and there was one for $6, but no bids.
> They really knew how to cook during the depression, didn't they?
Can't sell your product if the recipes are cruddy.
> Of course, every recipe calls for Watkins spice of some sort.
I think most people here can get past the fact that it is one big
advertisement if the recipes read as being tasty.
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I love cooking with wine.
Sometimes I even put it in the food.
Steve B
"sf" <s...@geemail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:33 -0700, "Steve B"
> <desert...@fishymail.net> wrote:
>
>> The color panels in the back are really neat. Good color left, and
>> clear.
>> I looked this up on ebay, and there was one for $6, but no bids.
>> They really knew how to cook during the depression, didn't they?
>
> Can't sell your product if the recipes are cruddy.
>
>> Of course, every recipe calls for Watkins spice of some sort.
>
> I think most people here can get past the fact that it is one big
> advertisement if the recipes read as being tasty.
Judging from the looks of it, when the name Watkins is on almost every third
like, I took it as an advertisement.
In the front, it has Price: $1.00 , $15.65 in today's dollar according to
dollartimes.com
j h
at least in rural areas. This was a big convenience for isolated
farmwives. And a cookbook, probably given away with an order, was a
treat. My grandma used Watkins vanilla, don't know about spices. jh
Jeßus
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/deserttraveler/
>
> Was going though some cookbooks, and found this one. The simplicity
of the
> recipes is fantastic
>
> Caviar Sandwiches 1/4 pound caviar
> 2 tbsp lemon juice
> Watkins Paprika 3 tbsp olive oil
>
> Blend all ingredients, spread on thin round white bread with creamed
butter.
>
> The color panels in the back are really neat. Good color left, and
clear.
> I looked this up on ebay, and there was one for $6, but no bids.
> They really knew how to cook during the depression, didn't they?
They did.
'Peasant foods' is amongst the best of all foods... with the possible
exception of many British variants :)
> Of course, every recipe calls for Watkins spice of some sort.
Still, a great looking book. I'd have bought it just for the colour plates.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism
by those who haven't got it - George Bernard Shaw
Jinx Minx
"Steve B" <desert...@fishymail.net> wrote in message
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I actually have a copy of this 1936 edition as well. Even better than the
recipes and illustrations themselves are the additional recipes handwritten
by my grandmother on various blank pages inside: a chopped veggie sandwich
spread, an angel food cake, one called burnt sugar layer cake and peanut
butter fudge.
Born in Watkins' very own hometown,
Jinx
Jinx
sf
wrote:
> a chopped veggie sandwich
> spread, an angel food cake, one called burnt sugar layer cake and peanut
> butter fudge.
Ohhh! Please post them when you have the time.
George Shirley
Lots of folks bought Watkins vanilla extract, my great uncle used to
sell Watkins products and he drank quite a bit of the extract, it was
90% alcohol and cheaper than booze. At least his breath smelled nice.
Default User
> On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:03:33 -0700, Steve B wrote:
>
> > Of course, every recipe calls for Watkins spice of some sort.
>
> And they've spammed this group more than a few times in the past
> promoting their extremely overpriced products.
>
> Which puts them on the RFC shit list.
I actually complained once to the company about a persistent Watkins
spammer. They apologized and told me they'd tell him to quit, which he
seemed to.
Brian
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Default User
> On 15 Mar 2010 18:09:36 GMT, Default User wrote:
> > I actually complained once to the company about a persistent Watkins
> > spammer. They apologized and told me they'd tell him to quit, which
> > he seemed to.
>
> Apparently the Watkins Man and the Avon Lady are somewhat synonymous
> as far as marketing and distribution.
Probably something along those lines. I actually found the original
correspondence buried in my Hotmail archives. The particular spammer
had an "associate ID" that he emphasized that you needed to use when
ordering online.
Brian
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