Grand Haven Michigan Ladies Aid Society Dainties Cookbook 1910s-20s

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Dainties: The Ladies’ Aid Society of the Second Reformed Church Cookbook. Grand Haven, Michigan. By Mrs. Vander Menlen. c1910-20s. 48 pp. No Index: Size: 5 3/4" X 8 ½.” Brown soft paper cover. Two Staples.

There is no date on this Dainties cook book. Advertising for high button shoes is inside. An ad for the Temple Theatre gives admission as 5¢. A Western Michigan Tri Cities history site states the Temple Theatre was in existence by 1910. There’s a Grand Haven State Bank ad on the back cover. The same site mentions that the bank opened in January 1902 and merged in 1910 with National Bank.

Recipe Examples: Taft Jam; Sunshine Cake; Burnt Sugar Cake; Sour Cream Icing; Mock Cherry Pudding; Jellied Ham Salad; Celery Salad; Nut Salad; Jellied Tongue; Pond Lily Salad; Bechamel Sauce; Cottage Cheese; Banberry Tarts; Cracker Pudding; Apple Snow; Ginger Ice Cream; Raspberry Shrub; Cream Cake; Butterscotch Candy; Marshmallow Pudding; Soft Maple Caramels; Dolly Varden Cake; Lemon Jelly Cake; Molasses Raisin Cake and more.

Condition: The cover is missing the lower right corner, has worn edges and corners and a little [1/8"] tear on the top edge. Cup or glass stain on front cover. Rusty staples that have bled through on some inside pages. Some of the corner tips inside have folds. There is a 1/4" stain that has gone through from P.8 to P.11.

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Item ID: RL-1982C