Cooking is a Game You Can Eat w. Toad in the Hole, Bubble and Squeak, Gratie Taties & more -- Vintage Cookbook TBT

Vintage Cookbook: Cooking is a Game You Can Eat, Fay Maschler

Publication Details: Kestrel Books, 1975

The cookbook we are looking at today is a really cute British one, released in the 70s, that tries not to simply teach basic cooking techniques to kids but to make cooking seem fun -- which it is by the way!

We have looked at cookbooks of a similar type before in posts like The Ideals Junior Chef Cookbook w. Tuna Sports Cars, Texas Dean, a Football Party & more -- Vintage Cookbook TBT or Mary Poppins in the Kitchen w. Dundee Cake, Welsh Rarebit, Yorkshire Pudding & more! -- Vintage Cookbook TBT

Being from the UK this one has lots of British classics like Yorkshire Pudding and Bubble and Squeak. It also has truly charming illustrations by Malcolm Bird. 

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McCall's Casserole Cookbook w. Beef Pie, Boston Baked Beans, Lamb Moussaka & more -- Vintage Cookbook TBT

Vintage Cookbook: McCall's Casserole Cookbook (illustrations by Joyce Mazur Slan 

Publication Details: Advance Publishers, 1965

This week's installment looks at a cookbook that reflects the good, the bad and the very bad of its time almost in equal measure.

McCall's Casserole Cookbook is full of many classic, timeless recipes for casseroles and savory pies. Some of these never go out of style and are especially great at this time of year as they are often the ultimate comfort food and some of the best of North American home cooking.

Others are hilariously dated. While "Hot-Dog-And-Macaroni Casserole" and "Hot-Dog-And-Eggplant Casserole' spring to mind, four recipes that we have included here are, believe it or not, even less appetizing!

But the rest are terrific and with many, many recipes we have not included as well as entire sections devoted to casserole bread making and dessert casseroles, among other things, this one is well worth seeking out.

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Two solid recipes and then...."Luncheon-Meat Casserole"!!!

All these are...ummm..."special". The thought of Tongue Casserole is, well...

A Taste of Riversdale - The Riversdale NDP Cookbook with Khrustiki and Cabbage Rolls! Vintage Cookbook Throwback Thursday

Vintage Cookbook: A Taste of Riversdale - The Riversdale NDP Cookbook

Publication Details: L. Rasmussen Co. Ltd., 1989

A Taste of Riversdale belongs to that terrific class of cookbooks that were meant to raise funds for a charity, church group, organization of some kind or, in this case, a political party. As is often the case with these types of cookbooks, the recipes are submitted by a variety of people who are part of the group.

What makes this one more of a novelty than most is that many of the recipes here were contributed by people who were Saskatchewan NDP MLA's at the time! Introduced by Roy Romanow, who was the Leader of the Opposition when it was published and who, of course, went on to be Premier, the cookbook also has recipes from his mother and family.

It contains snippets of folksy wisdom, a variety of handy conversion charts, instructions on things like canning, a spice guide and other useful lists, as well as a LOT of recipes.

Today we share some MLA recipes for cheesecake and Roast of Beef with Yorkshire Pudding, submissions for Shepherd's Pie and Cabbage Rolls, and recipes from Romanow's mother for Ukrainian Walnut Torte and Khrustiki, a Ukrainian pastry.

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