September Thrifty Week 3 ~ #1 Vintage Cooking Pamphlets Plus Pillsbury Bake-Off #11

Pillsbury's Best Bake- Off Cookbook - 11th Grand National, published in 1960. All 100 prize winning recipes from the contest. The top winner was from Lake Charles, Louisiana for a Mardi Gras Party Cake (pictured on the cover) and was awarded $25,000. A total of $100,000 was given out to contestants who also got to keep the stove they cooked on as well as a stand mixer.

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Take a Can of Salmon, published in the 1960's. Sold by the Department of the Interior (Fish and Wildlife Services) for 15 cents, this 16 page booklet has recipes for appetizers, salads and entrees.

7-Up Goes to a Party, published in 1961. Fifteen page booklet with recipes for punches, sauces, salads, desserts and a few entrees.

Your Frigidaire Recipes, published in 1945. The booklet starts out with 140 suggestions for unused portions and then delves into the recipes, many of which are for desserts. There are a few entrees, plus salads and dressings, creams, stocks & soups and mousses.

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