Estate Sale - Landor Drive: Vintage Book(lets) ~ Churches and Georgia

Life of Georgia Cook Book, circa 1960's.  This small booklet (36 pages) is chock full of recipes for appetizers, beverages (including a few coffee recipes ~ the national drink of America), bread - both quick and yeast, cakes, cheese & eggs, entrees, plus salads and soups. Most of the dishes require 8 or less ingredients and are very basic. The first chapter discusses menu planning with a suggestion of planning all the meals for the week for ease of cooking and better balanced meals.

Mary Beth's Sampler - A Georgia Cookbook,  published in 1976.  The book was a fund raiser for the American Cancer Society and is signed by the then Governor of Georgia's wife, Mary Beth Busbee. The recipes were collected from members of the Georgia General Assembly as well as former Governor's wives and spouses of the diplomatic corps. The recipes include salads - most of which are of the congealed variety, poultry, budget dishes and VIP meals. I found a recipe for Derby Pie - a Kentucky favorite which I plan on making, possibly for Thanksgiving. There is also a recipe for Reindeer Mignon, submitted by a diplomat from Denmark (venison can be substituted if reindeer is hard to procure!)

Favorite Recipes from Our Best Cooks, published in 1983.  Recipes compiled from the parishioners of the largest Baptist church in my hometown - First Baptist. The recipes are the usual type found in most church cookbooks, including an EZ Chicken Pie that was submitted by most the members. About half of the recipes are for desserts, the crowning glory of Southern women! There is a short section on microwave cooking and the last chapter is filled with tips and hints for ingredient substitutions, sample menus, dietary information  and a page on the metric system.

There is a kid friendly dish called "Bologna Pie" which consists of a slice of bologna heated and shaped into a bowl then filled with mashed potatoes and LeSueur peas......

 First Methodist Church Cook Book, published in 1960. Recipes run the usual gamut found in most community cookbooks, with one exception, Squirrel Supreme!  There is a banana fritter recipe similar to a childhood treat my grandmother used to buy from a relative at least once a week, a Filipino version called Bandiay Bandiay, but made without a confectioners sugar coating as called for in this cookbook.