The dishes are the usual found in most cookbooks - ranging from appetizers, dips, sides, sandwiches main dishes and sweets. There is a chapter titled RSVP which offers menus for several occasions including a Derby breakfast, bridge luncheons, dinners and cocktail parties. The last chapter is recipes submitted by the husbands of the organization's members and most consist of beverages of the alcohol variety.
The most unusual recipe I found was for an appetizer titled Cabbage Head - a hollowed out head of cabbage into which a can of sterno is inserted and cocktails wieners on toothpicks are stuck on the sides. When the party starts the hostess lights the sterno and the guest then roast the wieners, which are then dipped into a side of BBQ sauce!
The Pirate's House Cook Book, published in 1964. Recipes from a landmark Savannah, Georgia restaurant established in 1944. At the time the book was printed, the restaurant consisted of 17 dining areas spread over nine buildings. The oldest room is the Herb House which was built in 1734 and is the oldest building in existence in Georgia.
The dishes include soups, salads - many of the gelatin mold variety, entrées- including lots of seafood favorites, vegetables, pickles/preserves & relishes, breads, appetizers and to cap off each meal, wondrous desserts.
The previous owner's most used recipe appears to be the Crab Casserole based on the amount of Worcestershire sauce stains on the page! A cute desserts titled the Tipsy Squire caught my eye, it's made with sponge cake, sherry and custard.
The last pages are a list of 20 historic sites in Savannah with an illustration of each building.
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