The dishes include jellies & preserves, casseroles, beverages, salads, veggies, breads, appetizers, pickles& relishes, entrées and desserts. There is also a section on peanut recipes - a major crop of Plains. A few tips appear below the recipes and the cover art of each chapter are illustrations of local landmarks and houses.
The dessert section includes a whopping 8 recipes for pound cake as well as a Japanese Fruitcake - basically a spice cake with coconut frosting that takes up two entire pages of the book.
A standout recipe in the Carter section that I may try is for a Deep Chocolate Cake - made with 8 Hershey bars and 2 cans of Hershey syrup!
Blue Mountain College Centennial Cook Book, published in 1973. Recipes were contributed by "Faithful Daughters, Vestal Virgins and trusted friends". Blue Mountain College is a private liberal arts college located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi and supported by the Mississippi Baptist Convention. It was founded in 1873 and only recently went co-ed in 2005. The oldest contributor was a member of the class of 1912.
The book covers the usual recipes for breads, casseroles, desserts, entrées, salads (of course most are congealed), vegetables and a few miscellaneous dishes. There are drawings filling the pages by current students (at the time of publication) and most depict buildings on campus.
The previous owner was a fan of the Strawberry Cake and and Hot Tuna Salad as evidenced by the stains on the pages. The most unusual recipe I found was for "Barbecups" which consist of biscuits filled with ground beef and BBQ sauce, topped with cheese.
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