Friends of the Library Sale Day 2/#2 ~ Community Cookbooks: Thymes Remembered & Hawaiian Plantations

Thymes Remembered, published in1989. This copy is the 2nd edition with the first printing in 1988. All recipes were compiled by the Junior League of Tallahassee, Florida.

We begin with Menus ~ besides the food suggestions, there are hints and tips for numerous occasions ~ cocktails parties, wedding events (reception, rehearsal dinner, baby showers, family reunions, anniversaries and holidays. Of course Appetizers are next with dips, shrimp toast, oysters Rockefeller, pate, spreads, kabobs and cheese balls, while Beverage has the usual punch, eggnog, wassail, sangria and hot buttered rum.

In the Bread chapter, there are biscuits, rolls, muffins, corn or sausage bread and French toast, while Salads offers a few congealed options, dressings, coleslaw and dishes made with pasta or rice, fruit, or vegetables. Lighter Entrées consist of pasta (lasagna and pizza), quiche, tarts, soups and chowders, sandwiches, a  frittata and an egg casserole and the Entrées chapter kicks it up with Chateaubriand, Beef Wellington, chili, roasts, chops, hams and dishes made with veal, chicken, Cornish hens, duck, turkey, quail, venison and some seafood.

Accompaniments include rice dishes, vegetables (in tarts, casseroles, pudding, scalloped and baked), flavored butters, sauces and dressing/stuffing.The last chapters is filled with luscious Desserts ~ cakes. tortes, pound cake, cheese cake, candies (English toffee & brittle), pies, ice cream, a lovely Lemon Charlotte Russe and a decadent Chocolate Genoise.

Hawaiian Plantations Recipe Collection, published in 1984. There is an introductory chapter on basic Hawaiian products and ingredients and then the recipes commence.

For Breakfast there are waffles, muffins, pop overs, omelets, a coffee cake and tropical fruit butter, while Fun in the Sun offers outdoor cooking favorites ~ spare ribs (3 recipes!), teriyaki meat sticks ( a fave of mine while growing up) and glazed chicken wings. Lavish Lunches pitches crepes, chicken salad, casseroles, cheese puffs and chutney, while Superb Soups offer the usual selections, plus  Hot & Sour and Miso soup.

Sensational Salads has options for coleslaw, aspic, a cabbage bowl, tuna, a few fruit options and a noodle salad. In Bread Basket, we find recipes for biscuits, lavosh, rye and French breads, and Elegance with Flair rolls out a Crown Roast of pork, veal cutlets, bouillabaisse, soufflés and  dishes made with lamb, duckling and game hens.

Native food is the topic of Traditionally Hawaiian with recipes for Kalua pig, lomi salmon, chicken long rice, haupia, a coconut cake and pineapple boats. Pupu Party offer up appetizers ~meatballs, won ton, char siu (another favorite), seviche, rumaki, kim chee and stuffed lychees.

Kamaaina Supper concentrates on main dishes ~ brisket, roast beef - island style, short ribs, lamb chops with guava,  beef stew and shrimp tempura. The recipes close out with Sweet Success - pies, macaroons, tarts, carrot cake, a guava pound cake (on my "to make" list) and lastly the Hawaiian Bananas Foster.