Cookbook Tuesdays - Healing Power of Carrot Juice

This brittle piece of paper was folded up inside the banana cookbook. I felt there were a couple of important points that were made in this document.

(This document was printed by the Natural Foods Institue and is not dated.)

Please pay particular close attention to paragraphs #2, 7 and Carrot Constipation Salad.

#2 - If only carrots could cure cancer......

#7 - Really now, do they need to compare our bathroom regularity to that of a horse or rabbit?

Ummm, is this one serving or 6 - am I supposed to eat all of this?

This concludes our carrot lesson today. Hope you have a regular or great day!

Cookbook Tuesdays (er Thursday) - Cooking with Dr Pepper

I chose this little gem for four reasons:

1). I like Dr Pepper

2). I like the Table of Contents

3). I like Dr Pepper

4). I like cookbooks

I wonder if Dave Ramsey and Al Gore know the budget and energy saving benefits of Dr Pepper?

I was also very intrigued by the Teenage Party. Check out the balloons and the tablecloth. They read, "I like you". A few of things wrong with this picture. #1 Teenagers don't like each other and #2 I think this is actually a "make out" party. #3 I wasn't invited to the party. I wish I had been invited but I wasn't born yet.

If you are not up on your Dr Pepper history or need a refresher, you can go here.

Cookbook Tuesdays - Everyday Banana Recipes

How could I pass up this little gem of baking goodness? "Everyday Banana Recipes" was compliments of the Banana Distributing Co. New Orleans back in 1927. Now, bananas are okay in my book, but in this book, it just isn't so. Take a gander.........

What is up with the prunes people? Did they put prunes in everything way back when?

I bet you are wondering how to build a better body and conserve money all at the same time. Well, I have the answer for you right here.........

How can you start out by say that a banana is a fruit and end up telling me you can cook it and it becomes a vegetable? Curious minds want to know!

When I first saw this photo I couldn't tell what those large cones in the middle of the plates were. It is a powdered sugar cone! Umm, I am just going to take a stab at this and say that a HUGE cone of powdered sugar is not part of a healthy diet.

And this is where the cookbook took a turn for the worst........

And then I saw this and even though they gave a thorough description of how to take the fruit out of a banana peel this still sounds d-i-s-g-u-s-t-i-n-g.

This concludes our "Everyday Banana Recipes" lesson for today. See ya'all next week!

Cookbook Tuesdays - 10 Cakes.....

Cookbook Tuesdays

I have decided to let y'all in on a little secret. I collect cookbooks (gasp)! I really don't even have a good reason why. I just like the nostalgia and if they have color pictures it is a plus!

So, for our first installment I think it is only fitting that I introduce to you "10 Cakes Husbands Like Best". Now, I don't have a hubby so I have not personally tried any of these recipes and I think you have to have one to try them. (This little gem of baking knowledge may sit on the shelf awhile) I was not able to locate a date on this little gem but I am going to guess 1940-1950s. If you know the date I would greatly appreciate it because I would just like to know.

First, we have "Aunt Jenny" - and no, I didn't pick it because of her name. I like how positive she is when she says that you need to bake all 10 of these beauties to see which one wins with him. Like he is going to be the only one in the castle that will eat cake!

I am not going to share all of the recipes but I do have to share the titles of all of them.

1.Chocolate Rapture Cake

2.Spicy Prune Whip Cake - this is where I believe the cookbook took a wrong turn.

3.Marble Cake Supreme

4.Fudge Frosted Layer Cake

5."Happy Birthday" Coconut Cake

6.Twin Applesauce Loaves

7.Bonnie Butterscotch Cake

8.Triple-Tier Party Cake

9.Hawaiian Lei Cake

and...

10.Marshmallow Devil's Food Cake

They all sound fairly edible except for the Spicy Prune Whip Cake.

Do you know of a horrible cake recipe? Let me know about it and I will post it on my blog so we all make sure to stay away from your cake at the potluck next time!

This morning......

I opened the door to find this little fella waiting to greet me.