Old-time recipes · c. 1910s-1920s
The Party Book (Dennison)
2 recipes from the c. 1910s-1920s book by Dennison Manufacturing Co.. Click a recipe to read it and copy it, or open its page in the book.
The recipes2
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| Eggs and cheese | Easter Eggs and Bunnies |
Children adore a Bunny Party whether it be at Easter or at any other time throughout the year. Crepe paper No. E728 offers great decorative opportunities. It may be used for a border around the table or as a frieze around the room..aJ»' For the egg-shaped Jack Horner pie make an 8-inch circle of a narrow strip of matstock, to it attach two strips long enough to make half circles and attach on opposite sides of the hoop. Paste a piece of crepe paper around the hoop drawing down and pasting any fulness at the base. Paste another thickness of paper over the first, allowing 5 inches to extend above the opening. Line with crushed crepe. Paste the lining and outside together at the top. Cut the irregular edge. Liberal use of paste will help keep the shell in shape after it is dry. The hanging decoration is composed of three egg-shaped pieces of matstock fastened together and trimmed bunnies and eggs. child receives for favors a "bunny" cup and a rabbit cap. The cap is made by stitching two pieces of crepe together and adding "features." The ears are wired so that they will stand up. TH E From The Party Book (Dennison), c. 1910s-1920s, page 11. Read from the scan by computer, so a word may be off; the page itself shows the original. | |
| Eggs and cheese | Scrambled Eggs |
Guests form in a circle wliile hostess passes a colored cardboard egg. She then produces a basket covered with twigs to resemble a nest and from it throws eggs of many colors into the center of the room. Guests at once scramble for their owa color. Different sizes count different points and for the wrong color found among the other eggs a penalty must be paid. From The Party Book (Dennison), c. 1910s-1920s, page 17. Read from the scan by computer, so a word may be off; the page itself shows the original. | |