Hundred-year-old Cookbook Poems

Poem about bread
Source: Cement City Cook Book (1922)

Every church and community cookbook is unique, and contains many clues about the characteristics of those who compiled the cookbook. I recently came across a hundred-year-old cookbook called the Cement City Cook Book that included fun poems in chapter headings.  It was compiled by the First Baptish Church, Alpena, Michigan.

Poem about fish
Source: Cement City Cook Book (1922)
Poem about doughnuts
Source: Cement City Cook Book (1922)
Poem about cookies
Source: Cement City Cook Book (1922)

6 thoughts on “Hundred-year-old Cookbook Poems

  1. These are clever and fun. The last one reminds of the traditional poem about what little girls and little boys are made of: sugar and spice, vs. snips, and snails, and puppy dog tails.

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