VIRGINIA COOKERY BOOK: Traditional Recipes
Virginia League Of Women Voters, Richmond, 1921. 192 pages.
A compilation of tested recipes from women of the state of Virginia.
Profusely illustrated with advertising of local vendors & manufacturers.
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A few of the delicious Southern recipes in these books include: Brunwick Stew,
many soups, relishes, baked shad, oysters supreme, oyster stew, corn pudding, egg plant creole
style, sweet potatoes with marshmallows, fried green tomatoes, hashed brown potatoes, deviled
breakfast bacon, curing and cooking ham, baked Smithfield ham, roast turkey, loaf-bread, rolls,
and turnovers, waffles, Virginia spoon bread, fairy corn bread, salads, corn bread dressing,
caramel pie, butter scotch pie, Mrs. Lee's mincemeat (a recipe said to have been used by Mrs.
Washington), many fruit pies, wafers, caramel pudding, plum puddings, christmas pudding,
rice pudding, date nut pudding, molassas cake, Robert E. Lee cake, ice cream cake, strawberry
shortcake, many other cakes, icings, custards, cream pralines, peach souffle, apple dumplings, ice
cream, sherbets, peach ice, cranberry frappe, watermelon rind pickle, Richmond University
sandwiches, William and Mary sandwiches, fudges, candy, peppermint creams, punch, preserves,
jellies, Virginia egg nog, apple toddy, Old Virginia mint julep, ash cakes, brandy peaches, lemon
chess cake, MUCH, MUCH, more.
The League of Women Voter's cook book, published just a few years after the ratification of the
Women's Sufferage Amendment, is dedicated to Lila Meade Valentine "our valiant pioneer for the
enfranchisement of Virginia women, who saw the potentiality of unshackled womanhood. For
woman's political freedom she labored"."Many of the recipes in this book have been handed down in families for several generations. All are good. Many are favorites." The recipes were contributed by well-known women in every section of the state including: Petersburg, VA., Richmond, VA, Danville, VA, Clarke County, VA, Marion, VA, Drakes Branch, VA, Northampton County, VA, Alexandria, VA, Norfolk, VA, Lynchburg, VA, Roanoke, VA, Portsmouth, VA, Arrington, VA, Leesburg, VA, Virginia Beach, VA, Albemarle County, VA, Chatham, VA, Amherst, VA, and Fairfax County, VA.