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Here's another entry in my recipes from vintage cookbooks series. My mom found this 1913 edition of A Calendar of Dinners at a Portland thrift store several years ago. Knowing my affection for old and eclectic cookbooks, she bought it (for all of $.50) and tucked it away to give to me at the next gift-giving holiday. I often trot it out when I have people sitting around my living room, it's an excellent conversation piece. Most folks are fascinated by the creativity of those early 20th century marketers, as they managed to include Crisco in the preparation of almost every food imaginable.

You can see most of the recipe in the picture above, but just in case you actually want to test this one out, the recipe is also after the jump.

photo by Marisa McClellan