A wartime cookbook by the Good Cheer Club, dated by inscription to the front to 1943. Wartime rationing was hard on every family, but this little order book would help you make the most of ingredients that you had. In reasonable condition, the cover separated, inscribed on the foreword page. There are 110 pages - there seem to be 2 pages missing at the end (household hints pages 111-112) In good useable condition otherwise. A rare find!
"Another example of a wartime cookbook, Cook to Win was produced by the Good Cheer Club of Wesley United Church in Calgary, Alberta. The foreword appeals to women's resourcefulness, noting that “The pioneer spirit that is your Western inheritance will see your families well nourished and happy no matter what the future holds.” Encouraging wartime aphorisms, such as “Saving bones is a terrible chore, but better than the War at your door,” run along the bottom of the pages. Many of the recipes are “stretchers,” blending meat with breadcrumbs, potatoes, or other extenders, and some dessert recipes replace rationed butter with shortening, while others call for corn syrup or saccharin instead of sugar. Saccharin, first invented in the late nineteenth century but called into regular service as a household sweetener during the wars, was banned in Canada in 1977, after scientists discovered a link to bladder cancer (Canwest). Soyhart, also mentioned in this book, is a soy-based spread used as a substitute for peanut butter (“The Doctor's Voice”). Cook to Win includes recipes from Princess Alice and Nellie McClung, as well as the wife of Conservative leader John Bracken."
Product code: Cook to win 1943 Alberta wartime rationing cookbook , Wesley United order Church good cheer club