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LOG CABIN SYRUP – 1929
LOG CABIN MAPLE SYRUP
There are few of us kids over the age of 20 that don’t remember the wonderful, collectible Log Cabin Syrup can. I couldn’t even tell you if it was a great product or a just so-so product. It doesn’t really matter. The can itself was memorable. Today you see them in most antique malls that you might be browsing through. Prices are probably in the $20 range. Heck, I’d like to have one myself. It’d go great with my cookbook collection.
More Tempting Maple Recipes
than you ever dreamed of….
“Of course you know the joy of pouring golden streams of Log Cabin Syrup over tender, brown, piping hot griddle cakes when frost sparkles on the window and winds blow raw and chill. And you know the deliciousness of creamy maple butter melting into the checkerboard squares of a crispy gold-brown waffle.
“But do you know that there are scores of maple recipes…dishes for every meal…for every member of the family? When you come to one of those “off-days” when menu ideas are scarce, you can turn to this little maple book and you will find one superb suggestion after another. Log Cabin Sweet Potatoes! Savory Baked Ham, sweet with rich maple flavor. Maple Apples like round amber globes! But these are only a few of the Log Cabin treats which await you…all delicious beyond words.
“Ever since its introduction into the world in 1887, Log Cabin Syrup has been all a syrup should be. A full-flavored blend of choicest sugars from the vast maple groves of Vermont and Canada, mellowed by pure granulated can sugar to delicate richness!…Perfect in consistency…golden-clear.
“Log Cabin Syrup comes in a little air-tight Log Cabin tin. There’s no other container like it. There’s no other syrup like Log Cabin!”
Usually I like recipe pamphlets for their neat graphics, great recipes and archaic language, but I especially like this pamphlet for the tremendous copywriting skills of the person who wrote the above introduction. It’s one of the best that I’ve seen even in these days of skillful copywriters.
Log Cabin Maple Syrup – 1929
RECIPE PAMPHLET: This nice little 11-page recipe pamphlet measures 5” x 7”. It was published in 1929 by The Log Cabin Products Co., Hoboken, New Jersey. Estimated value is $8-10.
SAMPLE RECIPE: (Unusual)
Log Cabin Maple Puff
1 cup milk – scalded
2 egg yolks, slight beaten
1 package Strawberry Jell-O
1 cup Log Cabin Syrup
1/2 cup walnut meats, chopped
2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
Pour small amount of milk over egg yolks, stirring vigorously. Return to double boiler, and cook until mixture coats spoon. Add Jell-O and stir over hot water until Jell-O is dissolved. Add syrup. Cool. when slightly thickened, beat with rotary egg beater until fluffy. Fold in nuts and egg whites. Pour into mold. chill until firm. Unmold and serve garnished with whipped cream. Serves 8.
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Tim
JACK FROST SUGARS – 1932
(Jack Frost Sugars – 1932)
This Jack Frost Sugars brochure from The National Sugar Refining Company of New Jersey, is unique in that it is die-cut (see 3rd picture below). The uniqueness comes from the die-cut occurring only on the inside pages. The little girl was printed on the inside covers and showed through each page. The brochure measures 5” x 7” and contains 9 pages. Estimated value is $18-$20.
(Jack Frost Sugars – 1932)
According to this brochure, Jack Frost Sugars produced seven types of sugar. They included granulated, dark brown, powdered, fruit powdered sugar, light brown, confectioners and individually wrapped sugar cubes.
(Jack Frost Sugars – 1932)
Company Statement: “There is no more perfect sugar than Jack Frost. It is 100% pure cane sugar. It is clean, sparkling, nutritious and a superb energy builder, as well as being a toothsome delicacy. The manufacturers of Jack Frost Sugars years ago looked far ahead, and as all scientists and merchants are doing today put their imaginations into their business and today offer to you sugars, in variety such as your mother never dreamed of – each scientifically made.”
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Tim
COLLECTING RECIPE PAMPHLETS
WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES COLLECTING RECIPE PAMPHLETS SO ATTRACTIVE?
I started collecting recipe pamphlets back in the 1970’s while employed as a wholesale beer distributor. It seems that liquor companies had long depended on the free distribution of colorful liquor pamphlets giving their customers new and exciting ways to use their product.
I found them really neat and attractive so every time I came across a new one I spirited it away into a box. During the 1980’s I owned a bar and restaurant and often times beer and liquor salesman would set up table tents and recipe pamphlets touting their product. Of course, a handful of them would end up in my box.
But it wasn’t until the mid 1990’s when I inherited a box of my mother’s recipes and recipe pamphlets and became aware of the dates that really got me going. Some were old, old, old and I was hooked.
About this time I attended a large antique and collectible show in Portland, Oregon. As the show was shutting down I made my last minute swoop through the hall. Sitting in a corner of one booth was a box the size of a liquor box with a hand-written price sign of $1.00. Inside were hundreds of recipe pamphlets. From that time I was an avid collector.
THE BEAUTY OF COLLECTING RECIPE PAMPHLETS
What makes collecting recipe pamphlets so appealing?
- They’re relatively inexpensive
- They lay flat and are easy to store
- They’re easy to catalogue
- They provide great information
- About the company’s history
- Contain wonderful recipes
- They’re colorful and contain great graphics
- They’re historical and just plain fun
There’s a lot of reasons to collect recipe pamphlets. Sure, cookbooks are good too and I have hundreds of them as well. But let me tell you, the day that I have to move from my home to a smaller place, I’ll be darned glad that I don’t have to move any more heavy books.
Here’s a great example of why I love recipe pamphlets. I picked this up awhile back from an antique store and it cost me $1.08 with tax. I love it!
It’s one sheet of paper (10″ x 6.75″) folded half. It’s not dated but I’d guess that it’s from the early 1950’s. There is no historical information but it does contain 12 recipes. Estimated value is $12-$15.
Send me your questions regarding old cookbooks or recipe pamphlets and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Until Next time,
Tim
