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COOKING


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Size: 3" x 5" or 5" x 3"
Copyrighted: 1889
Lithographer: Knapp & Co.

This is a series of 50 cards, numbered from 1 to 50 on the back of each card at the bottom right.

The front of each card is a multi-colored illustration, in either horizontal (20 cards) or vertical (30 cards) format, which depicts a food (or beverage) in some way. Several of them show young children (usually girls) in pleasant settings with some unsuspecting animal destined for the dinner table. Others are shown gathering a particular fruit or vegetable or actually preparing or serving a dish described on the back of the card. Other cards are more of a "still life" design showing fruit or fish. It appears that all the cards numbered from 1 to 25 are in the scenic style, while most of those from 26 to 50 are in the "still life" style. All the latter have wide, solid-color borders in various pale shades.

The back of each card contains identical text, in a vertical format printed either in black or a shade of blue, with the left side containing the standard "Four Points" explaining the virtues of Arbuckles' Ariosa Coffee, and the right side providing several recipes for the featured food under the heading "Cooking Notes". (See examples.)

I must say, the recipes provided in this series make for very entertaining reading, but since the word "microwave" isn't found in a single one of them, I'm unable to provide any sort of first hand report on how tasty they might turn out to be. I have, however, recently compiled all of these recipes into an Arbuckle Trade Cards Victorian Cookbook, which is available for purchase through a link on the ArbyCard Novelties page. Best of luck to those who wish to take a crack at any of them!

Disclaimer: Any culinary disasters, or injuries to life and limb, sustained by anyone attempting to implement a recipe found on these pages, are the sole responsibility of those adventurous individuals. By selecting any of the cards shown below, you hereby agree that this editor shall be held blameless! Bon Appetit!

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#1
Cabbage
#2
Pigeons
#3
Rabbit
#4
Milk
#5
Eggs
#6
Pigs
#7
Ox-tail Soup
#8
Corn
#9
Goose
#10
Sheep
#11
Coffee
#12
Cakes
#13
Rhubarb
#14
Plum Pudding
#15
Turkey
#16
Chicken
#17
Quail
#18
Veal
#19
Candy
#20
Oatmeal
#21
Jelly
#22
Beef
#23
Woodcock
#24
Potatoes
#25
Raspberries
#26
Bananas
#27
Oranges
#28
Duck
#29
Cherries
#30
Watermelon
#31
Oysters
#32
Strawberries
#33
Tomatoes
#34
Wines
#35
Lobster
#36
Flour
#37
Lemon
#38
Clams
#39
Grapes
#40
Peas
#41
Salmon
#42
Black Bass
#43
Trout
#44
Spanish Mackerel
#45
Shad
#46
Pickerel
#47
Apples
#48
Venison
#49
Peaches
#50
Pears