Burlington Vermont 1875

June 13th 1875

Saratoga Chips

Slice thin in cold water.  Salt when hot.

I am guessing this is a recipe for potato chips; from 1875 no less!  Not sure why they are called Saratoga Chips unless that is where they were invented.

According to http://originalsaratogachips.com/our-story/

In 1853 a gentleman cooking in a restaurant named Crum invented the chips when requested by a patron to slice the fried potatoes thinner.  He eventually started his own restaurant and then sold “Saratoga Chips” in to go boxes as a treat to take home.  

They are still sold at the website listed above.

Avondale Pennsylvania 1912

June 13th 1912

Oatmeal Ice Box Cookies

1 cup shortening

1 cup white sugar

1 cup brown sugar

2 eggs

1 ½ cups flour

1 tsp. soda

1 tsp. salt

3 cups of oats

1 tsp. milk

Wrap in wax paper and put in ice box overnight, break off small pieces and press with fork on the cake sheet.  Will spread when they begin to bake. 

Mrs. Diebler

DAILY RECIPES BY CALENDAR

As an ongoing feature here, I will add to this each day the recipes out of several books I have that are dated or from calendar books

A small leather covered calendar book from Burlington Vermont dated 1875.  It has all kinds of lovely handwritten dessert recipes; the front of the book has an overview of each month and a predictive weather chart, the difference of tie between Boston and New York, the value of gold and silver at the time and other interesting things like rates of postage. 

The list of names for the people who contributed recipes for these books are listed here;

https://kitchenrecipetreasures.com/2021/03/04/daily-recipes-by-calendar-family-names/

Visit my ebay store to find some great kitchen utensils and collectables to go along with these vintage and antique recipes.

https://www.ebay.com/str/ozziesattic720?_trksid=p2047675.l2563