What’s for supper?

If you are on Facebook you might be familiar with cooking videos on  your news feed like this one for One Pan Chicken Pasta with step-by-step visual instructions to make the dish, often a shopping list is included.  What’s for supper made easy!

Photo from Tasty Facebook page. To see the video.

In 1963, Knox tried something new the “On-Camera Recipes” in their recipe book promoting Knox gelatin.

Their hope was that the “still shots” taken from TV film would make “each recipe much clearer . . . and easier to follow.”

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The Basics.

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Main dish recipes.

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Step by step guide for making “Deviled Egg Mold.”

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Businesses also gave out calendars with recipes appropriate for each month.  In 1948, Enns & Perkins Appliance gave customers this calendar.

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Recipes for March 1948.

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Enns & Perkins Appliance Float in the Govenor’s Parade, 3 September 1937 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Newton, Kansas.

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