Recipes from the Collection, pt. 2
by Braden Murray
The Five Roses Cookbook was a staple in Canadian kitchens for most of the 20th century. This edition was published in 1915.
The recipes we’ve included are Scotch Shortbread and for Gumdrop Cake. The Gumdrop Cake recipe isn’t original to Five Roses and must have been included sometime later.
A little note on baking— the reason they don’t give times and temperatures is that many homes were still using wood stoves in 1915. It was impossible to be precise, so you really had to know your stove!
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- The Five Roses cook book was and remains a staple in many households
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- Scottish shortbread is a classic treat
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- A recipe from the Town’s official Headquarters for Gumdrops
Did you know?
Both the Hudson’s Bay Company and the Northwest Company operated on the Lake of the Woods, and would often sabotage each others equipment at portage sites.