THE YZ-LODGE COOKBOOK - 1912-1913
THE YZ-LODGE COOKBOOK - 1912-1913
(Wisconsin - Manuscript Cook Book) Weisse, H.C. MANUSCRIPT RECIPE BOOK WITH THE NAME h.g. Weisse on the front cover along with YZ-LODGE. The second name of Lucille C. Wolf, 3230 McKinly Blvd, is written on the insider front cover.
Oil cloth covered boards with 103 lined pages Filled with 223 handwritten recipes. Some pages blank between categories, while others have recipe entries dated between 1912 and 1913. Table of abbreviation, table of measuring and a Definition of Cooking which is “ Cooking is the preparation of food by the aid of heat to make it more nourishing for our bodies.” Also directions on the Methods of Cooking; Laying the Table and Serving and Five Food Principles. There are canvas section tabs affixed to the top of some pages indicating different types of recipes including biscuits, muffins and doughnuts; breads; cake; cereals; cheese; deserts; drinks; eggs; entrees; fish; ices; jellies and conserves; meats; pastry (pie); salads and dressings; sauces; soups and vegetables. Two quotes from Mrs. E.H. Richards, the well-known economist and lecturer are found on the first page. One being “Together around a table means a certain dignity and order, a certain formality which means good manners, courtesy, toward others, a spirit of helpfulness, comparisons of ideas – not greedy selfishness.” Very neatly written and quite legible. Recipe book size is 5 ¾ x 8 ¾ inches. Vg cond.
The H.C. Weisse name and the reference to the YZ-Lodge indicates the book is from Wisconsin where there was a YZ-Lodge on Big St. Germain Lake, Eagle Point, Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Henry C. Weisse lived nearby in Sayner, Wisconsin. Lucille C. Wolfe was the maiden name of Mrs. H.C. Weisse (1895-1975) and she married H.C. Weisse (1896-1979) in October of 1917. The 1912 and 1913 entries would indicate that the recipe book was started by Lucille prior to their marriage. In 1935 the Weisse’s were complainants in a legal hearing regarding the unlawful maintenance of a fence by Mrs. Frank Baackes across the navigable channel between St. Germain Lake and Lake Content in Vilas County. The locked iron gated fence evidently prohibited canoes and rowboats in navigate the stream.