Vintage Viands : 1940s Edition

Vintage Viands, an event where staff from the University Libraries prepare foods using recipes from the Home Economics Pamphlet Collection, Woman's Collection - Cookbooks, and the online collection Home Economics and Household Collections, is happening this Friday from noon to 2:30 in Jackson Library. The tasting event also includes a contest to reward the tastiest ane most unique dishes.

Here are the categories for this year's contest:

• Appetizer
• Main Dish
• Desserts
• Best Hot Dish [AKA Casseroles]
• Best Jell-O [or other brand of gelatin]

Recipes will be judged by these rankings:

• Tastiest [Over all categories]
• Most Unique [Over all categories]

For this year's interactive exhibit, we are featuring cuisine from the 1940s, which will include "ration book" specials, "meat extenders" and postwar delicacies featuring items that had been unavailable during the war years. There will also be displays of the cookbooks and pamphlets from the Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives.