A Collection of Favourite Old Recipes from Newfoundland and Labrador

Edited, Printed and Published by the Rev. Ivan F. Jesperson, 1980 3rd edition (stated) Softcover. Book Condition: Good. Yellow art-illustrated card covers, with black lettering to front & spine.129 pages.

Fat-back & Molasses is a collection of favourite old recipes from Newfoundland & Labrador. In addition to the homespun recipes, this book contains sketches and stories that also give a deep insight into the culture and life of a people very much in communion with nature and the joy of life.

A few hundred recipes each with the supplier's name and town. Illustrations (one per month) by Lorie M. Jesperson when 12 years old.

The illustrations:

January: "Woodsman - Slide Hauling."
February: A hunter with his barking muzzleloader.
March: "The Seal Hunt."
April: "Mending Nets."
May: "Trouting in May Month."
June: A lobstering tilt.
July: "Trap Boat."
August: "Water Boy in August Month."
September: "Berry Picking."
October: "Having a 'Cuffer' at the Harvest Supper."
November: "Bonfire Night November 5th."
December: "Any Mummers in the Night?"

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