Hungarian-Jewish Manuscript Cookbook, 1940

Item — Volume: HU 1

Staff Only

Dates

Creation: 1940

Extent

From the Collection: 10.50 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

Hungarian

Yiddish

Arabic

Additional Description

Materials Specific Details

An early manuscript household cookbook of Hungarian Jews in Palestine in the 1940s. The book includes many cakes, mostly sweet, including "Drum Cake," "Chocolate Cream," and a "Cottage Cheese Pie," and "Filling." The etrog, or yellow citron,which is used by Jews during Sukkot, makes several appearances. One or two of the recipes are attributed but most are not. A few pages in the rear of the book are lists or accounts and mention Tel Aviv, Haifa, and other cities or town.

Includes small printed slip with description and a price.

Physical Description

Written in blue-green ink in a fairly neat hand, the text is in Hungarian with a few Yiddish or Arabic words for food stuffs sprinkled throughout. The pages are loose and page order has not been maintained. The tan cloth backing has been torn away and the wax paper covered boards are worn and soiled, but the book is still legible.