...and, our most recent "Lois & Marion" cookbook winners are...
1. Ms. Carol Streight of Newfield, who called at 6:50 am!
2. Ms. Joan Lee of Ithaca, who called at 6:55 am!
We did not receive any e-mail entries, so we decided to give our
2 recipe books of the month to the first 2 callers! Thank you all
who participated!
NEW! Get a FREE copy of Lois O'Connor's 1965 cookbook " ... Of
Tarragon, Thyme Tauvirg" in appreciation for your tax-deductible
contribution of $15.00 or more to The History Center in Tompkins
County.
For more information on how to donate call 273-8284 x6 or email
us at community@thehistorycenter.net
Read Lois' fascinating cookbook's prologue:
Lois and Marion's home was called Tauvirg (from Taurus and Virgo).
The cookbook was written in 1965 by Lois O'Connor and printed in
Freeville, NY. The introduction reads:
"Talk about tarragon and thyme began at Tauvirg even before these herbs
came to grow in the small herb garden where they have joined others of their
endearing kin.
Some of the talk spilled over into a newspaper column, the Batter
Jug, which was published first in 1952 and again briefly in 1962
in The Ithaca Journal. Antecedents of the Batter Jug, however, reach
back still more years to a time when the name was used for a column
written for the Tompkins County Rural News.
More recently, the Batter Jug appeared in The Daily Reporter,
Wellsville,NY; The Free-Lance Star, Fredericksburg,VA; and the
Daily Intelligencer, Doylestown,PA...Of Tarragon,Thyme & Tauvirg
is a small selection of the published columns.
Rosemary is for remembrance and so a thriving sprig of rosemary
to each of the many friends who shared not only their recipes but
often their wisdom. To readers of The Batter Jug, whose friendly
comments and helpful letters have been an inspiration, a twist of
honeysuckle vine with the rosemary for in the language of flowers
it denotes "bonds of affection."
October 1965, Tauvirg-on-Ringwood, Freeville, NY"
Sample Recipe Pages
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Meet the Dragon |
Talk About Thyme |
It's a Mystery |
Holley's Mace Cake |
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