Ukrainian-English Cook Book

[Ukrainian Book Store and Press?] - [1945?]

This cookbook was published by Winnipeg’s Ukrainian Book Store and Press, which no longer exists. The book shows an interesting mix of influences: the Ukrainian description on the title page translates to “Practical Advice and Explanation in the Ukrainian Language of English Cooking and Baking Techniques” and indicates that the book contains two sections: I: Old Country Home Cooking and II: Instructions for Health; but the cover image is of a rather generic housewife holding a French soup tureen. The recipes inside are written in Ukrainian except, curiously, for their titles, which are in English. An English influence is evident, for example, in the various “catsups” listed in one section.

This book also follows the traditional household cookbook style in that, besides culinary recipes, it also includes a number of home remedies. These include how to staunch a bleeding nose or how to cure constipation, lockjaw (as tetanus is sometimes called) and sunstroke. A “felon,” a cure for which is included on page 196, is a small abscess, a remedy for which would have been important in the days before antibiotics were available.