Food Friday: A Blushing Bunny and Stuffed Potato

There's no doubt that community cookbooks provide a sense of place. But they also give us an important history lesson about a population and, obviously, what they ate.

In some ways, food is ephemeral. What I ate as a child may differ from what you ate because of place, who was cooking, finances and what foods were available. As time marches on, taste changes and dishes that the previous generation ate may be all but forgotten, sometimes intentionally.

From the collection of Gena Philibert-Ortega

Today's recipes comes from ...Tried Recipes by the Lutheran Ladies Aid of Fisher, Minnesota. While there is no copyright year on this work, it most likely dates to February 1941 or before judging from the inscription found inside.

Here are two recipes that might not be as familiar to modern foodies. How about adding Peanut Butter Stuffed Potatoes and Blushing Bunny to today's lunch menu.

From the collection of Gena Philibert-Ortega

Another great part of this cookbook is the recipes found in the back reflecting the origins of the local community.

From the collection of Gena Philibert-Ortega

What foods did you eat as a child that have disappeared from your modern-day menu?