The joy of
hunting for vintage recipe books is coming across unusual books to add to my
collection. One such book is the ‘Kenya High School Recipe Book’.
Dating from
1959, this book was produced as a fundraiser for the building of the Kenya High
School Chapel.
"The Kenya High School had its beginnings in 1910 when a co-educational school called the Nairobi European School began in buildings designed for police Barracks. In 1931 the boys were separated from the girls. In 1935, the school was renamed The European Girls Secondary School and had its first Headmistress, Miss Kerby appointed. The buildings consisted partly of temporary wooden huts located on the compound of the present Nairobi Primary school, with whom the secondary school shared the present buildings. Staff housing was scattered in the vicinity of Protectorate Hill. In 1939, the school was renamed The Kenya High School." http://www.kenyahigh.ac.ke/
The fundraising was obviously successful as the school chapel was dedicated in 1959.
One of the
aspects I enjoy in vintage recipe books are the adverts:
For a quick
and easy Lemon Meringue Pie, using a precooked pie shell, G.Baskin contributed
this recipe:
Lemon
Meringue Pie
1 cooked 9”
pie shell
2 eggs
1 tin
condensed milk
Sugar for
meringue
½ cup lemon
juice
Mix the
condensed milk, egg yolk and lemon juice together. Pour into pie shell and top
with egg whites beaten to meringue with sugar.
Place in
oven for 2 to 3 minutes until the meringue is golden brown.
Delicious
served with cream.
Happy Baking!
The Vintage Kitchen
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