Soup…just what the weather ordered.

Winter came in with a bang to North Carolina.  We went from 70s to 20s in a matter of weeks.  Nothing like a pot of soup to battle the winter chill.

A Warm Bowl of Soup Picture - Keepers of the Hearth

Image from Keepers of the hearth : based on records, ledgers and shared recipes of the families connected with Mill Prong House, Edinborough Road, Hoke County, North Carolina.

Vegetable Soup - The Cat Who...Cookbook

Vegetable Soup from The cat who– cookbook.

Don't Double Dribble Tomato Bisque - Hornets Homecooking

Don’t Double Dribble Tomato Bisque from Hornets homecooking : favorite family recipes from the Charlotte Hornets players, coaches, staff and special fans.

Corn & potato chowder - Buffet Benny's

Corn & Potato Chowder from Buffet Benny’s family cookbook : recipes, stories & poems from the Appalachian Mountains.

Nickleby's Fish Stew-North Carolina's Historic Restaurants and their recipies

Nickleby’s Fish Stew from North Carolina’s historic restaurants and their recipes.

Kale Soup - Welkom

Kale Soup from Welkom : Terra Ceia cookbook III, a collection of recipes.

Bean & Bacon Soup - Heavenly Delights

Bean & Bacon Soup from Heavenly delights.

Still in need of a few gift ideas?

Last minute DIY gifts courtesy of the cookbook collection!

USED 12-22-15 Homemade Gift Picture - On Campus Cookbook

Image from On campus cookbook.

USED 12-22-15 Drink Recipes, Herb Butter(s), Homemade Mayonnaise-Out of Our League

From Out of our league.

USED 12-22-15 Dog Biscuits - Bone Appetit

Dog Biscuits from A book of favorite recipes.

USED 12-22-15 Best Ever Hot Chocolate Mix - Welkom

Best Ever Hot Chocolate Mix from Welkom : Terra Ceia cookbook III, a collection of recipes.

USED 12-22-15 Homemade Marshmallows - Koerner's Folly Cookbook

Homemade Marshmallows from Körner’s Folly cookbook.

USED 12-22-15 Peanut Brittle - Peanuts on Parade

Peanut Brittle from Peanuts on parade : prize-winning recipes.

Crock pot recipes from the collection.

Crock Pot Beef Stew - Heavenly Delights

Crock Pot Beef Stew from Heavenly delights.

Crockpot Chicken Parmigiana - Cooking on the Cutting Edge

Crockpot Chicken Parmigiana from Cooking on the cutting edge.

Crock Pot Picnic - Heavenly Helpings

Crock Pot Picnic from Heavenly helpings, seasoned with love : recipes collected from great cooks past and present of White Oak Baptist Church, Archer Lodge, NC.

Slow Cooker Chocolate Stout Pot Roast - Well, Shut My Mouth!

Slow Cooker Chocolate Stout Pot Roast from Well, shut my mouth! : the Sweet Potatoes Restaurant cookbook.

Crockpot Creamed Corn - Welkom

Crockpot Creamed Corn from Welkom : Terra Ceia cookbook III, a collection of recipes.

Swamp Soup-Red's Cook Book

Swamp Soup from Red’s cook book : (road kill not included).

Appetizer recipes from the collection

Appetizers - Bone Appetit

Image from A book of favorite recipes.

Nut Tid-Bits - Gourmet...Eating

Nut Tid-Bits from Recipes for gourmet eating : a compilation of favorite tested recipes of housewives of Greenville and out of town friends.

Mushroom Pinwheels - Company's Coming

Mushroom Pinwheels from Company’s coming : a recipe collection from North Carolinians who enjoy company coming.

Salmon Ball - Heavenly Delights

Salmon Ball from Heavenly delights.

BLT Dip - Count Our Blessings

BLT Dip from Count our blessings : 75 years of recipes and memories / Myers Park Presbyterian Church.

Cocktail Tomatoes - Bone Appetit

Cocktail Tomatoes from A book of favorite recipes.

Meat Balls Extraordinaire - Peace Cookbook

Meat Balls Extraordinaire from Peace cookbook.

A hot beverage perhaps? recipes from the collection

It’s hot beverage season!  Battle that morning chill with one of these recipes.

USED 10-9-15 Beverages Image - Kitchen Kapers

Image from Kitchen kapers.

USED 10-9-15 Cock-A-Hoop - The Lost Colony Cookbook

Cock-A-Hoop from The lost colony cookbook : 400 years of fine food & feasts in the Old World & the New.

USED 10-9-15 Apple Cider - A Taste of the Old and the New

Apple Cider from A Taste of the old and the new.

USED 10-9-15 Hot buttered lemonade - Classic Cookbook of Duke Hospital

Hot Buttered Lemonade from Classic cookbook.

USED 10-9-15 Yaupon Tea - Progressive Farmer

Yaupon Tea from The Progressive farmer’s southern cookbook.

USED 10-9-15 Lump Milk - Nightingales in the Kitchen

Lump Milk from Nightingales in the kitchen.

USED 10-9-15 Chocolate - Capital City

Chocolate from Capital city cook book : a collection of practical tested receipts.

USED 10-9-15 Hot Spiced Grape Juice - Cook Book

Hot Spiced Grape Juice from Cook book.

Let’s go camping!…recipes from the collection.

USED 9-23-15 Outdoor Cooking Picture - Keepers of the Hearth

Image from Keepers of the hearth : based on records, ledgers and shared recipes of the families connected with Mill Prong House, Edinborough Road, Hoke County, North Carolina.

USED 9-23-15 Food to cook over a campfire - Favorite Fancies

Foods to Cook Over a Campfire from Favorite fancies cook book.

USED 9-23-15 Camper's Stew - Farmville

Camper’s Stew from The Farmville cook book.

USED 9-23-15 Campfire Bacon and Eggs in a Bag - Cooking in the Moment

Campfire Bacon and Eggs in a Bag from Cooking in the moment : a year of seasonal recipes.

USED 9-23-15 Campfire Vegetables - Farmville

Campfire Vegetables from The Farmville cook book.

Cookbook Cooking Challenge Round 2!…recipes from the collection

Several brave Wilson Library staffers volunteered as chefs and tasters to give their taste buds, stomachs, and comments to this year’s Cookbook Cooking Challenge themed We’ll Be the Judge of That.

We once again mined the North Carolina Collection’s bountiful cookbook collection and selected recipes that claim deliciousness, delightfull-ness, heavenly taste, and all around best-ness, among other things.

In the end, some recipes lived up to their names while others where…interesting.

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Easy and Delicious Tomato Aspic from Dixie Classic Fair for Northwest North Carolina : favorite recipes from friends of the Fair.

Best Ever Salad from Company’s coming : a recipe collection from North Carolinians who enjoy company coming.

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Yum Yum Salad from The Charlotte cookbook.

Best Ever Cheese Ring from Count our blessings : 75 years of recipes and memories / Myers Park Presbyterian Church.

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Eggs Delight from Butter ‘n love recipes.

Delicious Sandwich from Butter ‘n love recipes.

Slide4

You’ll Think it’s Crab Dip from A dash of Down East.

Second Best from What’s cookin’? in 1822.

Slide5

Mom’s Terrific Toffee from Count our blessings : 75 years of recipes and memories / Myers Park Presbyterian Church.

Divine Casserole from Best of the best from North Carolina : selected recipes from North Carolina’s favorite cookbooks.

Slide6

Best Butternut Pie from Red’s cook book : (road kill not included).

Wagwood’s Favorite Cake from Historic Moores Creek cook book : a collection of old and new recipes.

Gelatin!…recipes from the collection

Because gelatin molds are always a conversation starter.

Limey Cucumber Salad - Classic Cookbook of Duke Hospital

Limey Cucumber Salad from Classic cookbook.

Date-grapefruit globes - Carolina Cooking

Date-Grapefruit Globes from Carolina cooking.

Fantastic Shrimp Molds - Count Our Blessings

Fantastic Shrimp Mold from Count our blessings : 75 years of recipes and memories / Myers Park Presbyterian Church.

Ham Mousse - Southern Cookbook

Ham Mousse from Marion Brown’s southern cook book.

Mayonaise ring - Soup to Nuts

Mayonnaise Ring from Soup to nuts : a cook book of recipes contributed by housewives and husbands of Alamance County and other sections of state and country.

Congealed vegetable salad - Carolina Cooking

Congealed Vegetable Salad from Carolina cooking.

Tuna Fish Mousse -  Progressive Farmer

Tuna Fish Mousse from The Progressive farmer’s southern cookbook.

Blueberries, and melons, and pears oh my!…recipes from the collection

It’s summer in the south and that means fresh fruit!  So run to your local farmers market or grocer, grab your favorite fruit, and try out a new to you recipe.

USED 7-9-15 Fruit cocktail poem - Kitchen Kapers

 

Fruit Cocktail poem from Kitchen kapers.

USED 7-9-15 Fruit Cocktails - Nightingales in the Kitchen

Fruit Cocktail from Nightingales in the kitchen.

USED 7-9-15 Cantaloupe Pond Lilies - Heavenly Delights

Cantaloupe Pond Lilies from Heavenly delights.

USED 7-9-15 Blueberry Pineapple Float-Cooking with Berries

Blueberry-Pineapple Float from Cooking with berries.

Watermelon Ice - Pass the Plate

Watermelon Ice from Pass the plate : the collection from Christ Church.

USED 7-9-15 Pear Relish - A Taste of the Old and the New

Pear Relish from A Taste of the old and the new.

USED 7-9-15 Broiled Grapefruit - Given to Hospitality

Broiled Grapefruit from Given to hospitality : a cook book.

USED 7-9-15 Cold Peach Soup - Pass the Plate

Cold Peach Soup from Pass the plate : the collection from Christ Church.

It’s hot enough to fry an egg!…recipes from the collection

Summer has come to the Tar Heel State with a bang.  With temps in the upper 90s and heat indexes to the 100s, you could fry an egg on the sidewalk!

USED 6-25-15 Egg Dishes Poem - Federation of Home Demonstration Clubs Favorite Recipes

Poem from Favorite recipes.

USED 6-25-15 eggs in tomato cups - What's Left is Right

Baked Eggs in Tomato Cups from What’s left is right : what to do with leftovers when you’re desperate.

USE Chili puffed eggs - Buffet Benny's

Chili Puffed Eggs from Buffet Benny’s family cookbook : recipes, stories & poems from the Appalachian Mountains.

USED 6-25-15 Gourmet luncheon eggs - Classic Cookbook of Duke Hospital

Gourmet Luncheon Eggs from Classic cookbook.

USE Carassa eggs - Carolina Cooking

Carassa Eggs from Carolina cooking.

USE Vegetable Scramble - Love Yourself Cookbook

Vegetable Scramble from Love yourself cookbook : easy recipes for one or two.

USE Eggs with Olives and Cheese - Waldensian Cookery

Eggs with Olives and Cheese from Waldensian cookery.