Thanksgiving Recipes from Local Cookbooks

In need of some last-minute inspiration for your Thanksgiving dishes? Try these recipes from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collection Center’s Local Cookbooks Collection (SC 641.5)!

Kick off the festivities with The Farmer’s Bishop, an apple-orange punch sure to warm your guests as they come in from the cold:

Some celebratory seasonal salads:

Davenport Central High School, 2012
Sacred Heart Cathedral, 1972

Dress the turkey with this oyster stuffing:

1985

Tired of turkey? How about pheasant instead?

1997

Or perhaps fried squirrel, rabbit, or other game?

1980

Send in the sides!

1974
1992
1968

Eat your veggies!

2003

Rolls from the bowlers:

1998

And for dessert? Pies, of course!

Capri College, 1997
1968

Hopefully, you won’t need this “receipt” afterwards:

Collected in the early 20th century

Happy Thanksgiving from the Richardson-Sloane Special Collections Center! Visit us at the Main Street location for more holiday recipes from the Local Cookbooks Collection!

(posted by Katie)

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