“Believe It Or Not” Salad and Other Dishes From the 1933 Congressional Cook Book

Here, let me make you something delicious.
The backstory (or just skip down to the recipes):

Some recipes are confusing:

Some are helpful:

Some are strangely appealing:

Some are from Edith Roosevelt, the president’s second wife:

Some come with poems:

Some have great names:

Don’t bring a knife to a porch affair:

We’re expected to start shrinking at 60:

And, my favorite:

Believe it:

[Thanks, Eric!]