Pyrex Prize Recipes Book
We had been looking for this older Pyrex Prize Recipes book printed in 1953 by Greystone Press for quite awhile now. Finally, we just got it off of Ebay. It’s quite a bit smaller than I had pictured, about 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. I had thought it was the size of a notebook sheet of paper. The mug is a standard 1410 diagonal handle that i used to show the relative size. This cost $2.50 back in the day, and we got it for about that much not including shipping.
This is an interesting recipe book because it has quite a few color pictures of different types of Pyrex Ware including both standard Oven Ware, Flame Ware and Colored Oven Ware and Pyrex Dinnerware. It is actually comprised of recipes sent in by homemakers and users of Pyrex Ware.
I was sort of hoping it would have a few pics of promotional items in it, but as this was 1953 it was a bit too early still. The dishes shown are more utilitarian, although they are rather nice. Here are two sample pics on Flickr. They show the Hostess Sets quite a bit, as well as both lime, flamingo and yellow pie plates and bakers. Many of the pics show Flameware percolators being used for things other than coffee, which is kind of neat.
August 28th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
that’s funny. I got this on Ebay too a couple months ago and was surprised by how small it was as well. I was thinking it would be about as big as you did. Still neat to have
September 16th, 2007 at 1:06 pm
Love your site! A good friend of mine gave me this book as a gift a couple of years back and I have tried many of the recipes and tips. Here’s the good ones:
1. Sandwiching a pie shell between two Pyrex plates when baking. No more shrunken crusts!
2. Corn on the cob in a 9-cup percolator. Put your ears of corn in as in the picture. Fill to about 3/4 with cool water - add 1 teaspoon or so sugar and a dash salt. Put on the stove just till water starts to boil vigourously- take from heat and let stand 15 minutes before serving. You’ll think the corn has just been picked! (The sugar was a tip from Grandma and really works). The perk also works great for asparagus as illustrated - if cooking smaller amounts than the perk will hold standing up, tie them into bundles with kitchen string or heavy elastics - snip these off with kitchen scissors at serving time.
3. This book inspired me to buy the Pyrex teapot. I love tea in the evenings and after years of always coming back to the “second cup” of cold tea, I love this - keeps it hot indefinitely set at the very lowest heat on the stove. I wouldn’t be without it!
4. Good recipes in here too, though some are not my thing. The Hot Potato Salad is one of my partner’s favourites and I have made the Black and White Refrigerator Pie many times. I ALWAYS get asked for the recipe!
5. Using the teapot as a sauce boat is “the thing” - the handle stays cool and instead of messing around with a spoon, you can just pour and there’s no dripping from the spout. This works great for spaghetti sauce and even gravy for large dinners. Best of all, when everybody’s been served - just put the teapot back on very low heat and it stays hot for second helpings!
I have to admit that when I first looked at this book - some of the alternate uses for the pieces seemed odd, but they’re great ideas.