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Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Marnie Jorgensen, who collected information from her mother, Beverley Jorgensen. Soft-boiled egg mashed on buttered toast, cut into strips. Name conferred to make them interesting to a picky eater, namely informant.

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The Dora D. Flack collection contains original manuscripts from her works inculding: "Preserving your Past," "Dry and Save-Food and Money," and the "Wheat for Man" manucripts. The collection contains the manuscripts in their published form as well as a copy of, "What about Christmas?" and "The Dutson Family History." Also enclosed is a bound compilation entitled "Sketches of how my books came to be" where Flack describes how she came to write her books.

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Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Luann Athay, who collected information from fellow BYU student Liz Matia. Learned two years before recording. Flour, baking powder, salt, lard, and water, worked by hand and turned by hand on an ungreased iron plate. Traditional food; informant is Papago/Mexican/Irish.

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Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Marty Larsen, who collected information from his stepmother, Tressa Peterson, who collected it from Marty's grandmother, who made a family annual tradition of a lunch including this traditional Danish soup. Ham, greens, and potatoes, thickened with flour.

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Report by Leslie Curtis, who collected information from George Miller. Salted pork and fish, tied in taro leaves and steamed in an underground oven. Traditional method of preserving. [Consider the possibility that collector's "tea leaves" are in fact ti leaves, on grounds of traditional availability and size.]

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Report by Brigham Young University folklore student Sheila Ann Marin, who collected information from her roommate, Kathy Ann Hoffman, who measured it from her Hungarian grandmother's unwritten and unmeasured recipe. Spiced cookies, traditionally cut in the shape of people; made for Christmas and traditionally hung on Christmas trees. Preparing dough takes ten days' wait, and softening cookies after baking takes a few days also.

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Report by Brigham Young University computer science student Paul Merideth, who collected information from his home teaching companion, Vaituu Kaio. Traditional Samoan recipe handed down through family. Layered leaves of various kinds around coconut milk with onions and salt; cooked on heated rocks under banana leaves.

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Contains a note with the addresses for Mrs. E. T. Sanburn and Janet S. Smith; two copies of a will of Daniel M. Bell; and, a recpipe for "Doctor Gibson's Cough Syrup."

Scope and Contents Each of the five journals originally belonged to her father, George Ezra Teasdale, as evidenced by his signature inside each front cover and his sporadic notes throughout the journals. However, they were filled by June Emma Teasdale. Teasdale's journals cover March 1916-August 1917 and take place in Madera County, California. Her journal entries consist mostly of her daily chores and social activities. She mentions specific Madera County locations including Bass Lake, Cascade Canyon, Fish...