{"id":1291,"date":"2016-10-05T14:53:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjhblog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/05\/nibbles-noshes-and-more-baking-historical\/"},"modified":"2016-10-05T14:53:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-05T14:53:32","slug":"nibbles-noshes-and-more-baking-historical","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cjh.org\/index.php\/2016\/10\/05\/nibbles-noshes-and-more-baking-historical\/","title":{"rendered":"Nibbles, Noshes, and More: Baking Historical Hadassah Recipes"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Nicole Greenhouse<\/p>\n

Hadassah chapters have a long history of fundraising
\nfor Israeli public welfare projects and the Hadassah hospitals in at Mount
\nScopus and Ein Kerem. As part of their fundraising efforts, chapters produced
\ncookbooks, made up of beloved recipes of chapter members. Many of these chapter
\ncookbooks can be found in the Hadassah Archives. \u00a0The team working on the processing of the
\nmaterials couldn\u2019t resist the temptation to taste test chapter recipes. Over the
\ncourse of six weeks, we baked and tasted desserts from chapters in Illinois,
\nFlorida, New Mexico, California, Ohio, South Carolina, Massachusetts, and New
\nYork. This little bit of after-work fun gave the Hadassah processing team and
\nother colleagues not only an excuse for treats to break up the work on this
\nlarge collection, but it also gave us a peek into the culinary lives of
\nHadassah members.<\/p>\n

Below are some of our favorites.<\/p>\n

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Bottom: Pearl Helfand’s Harvey Wallbanger Cake
\nfrom “Bagels, Blintzes, and Borscht” by the Illinois North Shore
\nChapter (I-578, RG 17, Box 63, Folder 2). Top: Magic Marshmallow Crescent Puffs
\nfrom “Get Cookin’ with Hadassah” by Florida\u2019s Clearwater-Safety
\nHarbor Chapter (I-578, RG 17, Box 61, Folder 3). Hadassah Archives on Long-term
\nDeposit at the American Jewish Historical Society, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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“Get Cookin’ with Hadassah” by
\nFlorida\u2019s Clearwater-Safety Harbor Chapter (I-578, RG 17, Box 61, Folder 3).
\nHadassah Archives on Long-term Deposit at the American Jewish Historical
\nSociety, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Named after a cocktail,
\nthe Harvey Wallbanger Cake is a bright orange cake made with Orange Supreme
\nCake mix, vodka, and Galliano. It tasted like an alcoholic creamsicle. The Magic
\nMarshmallow Crescent Puffs were basically a sugar-covered marshmallow wrapped
\nin a crescent roll, covered in icing. Although the marshmallow melted during
\nbaking, the Puffs reminded me of a mini donut.<\/p>\n

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Left:
\nMilky Way Cake from “What’s
\nCooking?” by New Mexico\u2019s Los Alamos Chapter (I-578, RG 17, Box 66, Folder
\n1). Right: Cherry Dump Cobbler from “From Noodles to Strudels,” Vol.
\n1 by California\u2019s Beverly Hills Chapter (I-578, RG 17, Box 60, Folder 1).
\nHadassah Archives on Long-term Deposit at the American Jewish Historical
\nSociety, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Milky Way Cake was
\nmade with FIVE Milky Way candy bars! As you can tell, the bundt cake was a
\npopular baking method for Hadassah bakers; besides the two bundt cakes featured
\nin this post, we also had a bundt shaped Jell-O mold and lemon cake. In the
\nHadassah Archives Audio and Moving Image Collection (http:\/\/findingaids.cjh.org\/?pID=2916671#rg25<\/a>),
\nthere is an interview with a chapter president describing the history of the
\nbundt pan (I-578, RG 25, Box AVC-H-29, Item # rg25_1319).<\/p>\n

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“From Noodles to Strudels,” Vol. 1 by
\nCalifornia\u2019s Beverly Hills Chapter (I-578, RG 17, Box 60, Folder 1). Hadassah
\nArchives on Long-term Deposit at the American Jewish Historical Society, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The Cherry Dump Cobbler
\nwas the biggest surprise; we had no idea that cherry pie filling topped with
\ncake mix would make such a delicious, crispy topping.<\/p>\n

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Top: Quick Coconut Bars from <\/i>“In the Beginning There was Chicken Soup” by New York\u2019s
\nDix Hills Chapter (RG 17, Box 66, Folder 5). Bottom: <\/i>Grasshopper
\nMousse from \u201cThe Stuffed Bagel" by South Carolina\u2019s Columbia Chapter (RG
\n17, Box 72, Folder 2). Hadassah Archives on Long-term Deposit at the American
\nJewish Historical Society, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\n

\u201cThe Stuffed Bagel" by South Carolina\u2019s
\nColumbia Chapter (RG 17, Box 72, Folder 2). Hadassah Archives on Long-term
\nDeposit at the American Jewish Historical Society, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The
\nCoconut Bars were supposed to be made with orange sherbet, but raspberry
\nsherbet made them a shocking pink color. They were very chewy. In contrast, the
\nGrasshopper Mousse was bright green, minty, and chocolate-y.<\/p>\n

Besides these colorful
\ntreats, the Hadassah cookbook collection contains recipes from chapters from
\nall over the United States, from Alaska to Maine, Canada, and Israel. You can see
\nthe full listing of cookbooks here: http:\/\/digifindingaids.cjh.org\/?pID=3810590#serIII<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn the Beginning There was Chicken Soup\u201d by New York\u2019s
\nDix Hills Chapter (RG 17, Box 66, Folder 5). Hadassah Archives on Long-term
\nDeposit at the American Jewish Historical Society, I-578.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In addition to the
\ncookbooks, the Hadassah records also document the histories of Hadassah\u2019s
\nchapters, through newsletters, photographs, meeting minutes, brochures, and
\nother materials. If you\u2019re curious, perhaps because the 370,000 Hadassah
\nmembers might include you, your mother, or your grandmother, check out the
\nrecords here: http:\/\/digifindingaids.cjh.org\/?pID=2916671<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

From
\n2015-2016, Center archivists processed the Hadassah Archives on Long-Term
\nDeposit at the American Jewish Historical Society (AJHS) thanks to the generous
\nsupport of the Leon Levy Foundation. The Hadassah Archives measures over 1,500
\nlinear feet and is one of the most frequently used collections at AJHS.<\/i><\/p>\n

Nicole
\nGreenhouse is an Archivist at the Center for Jewish History.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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