RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project
- Title
- RCA0006 - The Yetka family collection that started the project
- Subject
- Cooking Recipe Cards
- Description
- This was the collection that started it all. I found this posted on eBay as a large lot of recipe cards, clippings, and other cooking related materials but not box to contain them all. When I received the collection, I was hooked. There were lots of handwritten cards, typed cards, clippings glued to cards, promotional cards, and everything in between.
As I worked through the archival steps on these, there were lots of little nuances that stood out. First, you’ll see quite a few cards with magazine and newspaper clippings that I’ve included. These stood out to me because there was clearly a lot of care put into cutting these out and then gluing them to cards to include in their recipe box. I find this extra time and care speaks a lot to me about the value of these clippings versus the hundreds of clippings that were simply loose in the collection.
Second, there were a lot of canning and pickling related cards here. So much has changed about canning since the time period of this collection. The use of alum and lime certainly stood out as neither are recommended by the USDA anymore. Additionally, many of the recipes expected a level of knowledge about the overall process. For example, none of the cards explain the actual water bath canning tools or process. Lastly, I got to learn a whole new (to me) unit of measure, the peck. One peck is 8 dry quarts.
Third, there is a type of dessert that self-separates during baking which I found completely fascinating. An example of this is “Cake Lemon Pie” (RCA0006-20260609-0111). This is high on my list of recipes to try so I can get my head better wrapped about the separation during cooking.
I also spent a good bit of time polishing the recipe parsing process during this collection. The formatted versions should be more consistent going forward and I’ll be trying to capture interesting notes in the Editor’s Note section at the bottom. - Creator
- Alice Yetka, Martha Yetka
- Source
- eBay
- Date
- 2026-01-12
- Contributor
- 3 girls, Alan Holcombe, Aletha, Alice Hill, Aunt Frances, Aunt Myrl, Belle, Bern, Betty Bangs, Betty Crocker, Betty J. Reynolds, Bridget, C. Kolar, Carol, Debbie, Eleanor Campbell, Elizabeth Gillenwater, F. S. Marrs, Frances, Frank, Frank Bates, G. White, Gail L. Becker, Gladys, Gladys Winkel, H.E. Erickson, Harriet, Henning, Hildegard, Jane Willson, Jeanne L. Holley, Joe, Josephine Brach, K.R., Kate Smith, Kephart, Kolar, L.M., Marie, Martha, Martha Yetka, Min, Minnie, Miriam B. Lao, mrs paul, Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Dodge, Mrs. Horton, Mrs. Selmser, Mrs. Stassen, Orla, Phil, Rose Levy, Stuart, The Chef of Tiffin Inn, V.S., Vacie, Valerie Wildman
- Rights
- Personal/Family
- Format
- Handwritten and typed recipe cards; clipped recipes
- Language
- English
- Type
- Collection
- Identifier
- RCA0006
- Coverage
- Oregon, US
Dublin Core
Collection Items
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Lemon Garnishes
Lemon Garnishes
Fresh lemon juice is an aid to digestion when used on fish, game, meats, vegetables and salads. People
with jaded appetites who ought to eat are often tempted by a garnish.
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Powdered sugar
1 c butter (or 1/2 + 1/2 shortening
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# Lemon Garnishes
## Notes
Fresh lemon juice is an aid to digestion when used on fish, game, meats, vegetables, and salads. People with jaded appetites who ought to eat are often tempted by a garnish. -
To Remove Pulp From Sunkist Oranges
To Remove Pulp From Sunkist Oranges
Pare the orange with a sharp knife,
removing every particle of the thin inside
membrane with the peel. This will leave
the orange pulp exposed. Hold the or-
ange over a plate, so that any juice which
may drop will be saved. Insert the point
of the knife at the stem end of the orange,
close to the membrane that divides the sections.
Carefully work the knife in, separating the mem-
brane from the section. Then carefully separate
the section of orange from the membrane on its
other side; remove the whole orange section, com-
plete in shape, and entirely free from membrane.
Repeat until all the sections are removed.
NOTE:—In these recipes all measurements are made
level. Measuring-cups, divided into thirds and quarters,
are used, and tea and table measuring-spoons. Cups of
dry material are filled to overflowing, by putting the
material into the cup with a tablespoon, and are then
leveled off with a knife. Tea and tablespoons are filled heaping with dry material, and then leveled off with
a knife. Most of the recipes on these cards are proportioned to serve four people.
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# To Remove Pulp From Sunkist Oranges
## Instructions
1. Pare the orange with a sharp knife, removing every particle of the thin inside membrane with the peel. This will leave the orange pulp exposed.
2. Hold the orange over a plate, so that any juice which may drop will be saved.
3. Insert the point of the knife at the stem end of the orange, close to the membrane that divides the sections.
4. Carefully work the knife in, separating the membrane from the section.
5. Then carefully separate the section of orange from the membrane on its other side; remove the whole orange section, complete in shape, and entirely free from membrane.
6. Repeat until all the sections are removed.
## Notes
In these recipes all measurements are made level. Measuring-cups, divided into thirds and quarters, are used, and tea and table measuring-spoons. Cups of dry material are filled to overflowing, by putting the material into the cup with a tablespoon, and are then leveled off with a knife. Tea and tablespoons are filled heaping with dry material, and then leveled off with a knife. Most of the recipes on these cards are proportioned to serve four people. -
Fruit Cup
Fruit Cup
1 cup white grapes
1 cup Sunkist orange sections
1 cup pineapple dice
½ cup Sunkist orange juice
½ cup pineapple syrup
Sugar Few grains salt
Remove skins and seeds from white
grapes, and membrane from orange sec-
tions. Mix fruit, Sunkist orange juice
and pineapple syrup or fresh pineapple
juice, salt and sugar to sweeten. Put in
freezer, pack in ice and salt, and stir oc-
casionally until juice begins to freeze.
Serve in champagne glasses garnished
with maraschino cherries. Makes eight
small or six large servings.
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# Fruit Cup
## Ingredients
- 1 cup white grapes
- 1 cup Sunkist orange sections
- 1 cup pineapple dice
- 1/2 cup Sunkist orange juice
- 1/2 cup pineapple syrup
- Sugar, to taste
- Few grains salt
## Instructions
1. Remove skins and seeds from white grapes, and membrane from orange sections.
2. Mix fruit, Sunkist orange juice and pineapple syrup or fresh pineapple juice, salt and sugar to sweeten.
3. Put in freezer, pack in ice and salt, and stir occasionally until juice begins to freeze.
4. Serve in champagne glasses garnished with maraschino cherries.
5. Makes eight small or six large servings. -
Sunkist Sparkle
Sunkist Sparkle
Take 1/2 glass of Sunkist orange
juice and fill to the top with cold
ginger ale. Add cracked ice.
Write us for the "Sunkist New-Day
Drinks," a booklet containing many other
suggestions and rules for making attractive
drinks that include healthful orange and
lemon juice. There are combinations with
grape juice, loganberry juice, ginger ale,
charged water, and other fruit juices, which
are delicious, wholesome and inexpensive.
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# Sunkist Sparkle
## Ingredients
- 1/2 glass Sunkist orange juice
- Cold ginger ale, to fill
- Cracked ice
## Instructions
1. Pour 1/2 glass of Sunkist orange juice into a glass.
2. Fill to the top with cold ginger ale.
3. Add cracked ice. -
Pure Orange Juice — Hotel Style / Iced Sunkist Orange Juice
Pure Orange Juice — Hotel Style
Squeeze juice from Sunkist
oranges using a glass squeezer.
Strain and serve in a very small
water glass set in a glass dish of
crushed ice.
Iced Sunkist Orange Juice
Fresh mint leaves
Sunkist orange juice
Sugar
Arrange fresh mint leaves, lengthwise, at
equal distances in frappe glasses, allowing four
to each glass. Put in finely-crushed ice to three-
fourths depth of glass, and pour over to fill glass
Sunkist orange juice, sweetened to taste.
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# Pure Orange Juice — Hotel Style
## Pure Orange Juice — Hotel Style
Squeeze juice from Sunkist oranges using a glass squeezer. Strain and serve in a very small water glass set in a glass dish of crushed ice.
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# Iced Sunkist Orange Juice
## Ingredients
- Fresh mint leaves
- Sunkist orange juice
- Sugar
## Instructions
1. Arrange fresh mint leaves lengthwise at equal distances in frappe glasses, allowing four to each glass.
2. Put in finely-crushed ice to three-fourths depth of glass.
3. Pour Sunkist orange juice over ice to fill glass, sweetened to taste. -
Sunkist Lemonade / Lemon Syrup / Sugar Syrup
Sunkist Lemonade
Juice 1 Sunkist lemon 3/4 cup water
2 tablespoons sugar
Put sugar in cup; add ice-water; stir until sugar is
dissolved; add Sunkist lemon juice, and serve imme-
diately. Soda water, White Rock water, or boiling
water may be used if desired.
Lemon Syrup
Mix 1 cup sugar syrup and 2/3 cup Sunkist lemon juice; strain,
bottle, and keep in the refrigerator. When wanted, dilute with
6 parts ice-water to 1 part lemon syrup, and serve from a glass
pitcher, garnishing, if desired, with thin slices of Sunkist lemon or
orange, Maraschino cherries, or sprigs of mint. Lemon syrup is
convenient to take for picnics or in the automobile
lunch-basket.
Sugar Syrup
Put 2 cups sugar and 2 cups water in saucepan;
stir until sugar is dissolved; boil five minutes; cool,
and bottle. The syrup may be kept in the refrig-
erator, and will be found much more satisfactory
than sugar for sweetening lemon and orangeades
and fruit beverages.
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# Sunkist Lemonade
## Ingredients
- Juice of 1 Sunkist lemon
- 3/4 cup water
- 2 tablespoons sugar
## Instructions
1. Put sugar in cup; add ice-water; stir until sugar is dissolved.
2. Add Sunkist lemon juice and serve immediately.
3. Soda water, White Rock water, or boiling water may be used if desired.
## Lemon Syrup
### Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar syrup
- 2/3 cup Sunkist lemon juice
### Instructions
1. Mix sugar syrup and lemon juice; strain, bottle, and keep in the refrigerator.
2. When wanted, dilute with 6 parts ice-water to 1 part lemon syrup and serve from a glass pitcher.
3. Garnish, if desired, with thin slices of Sunkist lemon or orange, Maraschino cherries, or sprigs of mint.
4. Lemon syrup is convenient to take for picnics or in the automobile lunch-basket.
## Sugar Syrup
### Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups water
### Instructions
1. Put sugar and water in saucepan; stir until sugar is dissolved.
2. Boil five minutes; cool and bottle.
3. The syrup may be kept in the refrigerator, and will be found much more satisfactory than sugar for sweetening lemonades and orangeades and fruit beverages. -
Sunkist Orangeade
Sunkist Orangeade
Juice of 4 Sunkist oranges
Rind of 1 Sunkist orange
Juice of 1 Sunkist lemon
1⁄3 cup sugar
2 pints water
Boil peel with one-half pint
water and sugar for five minutes.
To extracted orange juice, add
strained syrup and remainder of
water. Serve with crushed ice
and garnish with wedge-shaped
pieces of sliced orange. (6 large
glasses.)
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# Sunkist Orangeade
## Ingredients
- Juice of 4 Sunkist oranges
- Rind of 1 Sunkist orange
- Juice of 1 Sunkist lemon
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 pints water
## Instructions
1. Boil peel with one-half pint water and sugar for five minutes.
2. To extracted orange juice, add strained syrup and remainder of water.
3. Serve with crushed ice and garnish with wedge-shaped pieces of sliced orange.
Makes 6 large glasses. -
Grape Juice Lemonade / Ginger Ale Lemonade / Loganberry Lemonade
Grape Juice Lemonade
4 Sunkist lemons 1½ pints water
1 pint grape juice 1 cup sugar
Place a small block of ice in a pitcher. With the juice of four
lemons mix one cup of sugar, one and one-half pints of water,
one pint of grape juice. Pour into pitcher
and stir thoroughly. Allow to stand a
few minutes before serving. Serves six
persons. Charged water may be substi-
tuted for plain water.
Ginger Ale Lemonade
Substitute ginger ale for grape juice in
above formula.
Loganberry Lemonade
Substitute loganberry juice for grape
juice in above formula.
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# Grape Juice Lemonade
## Ingredients
- 4 Sunkist lemons
- 1 pint grape juice
- 1 1/2 pints water
- 1 cup sugar
## Instructions
1. Place a small block of ice in a pitcher.
2. With the juice of four lemons mix one cup of sugar, one and one-half pints of water, and one pint of grape juice.
3. Pour into pitcher and stir thoroughly.
4. Allow to stand a few minutes before serving.
5. Serves six persons. Charged water may be substituted for plain water.
## Ginger Ale Lemonade
Substitute ginger ale for grape juice in the above formula.
## Loganberry Lemonade
Substitute loganberry juice for grape juice in the above formula. -
Ginger Ale Punch / Camino Fruit Punch
Ginger Ale Punch
1 cup sugar
1 cup hot tea infusion
3/4 cup Sunkist orange juice
1/3 cup Sunkist lemon juice
1 pint ginger ale
1 pint White Rock
Few slices Sunkist orange
Pour tea over sugar, and, as soon as
sugar is dissolved, add fruit juices; strain
into punch-bowl over a large piece of ice,
and, just before serving, add ginger ale,
White Rock, and slices of Sunkist orange.
Camino Fruit Punch
Mix 1/4 cup Sunkist lemon juice, 1/2 cup Sunkist
orange juice, 1/2 cup sugar syrup, 1 cup pineapple
syrup, 2 cups ice-water; using syrup drained from can
of pineapple, and strain over a piece of ice. Serve in
high, narrow tumblers which have been frosted by
dipping the edges quickly into lemon juice and then
in coarse sugar. Place a small slice of canned pineapple
on top and a sprig of mint and two straws in the center,
where hollowed out; add a large cherry or strawberry,
and serve. Makes four glasses; 12 punch glasses.
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# Ginger Ale Punch
## Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup hot tea infusion
- 3/4 cup Sunkist orange juice
- 1/3 cup Sunkist lemon juice
- 1 pint ginger ale
- 1 pint White Rock
- Few slices Sunkist orange
## Instructions
1. Pour tea over sugar, and, as soon as sugar is dissolved, add fruit juices.
2. Strain into punch bowl over a large piece of ice.
3. Just before serving, add ginger ale, White Rock, and slices of Sunkist orange.
# Camino Fruit Punch
## Ingredients
- 1/4 cup Sunkist lemon juice
- 1/2 cup Sunkist orange juice
- 1/2 cup sugar syrup
- 1 cup pineapple syrup (drained from can of pineapple)
- 2 cups ice water
- Small slices of canned pineapple
- Sprigs of mint
- Large cherries or strawberries
- Coarse sugar (for frosting glasses)
- Lemon juice (for frosting glasses)
## Instructions
1. Mix lemon juice, orange juice, sugar syrup, pineapple syrup, and ice water; strain over a piece of ice.
2. Frost the edges of high, narrow tumblers by dipping them quickly into lemon juice and then into coarse sugar.
3. Pour punch into frosted tumblers.
4. Place a small slice of canned pineapple on top and a sprig of mint and two straws in the center, where hollowed out.
5. Add a large cherry or strawberry and serve.
6. Makes 4 glasses; 12 punch glasses. -
Sunkist Honey Orange Cocktail / Sunkist Cherry Cocktail
Sunkist Honey Orange Cocktail
⅔ cup Sunkist orange juice
2 tablespoons Sunkist lemon juice
2 tablespoons honey
Few grains salt
Crushed ice
Mix ingredients thoroughly in a cocktail
shaker. Put crushed ice in four cocktail glasses,
pour in the mixture and serve at once, garnished
with shredded yellow orange rind.
Sunkist Cherry Cocktail
Take ¼ cup maraschino syrup from a bottle of maraschino cherries, add 2 tablespoons
Sunkist orange juice, 1 tablespoon honey, and 1 tablespoon Sunkist lemon juice. Add
½ cup White Rock or other effervescing water. Mix well in a cocktail shaker and pour
over crushed ice in 4 cocktail glasses. Garnish with a slice of maraschino cherry in
bottom and on edge of each glass.
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# Sunkist Honey Orange Cocktail
## Ingredients
- 2/3 cup Sunkist orange juice
- 2 tablespoons Sunkist lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons honey
- Few grains salt
- Crushed ice
## Instructions
1. Mix ingredients thoroughly in a cocktail shaker.
2. Put crushed ice in four cocktail glasses, pour in the mixture and serve at once, garnished with shredded yellow orange rind.
# Sunkist Cherry Cocktail
## Ingredients
- 1/4 cup maraschino syrup from a bottle of maraschino cherries
- 2 tablespoons Sunkist orange juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1 tablespoon Sunkist lemon juice
- 1/2 cup White Rock or other effervescing water
- Maraschino cherries, sliced, for garnish
## Instructions
1. Combine maraschino syrup, orange juice, honey, and lemon juice.
2. Add effervescing water and mix well in a cocktail shaker.
3. Pour over crushed ice in 4 cocktail glasses.
4. Garnish with a slice of maraschino cherry in bottom and on edge of each glass. -
Orange Marmalade / Orange and Lemon Marmalade
Orange Marmalade
6 Sunkist oranges
1 Sunkist lemon
11 cups cold water
7 cups sugar
Peel oranges, removing all white skin, and
slice thin. Slice lemon with rind on; cover
oranges and lemon with cold water; let stand
24 hours. Then boil 3 hours; add sugar, and
let boil 1 hour. Pour into glasses; cool, and
cover. This recipe makes 9 glasses of mar-
malade.
Orange and Lemon
Marmalade
Use 3 Sunkist oranges, 2 Sunkist Lemons, 5 cups
sugar, 5 cups water. Wipe fruit, and cut, crosswise,
in as thin slices as possible, removing seeds. Put into
preserving kettle, add water, and let stand 36 hours.
Place on range, bring to boiling point, and let boil
(not simmer) 2 hours. Add sugar, and boil 1 hour.
Turn into sterile glasses, let stand until firm, and cover
with melted paraffin.
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# Orange Marmalade
## Ingredients
- 6 Sunkist oranges
- 1 Sunkist lemon
- 11 cups cold water
- 7 cups sugar
## Instructions
1. Peel oranges, removing all white skin, and slice thin.
2. Slice lemon with rind on.
3. Cover oranges and lemon with cold water; let stand 24 hours.
4. Boil 3 hours; add sugar, and let boil 1 hour.
5. Pour into glasses; cool, and cover.
6. This recipe makes 9 glasses of marmalade.
# Orange and Lemon Marmalade
## Ingredients
- 3 Sunkist oranges
- 2 Sunkist lemons
- 5 cups sugar
- 5 cups water
## Instructions
1. Wipe fruit and cut crosswise in as thin slices as possible, removing seeds.
2. Put into preserving kettle, add water, and let stand 36 hours.
3. Place on range, bring to boiling point, and let boil (not simmer) 2 hours.
4. Add sugar and boil 1 hour.
5. Turn into sterile glasses, let stand until firm, and cover with melted paraffin. -
Mayonnaise Dressing / French Dressing
Mayonnaise Dressing
½ teaspoon mustard ½ teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons Sunkist lemon juice Few grains cayenne
½ teaspoon powdered sugar 1 egg yolk
¾ cup olive or peanut oil
Sift together, mustard, salt, sugar and
cayenne; add egg yolk and one-half teaspoon
Sunkist lemon juice. While stirring con-
stantly, add, drop by drop, three teaspoons
of oil; then add oil, in a fine, steady stream,
continuing the beating, and thinning occa-
sionally with lemon juice, until all the oil
and lemon juice is used.
French Dressing
Mix ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon paprika, 4 table-
spoons oil, 2 tablespoons Sunkist lemon juice, and
stir or shake thoroughly just before serving. A half-
pint glass jar, with screw top, or a French Dressing
bottle, is best for mixing.
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# Mayonnaise Dressing
## Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp mustard
- 1/2 tsp salt
- Few grains cayenne
- 1/2 tsp powdered sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 Tbsp Sunkist lemon juice
- 3/4 cup olive or peanut oil
## Instructions
1. Sift together mustard, salt, sugar, and cayenne.
2. Add egg yolk and one-half teaspoon Sunkist lemon juice.
3. While stirring constantly, add, drop by drop, three teaspoons of oil.
4. Then add the remaining oil in a fine, steady stream, continuing the beating and thinning occasionally with lemon juice, until all the oil and lemon juice is used.
# French Dressing
## Ingredients
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 4 Tbsp oil
- 2 Tbsp Sunkist lemon juice
## Instructions
1. Mix salt, paprika, oil, and lemon juice.
2. Stir or shake thoroughly just before serving.
3. A half-pint glass jar with screw top, or a French Dressing bottle, is best for mixing.











