Feb 25, 2010 - Sale 2204

Sale 2204 - Lot 240

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(FOOD AND DRINK.) CARVER, GEORGE WASHINGTON. The Sweet Potato As A Flour Substitute. Single small folio sheet, printed on one side; small closed tear at bottom margin; tiny chip to the top left edge. Tuskegee, circa 1930s

Additional Details

An interesting broadside containing four recipes for biscuits and bread substituting sweet-potato flour for wheat. Carver was known to occasionally issue these broadsheets with recipes for commonplace foods using alternate resources. OCLC does not locate other copies.