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Does the title of this blog make your mouth water?  If not, then you are just too young to remember these recipes! Now that Autumn has begun, our thoughts may turn to traditional comfort food. A number of interesting recipes can be found in a recent donation to the Conway Public Library's Henney History Room. As you will see you just can't go wrong with bacon, cheese and corn.  This cookbook was compiled by the ladies of Mountain-View Grange in East Conway. The distinctive architecture of the building can be seen today on Google street view.  The building is now the East Conway Community Hall. See their facebook page here .  several nice interesting comments about this cookbook and past events there  x described as  Quaint little building available for all of your special occasions! This century old building has hosted many events over the years. Gatherings such as birthday parties, weddings, yard sales, and public suppers have been held at the hall. Each o...

x only steps from the damaged facade, the original supporters of the library left a legacy  x x flanking a pair of windows are a pair of framed photos of people involved in the building of the library. In the right framed panel, listed as number 2 is "James P. Falt, Springfield, Mass, Contractor for freestone work." (click on images to enlarge them).  x x x His portrait is above.  x an initial internet image search yields a copy of an ad he ran in a stone industry trade magazine here.  xx overall page from the American Architect and Building News, p. xix, October 28, 1898.  x x x mentions red sandstone, the type of stone used on our building.  mentions the Carlisle Quarries in Springfield, Mass.  over the years he operated several quarries in the Springfield, MA area including  Carlisle Longmeadow  Sixteen Acres  According to historian Bruce Moore there were over one hundred quarries in the area. See this link here .  The ad refers ...