VINTAGE PIE BIRD CERAMIC BLACKBIRD PIE FUNNEL 4" TALL+ 2 1940 COOKBOOKS FOR PIES

Description

Vintage pie bird or pie funnel for baking in any 2-crust pie. Vintage ceramic blackbird (planted so base is inside pie and his long neck is poking out of the top crust so any juices vent out the top of the bird instead of breaking the top crust itself).
PLUS two vintage cookbook pamphlets, one a photo instruction guide to piemaking and the other a 1930s cookbook for SPRY brand vegetable shortening, used in pie crusts.
1) 'The Photo-Method for Pies' with Virginia Roberts, from Occident Home Baking Institute, Minneapolis.
Shows in b&w photos how to make pie crust and assemble a pie.
2) 'What Shall I Cook Today?--124 thrifty, healthful, tested recipes' from Spry, a vegetable shortening. with a section on 2-crust pies (Spicy Apple; Blueberry Nectar; Rhubarb and Pineapple; Concord Grape; Cranberry Apple; Deep-dish Peach; Easy Mince; and Canned Fruit; plus tarts and meat pies). This cookbook also has sections on cookies and cakes, deep frying, breads and desserts.