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Original 1923 La Choy Food Products Advertising & Recipe BookletWonderful early La Choy advertising piece featuring recipes and promotional material for La Choy Chinese Sauce, bean sprouts and other early La Choy products.The front cover is copyright 1923 by LaChoy Food Products, Inc.Booklet measures approximately 3.5\" x 5.5\" and contains 8 numbered interior pages, plus printed inside cover material.Contents include a fascinating selection of period recipes and advertising, including:
• American recipes
• Chinese recipes
• Popular Chinese Chop Suey
• Egg Foo Yong
• Chow Mein
• La Choy salads and vegetable dishes
• La Choy Chinese Soy Sauce advertising
• Early La Choy product listings
• Material discussing soy beans and bean sprouts, including a quotation attributed to Dr. John Harvey Kellogg of the Battle Creek SanitariumPage 7 even includes a large-quantity Chop Suey recipe for 75–100 persons, intended for restaurants, churches, societies and club suppers.The booklet provides an interesting look at early 20th-century American food advertising and the marketing of Chinese-inspired foods to American households.Condition: Good antique condition considering its age of more than 100 years. There is overall age toning, staining/soiling, edge and corner wear, creasing and some oxidation/discoloration around the staple binding. Corners show wear, particularly along the lower edges. The booklet remains together and all 8 numbered interior pages are present. No restoration has been attempted.Please examine all photographs carefully, as they are part of the condition description.A very interesting piece for collectors of vintage food advertising, antique recipe booklets, La Choy memorabilia, early American cookery and Chinese-American food history.
