Guess what? I’m late. Are y’all surprised😆

When I first discovered, “Butter ‘N Love Recipes”, I quickly discovered that it was different. The front says it’s from Montana and the inside says Kansas. Then I saw references to “sample” pages and decided that it was a marketing tool. The cookbook looked fairly older and I started to really think about the history of community cookbooks. So, here’s something you probably didn’t know.

The first cookbook of this kind was made by Maria J. Moss in 1864 and was used to raise money for injured Union Soldiers. Many communities learned of her success and began similar cookbook campaigns of their own. In fact, between 1864 and 1922 over 3000 community cookbooks were published.

At first mainly religious groups used this tool as a fundraiser. Soon many groups began to profit from this and it still continues today. Thank you, Maria J. Moss! We salute you!

On to the recipe! Since the rain we were gifted the last week, our garden is thriving. Zucchini Patties it is!

Couple of things:

1. I didn’t have any “soft bread crumbs” so I used Italian.
2. I used 2 Tbs butter and it was plenty.
3. Fern didn’t tell us how big to make the patties. I made them a little bigger than a half dollar.

Y’all, these are great! I baked mine but I can totally see how these would be great fried too❤️❤️❤️

Enjoy and y’all share with your friends ❤️