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Contact: Jodi Dunlop
Phone: 404-636-8400
 ATLANTA - Looking for a cool, refreshing drink to get you through the upcoming summer months?
Try a clam juice cocktail.
"Nothing is more tempting to the eye and appetite . . . than a cocktail of fresh fruit, highly seasoned clam juice or tomato juice or shellfish served with a snappy sauce. But the secret of serving perfect cocktails lies in serving them very cold. Keep cocktails in the chiller until ready to serve," advises The Silent Hostess Treasure Book published by General Electric in 1931.
More than 100 recipes for cocktails, salads, breads, sauces and dressings can be found in Cook with Cold: Old Tyme Refrigerator Recipes.
A collection of recipes from the 1920s-1940s, the book is being published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of its predecessor society, The American Society of Refrigerating Engineers. ASHRAE will begin its observation of the centennial at its 2004 Annual Meeting, June 26-30, in Nashville, Tenn.
The recipes and images are reprinted from cookbooks published by Kelvinator, Frigidaire, Servel, Copeland, General Electric, Electrolux, Westinghouse, Majestic, Grunow, Crosley, Gibson and Norge.
Starting in the 1920s, these refrigerator manufacturers promoted the usefulness of household refrigerators by offering booklets of recipes that required refrigeration as part of the preparation, according to editor Carol Nagengast.
"These booklets portrayed the modern idea that a refrigerator could be used for convenient entertaining of dinner guests," she said. "A wide variety of food could be prepared ahead and served at the appropriate time. This convenience was not possible before modern refrigeration."
Nagengast tested several of the recipes in the book. Among her favorites are Afternoon Tea Orangeade (recipe follows) and Sweet and Sour Dressing.
The cost of Cooking with Cold is $13 plus shipping and handling.
To order, contact ASHRAE Customer Service at 1-800-527-4723 (United States and Canada) or 404-636-8400 (worldwide), fax 404-321-5478, by mail at 1791 Tullie Circle NE, Atlanta, GA 30329, or visit the ASHRAE.org Bookstore at www.ashrae.org.
Afternoon Tea Orangeade:
1 cup water
2 cups tea
1/2 cup sugar
3 tablespoons lemon juice
2 cups orange juice
grated rind 1 orange
Boil sugar, water and orange rind together for five minutes. Chill; add fruit juices and tea. Put in Kelvinator to set. Strain just before serving in a glass with a Kelvinator ice cube. Clam juice cocktail:
3 cups clam juice
1 stalk celery
1 teaspoon grated onion
2 tablespoons catsup
2 or 3 drops Tabasco sauce
lemon juice
salt
Add celery cut in pieces, onion and catsup to clam juice. Bring slowly to boiling point. Remove from fire and cool. Strain. Add Tabasco and lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Chill thoroughly in refrigerator and when ready to serve, pour into orange juice glasses. ASHRAE, founded in 1894, is an international organization of 55,000 persons. Its sole objective is to advance through research, standards writing, publishing and continuing education the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration to serve the evolving needs of the public.
### Editors Note: A print quality graphic of the cover of Cook with Cold can be downloaded here.
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