Recipe Book
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Rebecca Teitelbaum was imprisoned at Ravensbrück concentration camp for women. During this time, she worked as a forced labourer at the Siemens ammunition factory. At great risk, she stole a pencil and paper from the factory office and filled the pages with handwritten recipes. She traded food for a needle and thread and stitched the pages together to create this recipe book. In their barracks at night, Rebecca and her fellow inmates took comfort from reading the recipes aloud to each other.
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Donated to the Vancouver Holocaust Education Centre by Alex Buckman. 99.008.001b
Transcript
[A partial translation from the original French.]
[Third image, page 38.]
Snowy Eggs
Cook ½ liter of sugared milk with vanilla.
Beat the egg whites into stiff peaks.
Pour into the milk and let cook a little bit then turn over.
Remove the milk and let drain.
Sugar the egg yolks, pour into the milk while constantly stirring.
Let it thicken on the edge of the stovetop without letting it boil and without stopping stirring.
Serve the egg whites in the sauce with biscuits.
Shells
Cook rice in salted water.
Let cool, mix with mayonnaise and with tuna.
Fill the shells.
