Value

          This booklet was bought or priced at a value of about $35, as is stated on the front page. This seems reasonable due to the numerous recipes that it entails. Evidence shows that the booklet is from the early years of the twentieth century which adds to the monetary value since these pamphlets are rare in society today. This pamphlet may or may not have a sentimental value based on the families that used the pamphlet. For example, cooking can bring a family closer together and it may have sentimental value to a family that did cook from this booklet together. In addition, this pamphlet definitely has a great research value. It tells researchers about society’s food habits, food diversity, and way of life during the 1950s (Behm, 2014, p. 216). For example, it is clear that they had bread flour and baking powder in excess as almost all of the recipes require it. The recipes in “Hot Breakfast for Winter Days” show researchers what types of foods were deemed healthy to society at this time. Over the years, society has also become more diverse by introducing ethnic foods and recipes and it can be analyzed at the time that this pamphlet was released (Behm, 2014, p. 216). Another factor that would be important to researchers is the types of marketing techniques that were used at this time period (Ramzy, 2011, p. 127). In this case, using fictitious characters as role models was clearly a technique that Carnation, along with many other companies at this time, used, perhaps to maintain a personal relationship with their consumers.

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