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Vintage dessert recipes from Moncton’s Marven’s Biscuits

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My late father worked at Marven’s Biscuits for 29 years from 1949-1978, so Marven’s memorabilia always interests me.

After my father died last August, my cousin Louise Richard and her husband Maurice gave me a very special gift of an antique Marven’s cookie tin. In her Christmas card, Louise included a couple of vintage promotional recipe cards that Marven’s issued in the 1950s or 1960s. I’m sure more than a few households saw these on their dinner tables in that era!

Enjoy these recipes for breton squares, napoleons, cream ‘n’ cinnamon pie, and cherry-mallow pie. Click on each photo for a larger version. (Editor’s note: For a PDF version of the recipes, click here.)

Vintage Marven's recipe for breton squares.
Vintage Marven’s recipe for breton squares.
Vintage Marven's recipe for napoleons.
Vintage Marven’s recipe for napoleons.
Vintage Marven's recipe for cream 'n' cinnamon pie.
Vintage Marven’s recipe for cream ‘n’ cinnamon pie.
Vintage Marven's recipe for cherry-mallow pie.
Vintage Marven’s recipe for cherry-mallow pie.

Moncton’s Cy’s Seafood Restaurant vintage recipe book sure to bring back memories

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Cy's Seafood Restaurant - InsideThose of you who either grew up in Moncton or visited Moncton on a regular basis probably remember the old Cy’s Seafood Restaurant which existed on the site of the current Château Moncton.

Enjoy this Cy’s recipe book from the 1960s / 1970s era. They are all tried and true and are credited to Chef John Speranza.

Recipes include:

  • Lobster newburg
  • Stuffed oysters
  • Baked stuffed shrimp
  • Spaghetti carbonara
  • Meat sauce
  • Broiled lobster (Not a big fan of splitting a live lobster in half, so feel free to try a more humane technique.)
  • Barbeque spareribs
  • Manicotti
  • Chicken cacciatore and noodles
  • Seafood casserole
  • Spaghetti alle vangale
  • Lasagne
  • Shrimp newburg
  • Oyster fiorentina
  • Minestrone soup
  • Pear parfait

There was no copyright information in the recipe book, so I consider this to be in the public domain. It was likely used as a promotional item many years ago. Click on each photo for a larger version. (Editor’s note: For a PDF version of the book, click here.)

Cy's Seafood Restaurant Old Favorite Recipes cover
Cy’s Seafood Restaurant Old Favorite Recipes cover
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