This recipe for corned beef located on page forty of the Kindersley Cookbook, was submitted by Mrs. B. A. Zivot. It uniquely compiles the amounts per ingredient and the preparation into one paragraph of instruction. This recipe lists a large amount of brisket, along with brown sugar and molasses. There are not many ingredients provided for this recipe. There are only a couple of things required in order to add flavour to the meat. The measurements of the ingredients appear to be clear and concise and the instructions are easy to follow by briefly explaining the process to prepare the meat. Teaspoons and cups are used as a standard, widely known measurement tool in the Kindersley Cookbook. The Canadian West became home to millions of immigrant settlers between 1867 and 1914. Alberta, Manitoba, as well as Saskatchewan greatly increased in population due to the rapid migration of settlers. These settlers encompassed many different categories of immigrants, including the Irish. Corned Beef is known to be an Irish tradition, served as a festive dish. It is most likely that the Irish brought with them the recipe to make corned beef, and the women of Kindersley continued to make the recipe. Cattle were the largest and most common domestic animal to occupy the prairie lands. After the Second World war, the women could make corned beef with the widely available cattle without having to use rationing tickets.

This recipe is for the cure of blues, written by Mrs. B. W. Tibbitt. This recipe is the only recipe in the Kindersley Cookbook that is made up of no food. It is unique because it is a pleasant and delightful reminder of happiness. The ingredients are made up of items such as kindness, lend a hand, will power, common sense, and smiles. This recipe is something the woman reading it could smile at as she skimmed the pages of her book. The instructions are clear and simple as the recipe seems to just be a entertaining piece to add happiness when cooking. This recipe tells us that the author wanted to provide cheerfulness and delight to women across Canada who would be using the Kindersley Cookbook. After the Second World War, women had an expectation to be happy and create a pleasant domestic experience. Cooking was a tedious and tiresome job that a woman would dread and the recipe for the cure of blues may have just been a helpful hand to “lessen the dullness” of the experience.