Congo Squares/Bars (1959)

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   Below is a very early "Congo Squares" that beats the Harvard Square "Congo
Bars" by over a decade.  It's from Becky Mercuri, an ADS-L lurker with a lot
of food knowledge and a gazillion cookbooks:


Subj:   Revised Info: Congo Bars
Date:   1/27/2003 4:59:43 PM Eastern Standard Time
From:   <A HREF="mailto:Beckymercuri">Beckymercuri</A>
To: <A HREF="mailto:Bapopik">Bapopik</A>



Barry:

My mom went on a search and destroy mission - the more she thought about the
dating of Congo Bars, the more she decided they were later than 1950. She
found them:

Nestles Semi-Sweet Chocolate Kitchen Recipes, 1959, 64 pages. It's listed in
Col. Bob Allen's A Guide to Collecting Cookbooks. The actual recipe appears
as "Congo Squares."

Becky