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(Adirondacks; Northern New York; Cortland County) Ekenberg Company, The. CAMPFIRE COOKERY by the Teco Chap [cover title]. [Cortland, N. Y.;: The Ekenberg Company], n.d. [circa 1918-early 1920s]. 15.3x9 cm, pp. [1-2] 3-14 [15-16], 2 illustrations, pictorial self wrappers, stapled. A promotional booklet for Ekenberg's Teco pancake flour "to tell the out-of-doors-man the easy way to prepare delicious food without overloading his pack or his stomach." A milk drying plant built in Cortland, N. Y. by The Ekenberg Company was in operation by May, 1905. The company "was a very successful venture that rose like a meteor but ultimately went bankrupt. The company’s focus was dried (powdered) milk, and it was wildly successful. There were plenty of benefits to powdered milk in a time when refrigeration was not as ubiquitous as today. Powdered milk was easier to ship, less expensive, shelf stable, and resulted in less waste because you only mixed up what you needed. The company also produced an egg substitute and a flour called Teco. Teco was used very much like Bisquick is used today, and at one time, Teco outsold Aunt Jemima and Pillsbury. By 1914, Ekenberg had plants in New York and Michigan but ultimately was out of business by 1921" (Courtland Historical Society). A fine copy. (#174271).

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