Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 4, 1937

Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 4, 1937

Tampans celebrate Straw Hat Day

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Feb 04, 2022
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Mrs. Culp Revisited: Feb. 4, 1937
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It was a rainy day in Tampa and Mrs. Culp stayed home, playing contract bridge in the Bay View Hotel lobby all afternoon. For lunch she had baked grapefruit. I don't know what recipe she used, but here's a link to a recipe used at a popular Florida restaurant, Chalet Suzanne, in the 1930s. The vintage postcard shows "A Florida Blossom Among Grapefruit a…

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