In honour of the Homecoming of the R.M. of Mossey River held in Fork River between July 19-21, 1996, a 500-page community cookbook was published by a 6-person cookbook committee. Funded by the Fork River Community Hall, the committee received almost 1,600 recipes which they trimmed down to [TBD].
The six members of the cookbook committee were Emily Pylypchuk (co-ordinator), Marlene Hafenbrak, Kathy McGill, Phyllis Momotiuk, Stella Monchka, and Angela Pylypchuk.
In addition to the committee, thanks were given to Kathy McGill for her artwork, Evelyn Remple (D & E Computer Services) for helping set up the artwork and lettering, and Michelle Monchka for helping with the type.
The cookbook was printed by Gateway Publishing Co. Ltd.
The recipes are divided into 8 sections, each with their own decorative art page and 33 sub-sections.
- Appetizers & beverages: appetizers, dips, and beverages.
- Breads & rolls: breads & buns, quick breads & loaves, doughnuts & sweet rolls, muffins, breakfast specials, and biscuits & miscellaneous.
- Salads & dressings, soups & sauces: salads & dressings, and soups & sauces.
- Vegetables: vegetables.
- Main dishes: beef, pork, poultry, fish, meat marinades, wild meat, misc., and casseroles.
- Desserts: desserts, cakes & icings, bars & squares, cookies, pies & tarts, puddings & sauces, and candy.
- Canning: jams & marmalades, fruit & juice, dills & pickles, relishes, salsa & tomatoes, soups & vegetables, and fish & meat.
- Odds & ends: miscellaneous.
There were [TBD] contributors who were connected to 19 of the 21 schools in the municipality. The two schools not accounted for in the cookbook are Volga School No. 1818 and Winnipegosis School No. 1020.
In the upcoming series of blog posts, I’ll be sharing transcriptions of the recipes connected to the Mowat and North Lake Schools in the R.M. of Mossey River. There are 32 recipes connected to the Mowat School and 55 connected to the North Lake School with 85 unique recipes split between them.
I will also be publishing a page with the full index of recipes on a separate page for the cookbook index as well as separate linked blog posts for each sub-heading. I will not be transcribing the full cookbook.
| School | No. | Formed | Dissolved |
| Belle Creek School | 1827 | May 15, 1916 | Jul 27, 1964 |
| Bicton Heath School | 1357 | Dec 30, 1905 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Borden School | 1266 | Jan 8, 1904 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Cork Cliff School | 1509 | May 19, 1909 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Don School | 1813 | Nov 13, 1915 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Ferley School | 1812 | Dec 20, 1915 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Fork River School | 2411 | Sep 1, 1962 | Jun 30, 1981 |
| Mossey River School | 999 | Feb 9, 1899 | Sep 1, 1962 |
| Mowat School | 1232 | Apr 25, 1903 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Nordheim School | 2263 | Jun 14, 1935 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| North Lake School | 1431 | Mar 19, 1907 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Odda School | 1830 | May 31, 1916 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Pine View School | 1225 | Mar 20, 1903 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Rice Lake School | 2166 | Nov 20, 1926 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Skala School | 1257 | Nov 23, 1903 | Jan 1, 1967 |
| Small Creek School | 2254 | Nov 19, 1934 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| South Bay School | 1144 | Jul 13, 1901 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Weiden School | 1604 | Dec 20, 1911 | Apr 1, 1967 |
| Zelena School | 1816 | Feb 22, 1916 | Sep 1, 1962 |
Mossey River School was changed to Fork River School in 1962. Borden School was formerly known as Sobiecki School until it was changed in 1944. Ferley and Mowat Schools were transferred to Dauphin Ochre in 1947.
There are 32 recipes connected to the Mowat School and 55 connected to the North Lake School with 85 unique recipes split between them. A separate page with an index of these specific recipes will be created for these schools.
I will also publish a full index of recipes from the cookbook by sub-section and will link to those blog posts. At this time, I do not plan to transcribe the full cookbook.
From Mowat and Beyond 