Cooking with the Home Front Housewife
This cranberry pineapple drink hit the spot after a long hot day. It's also a very pretty drink to serve in a clear glass pitcher. The weather was pleasant this evening and I took my glass onto the patio to enjoy outdoors. In my last post, I mentioned that the 1944 edition of The Good Housekeeping…
The Good Housekeeping Cook Book has a wonderful drinks chapter. I think it's my favorite out of all of the early 1940s cookbooks I own. It's 21 pages of recipes ranging from hot chocolate to spiced fruit punch to chocolate banana milkshakes. In addition to the recipes, there are tips for making different types of beverages,…
Today's drink is a frothy, creamy frosted chocolate soda. You might experiment with the amount of chocolate syrup in this one. The recipe as it is makes a nice milk chocolate flavor. If you like your drinks more chocolatey, you could add a bit, or a lot, more syrup. The recipe makes one tall glass…
Tomorrow's drink calls for chocolate syrup. I thought it might be fun to make my own syrup with a recipe from 1944. It's in The Good Housekeeping Cook Book in the drinks section, so it's a recipe specifically for adding to beverages. The cookbook suggests using it for iced cocoa or chocolate, chocolate milk, shakes, and so…
Summer, where I live, is incredibly hot. We are always trying to find ways to cool off. I thought this week might be a great time to find cold drink recipes to try, especially ones that are different from our usual modern options. Today's drink is from the 1944 edition of The Good Housekeeping Cook Book. It…
Here they are! This is the original recipe for chocolate chip cookies. You can find the history of this recipe in my last blog post: Ruth Wakefield’s Toll House Tried and True Recipes. I'm pretty sure this is the chocolate chip cookie recipe I grew up with. These cookies are the perfect blend of cookie, chocolate,…
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Ruth Wakefield's Toll House Tried and True Recipes is a fairly recent addition to my vintage cookbook collection. I have the 1941 edition. I used an included menu as this month's First Monday Menu. After researching a bit, I thought the cookbook and its author deserved its own post. Ruth Graves Wakefield (1903-1977) was an American chef,…
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