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Pancakes, Part 2: Bread Crumb Griddle Cakes

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 15, 2021March 14, 2021

The second pancake recipe we tried was described as fluffy and old-fashioned. If they were…

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Pancakes, Part 1: Whole Wheat Orange Pancakes for Dessert and Orange Toffee Sauce

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 13, 2021March 15, 2021

We are expecting quite a bit of rain this weekend, so my youngest son and…

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First Monday Menu: All-Through-the-Day Meal Plans

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 1, 2021

Here are two of the menus in the March 24, 1944 issue of The Family…

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Apple Upside-Down Cake

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that we have a fairly large family. I have seven…

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Cooking with Walnuts, 1941

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 22, 2021January 22, 2021

This ad is from the January 1941 issue of Woman’s Home Companion. I love how…

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Baked Oranges

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 11, 2021

Oranges. What’s not to love about oranges? They are sweet and juicy, don’t need refrigeration,…

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Apple Pan Dowdy

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

I know, I know–it’s another apple recipe. But it’s a good one and I definitely…

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Apples, Apples, Apples

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on October 17, 2020October 22, 2020

October marks the end of apple season, so it’s a great time to share a…

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First Monday Menu: Halloween

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on October 5, 2020October 11, 2020

I’m switching things up a little this month. Instead of the usual menu, I’m going…

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Celebrating Two Years of History in the Kitchen!

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 15, 2020July 15, 2020

This week marks two years since my first post went up. I thought I’d celebrate…

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Over on my blog today I have a look at a wonderful Jell-O cookbook from 1944. There are some quick recipe ideas listed, too. I’m excited about this booklet because women in the 1940s used Jell-O differently than we tend to do. I’m going to try some of the more unique recipes this year and share them with you. Do you have any Jell-O recipes that your family loves? Link is in my bio.
These Victory Croquettes are actually pretty tasty. The recipe calls for eating them with ketchup, but I think experimenting with different sauces might be fun. The recipe is made from lima beans and you can find it over on my blog. The link is in my bio. The recipe is from a 1943 cookbook called Redbow Recipes. The Redbow Company sold dried vegetables in cartons with a cellophane window so you could see the product inside. I had a very hard time finding out much about Redbow. I also found it interesting that in a 48 page book with recipes like Victory Croquettes, neither the war nor rationing was mentioned at all.
I'm back from a much needed break. I feel refreshed and excited to be back in 2023! Today I am flipping through this 1943 Better Homes and Gardens New Gardening Guide because I want to add more gardening posts this year. I know Victory Gardens were so important to the home front family. During my planning I found a folded newspaper article from 1974. It was an article by Jack Kramer from the San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle about how to build your own greenhouse. Someone kept this 1943 gardening guide until at least October 1974 and must have consistently referred to it if they placed a saved newspaper article in it. That's 31 years! It amazes me. I wonder if they ever built that greenhouse.
These drop cookies are so addictive! The fact that they are small makes them easy to pop in your mouth. (Unfortunately it makes them easier to eat by the handful, too!) They are from the 1942 edition of The New American Cook Book. Recipe is on my blog. Link’s in my bio.
This is this month’s menu. It’s from the September 1940 issue of Woman’s Day. If you head over to my blog, you can see this issue’s cover, too. Link’s in my bio.
Here is just one of the examples of 1941 hair tutorials that I have on my blog today. I am fascinated by how people dressed, accessorized, and wore their hair in the past, so step-by-step instructions like these are some of my favorite things. You can head over to my blog to see more. Link’s in my bio.
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