Cooking with the Home Front Housewife
One of my favorite things to do this time of year is sit in front of a roaring fire and sip a cup of hot chocolate. I found a few cocoa recipes in my collection, and I thought I'd test one for you. I'm also including a couple of variations that you can try at…
This will be my last drink post for a while. It's a good drink for those warm first days of fall. I'll be continuing the "Baking without..." series and I want to visit some lunch box recipes and wartime lunchbox packing tips. I also have few non-recipe posts coming up. I hope you'll enjoy what's…
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…
