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December 1944: Hot Wineade

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 27, 2021

This warm holiday drink comes from “Your Holiday Week-End Recipes” in the December 1944 issue…

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Drink Roundup

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 19, 2021

The weather is getting warmer. It’s time to start thinking about spending time relaxing on…

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“Let’s Dance!” in 1941

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 31, 2021

I wanted to end the month by showing you a fun article about high school…

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Thanksgiving: Coffee, a How-To Guide for Home Front Housewives

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on November 26, 2020November 26, 2020

Growing up, whenever my extended family got together I loved listening to the gurgle of…

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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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Cactus Fruit Lemonade

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 9, 2020August 9, 2020

I want to do a quick post today about cactus fruit lemonade because I know…

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Drink Week: Two-Tone Fruit Drinks

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 29, 2020May 29, 2020

To wrap up drink week, I wanted to add this fun recipe. It’s also from…

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Drink Week: Orange Julep

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 28, 2020May 29, 2020

From pineapple yesterday to oranges today. Here’s another refreshing drink for you from the 1942…

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Drink Week: Pineapple Fizz

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 27, 2020May 26, 2020

Today’s drink was definitely a winner. If you like pineapples, you’ll like this one. The…

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Drink Week: Glorified Lemonade

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 26, 2020May 29, 2020

Today I’m sharing two versions of one drink with you. The recipe is again from…

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These Cherry Dessert Muffins are from the 1944 “Pillsbury’s Diamond Anniversary” cookbook. I’m including the recipe here so you can try them, but they are also over on my blog today. I’d double the recipe—you are going to want seconds of these. The top part is very biscuit-like, but the bottom is like a honeyed cherry dream muffin. So, so yummy. If you are looking to sweeten things up even more, I’d drizzle some honey over the top. And a little ice cream never hurts anything.
I forgot to post about this month’s First Monday Menu! If you head over to my blog, I have an entire week of menus to help “dress up” meat dishes a little during the war years. The menus are from the May 1943 issue of The American Home. This victory scrapple recipe is one in one of the breakfast menus. Let me know if you try it.
It’s April First Monday Menu time! This is from Margaret Hewett’s 1939 book “Party Menus and Recipes”. Two of the recipes are on my blog today. The Melon Ring Salad is a curious combination of honeydew melon, grapes, strawberries, and pineapple mixed with mayonnaise and topped with a French dressing made with olive oil and lime juice. I don’t think it sounds good, but it is similar to other fruit salad recipes I have found from this time period.
Today on my blog I have six wonderful summer cottage plans from the April 1941 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. I really want to build one of these little cottages for myself. What fun it would be to decorate it and pretend to time travel for vacation! You can see all six over on my blog. Link is in my bio.
This weekend we decided to choose a 1940s menu and follow it from breakfast to supper. I chose a 1941 menu from The New American Cook Book. You can find most of the recipes in today’s blog post. There is a link in my bio. We liked most of the recipes, but there was a lot of food compared to what we usually eat, especially for breakfast. I was happily surprised by the apple and pimiento salad. It would make a great salad for hot summer days. I think I will do this again next month. Perhaps an Easter menu? Or a day with a picnic? You can find the recipes and my thoughts on the day on my blog.
These are some recipes from the May 1939 issue of Woman’s Day. It’s a little earlier than I usually write about, but I have been looking at issues in the late 1930s and late 1940s to compare the contents and tone of those magazines to the ones published during the United States’ involvement in WWII. The recipes are from a set of menus that adapt adult meals for kids ages 5 to 8. As a parent of two kids in that age group, I found some of the changes interesting and didn’t always agree with them. I also felt that some of the suggestions would have added more work to an already busy woman’s day. You can find the link to the menus in my bio.
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