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Happy Valentine’s Day!

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 14, 2021

Here are a few vintage valentines from my collection. I really like these 3D ones…

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First Monday Menu: Valentine’s Day

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 1, 2021

This month’s menu is from The New American Cook Book, 1941 edition. It’s a Valentine’s…

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Christmas: Games

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 29, 2020

How might a home front family spend the days between Christmas and the New Year?…

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Christmas: Ration Toll House Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 24, 2020December 24, 2020

I wanted to be sure to include a recipe for those folks that were dealing…

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Christmas: Toys

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 23, 2020

What would Santa bring down the chimney in 1942? Good Housekeeping had the answer in…

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Christmas: Spritz Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 20, 2020

When I was a little girl, my mother made spritz cookies with a cookie press…

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Christmas: Honey Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 16, 2020

Looking for a soft, fluffy holiday cookie? Try these Honey Cookies from the Culinary Arts…

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Christmas: Making a List in 1944

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 15, 2020

Our home front housewife might have needed a bit of help thinking up gift ideas.…

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Wartime Christmas Dinner Trimmings

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 14, 2020

This article from the December 1943 issue of Woman’s Day shows you how you can…

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First Monday Menu: Hasty Holiday Meal

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 7, 2020December 7, 2020

This month’s menu is from the Wyandotte County Gas Co.’s Your Gas Range Cook Book…

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More Upside-Down Cakes, 1940
Here is part of today’s First Monday Menu. You can find more menus from this article on my blog. The link is in my bio. This is from the March 24, 1944 issue of The Family Circle. This is when Family Circle was still a free weekly grocery store periodical. It was full of news, entertainment, homemaking advice, recipes, and product ads. These menus are from a menu round up Julia Lee Wright, a prominent home economist and author, compiled. Family Circle’s final issue was published in December 2019.
As promised, here is the finished tomato soup cake. The frosting is just a basic cream cheese frosting with cream cheese, confectioners’ sugar, and vanilla. The cake was drier than I thought it would be. You can see in the image how it crumbled when I sliced it. I don’t think the dryness really hurt it, though. It was a typical spice cake and had no tomato soup flavor at all. I was worried about a full cup each of walnuts and raisins, but it ended up being the perfect amount. All of my testers liked this one. I’d make it again. You can find the recipe on my blog. Link is in my bio.
Tomato Soup Cake 1940, Part 1
This is a great article from the February 1943 issue of Woman’s Day. The attitudes toward eyeglasses were quite a bit different than they are today. In the article, the author suggests only wearing your glasses when you absolutely have to so you aren’t known as “the one with glasses.” Contact lenses are mentioned here, too. I did a bit of quick research and found that people were indeed wearing contacts for short periods of time. Let me know what you think of the suggestions here. There’s a larger version on my blog. Link is in my bio.
We are still struggling to recover from the storm that hit Texas. We’ve been without water for about 10 days now, and we are dealing with the challenges that harsh weather brings to a working ranch. I still wanted to get you a 1940s recipe, though. This is a fun one from a Feb 1942 Pillsbury flour ad. What a great surprise for unsuspecting guests! I’ll be back to cooking soon. I wish you all good weather. 🙂
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