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First Monday Menu: Ham Baked with Orange Slices

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 4, 2019March 26, 2019

My husband recently had surgery. His recovery is tough, so we have been hunting for…

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  • bread

Baking without…Milk: Yeast Rolls

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 9, 2019March 26, 2019

A warm homemade roll is a welcome addition to almost any meal. My seventeen-year-old daughter…

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  • Breakfast

First Monday Menu: Hot Prem/Spam Sandwich and Orange Lily

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 5, 2019March 26, 2019

World War II era magazine advertisers often used recipes featuring their products to entice housewives…

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  • Breakfast

Baking without…Milk: Coffee Spice Cake

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 27, 2019March 26, 2019

The second recipe in the “Baking without…Milk” series is this delicious coffee cake. It’s from…

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Baking without…Milk: Orange Marmalade Cake

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 24, 2019

Today I am revisiting the January 1945 issue of Woman’s Day to do some “Baking…

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Victory Lunch Box: Split Pea Soup

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 17, 2019March 26, 2019

One of a home front housewife’s jobs was to pack lunches for her family. Her…

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  • Desserts

Pillsbury’s 75th Anniversary Cake

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 13, 2019

My birthday was this week. What better way to celebrate than to bake a WWII…

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First Monday Menu: Stuffed Hot Dogs and Gingerbread

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 7, 2019January 7, 2019

Today’s menu comes from the March 24, 1944 issue of The Family Circle. In 1944, the magazine…

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  • Breakfast

Breakfast Cocoa

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 4, 2019

One of my favorite things to do this time of year is sit in front…

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  • bread

Advertising Recipes: Lunch Boxes

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on November 4, 2018

I went through my collection of vintage magazines and found several ads that were aimed…

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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. 🙂
I have a small collection of vintage Valentines. Here are just a few of them. I really love these great 3D ones from early in the 1900s. The others are more 1940s and later mid-century. We are dealing with a bad snow storm and have run out of water in our storage tank thanks to a frozen well pump, so there will be no cooking here on the ranch until things thaw out. (No worries—we were prepared! We just need to conserve what we have so washing dishes is out.) As long as we have power I’ll continue to post other things, though. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Apple Upside-Down Cake, 1940
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