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Summer Drinks: Ginger Cream

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 22, 2018

Summer, where I live, is incredibly hot. We are always trying to find ways to…

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The Original Chocolate Chip Cookie: Toll House Chocolate Crunch Cookies

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 14, 2018

Here they are! This is the original recipe for chocolate chip cookies. You can find…

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Ruth Wakefield’s Toll House Tried and True Recipes

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 9, 2018August 9, 2018

Ruth Wakefield’s Toll House Tried and True Recipes is a fairly recent addition to my vintage…

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First Monday Menu: Vegetable Chowder, Popovers, and Dutch Apple Cake with Lemon Sauce

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 6, 2018March 26, 2019

For the first Monday of August, we went with something light as the main dish.…

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Small Summer Fruits: Fruit Crumble

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 4, 2018

The August 1943 issue of Woman’s Day included an article called “The Small Summer Fruits” in the…

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Baking without…Eggs: Prune Cake

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 31, 2018July 31, 2018

This prune cake is the final recipe in the “Baking without…Eggs” series. I wasn’t quite…

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Baking without…Eggs: Crumb Cake

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 27, 2018July 31, 2018

The second recipe in the “Baking without…Eggs” series is a crumb cake. If you missed…

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Baking without…Eggs: Cocoa Cake with Chocolate Glaze

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 24, 2018January 24, 2019

By 1945, rationing and shortages had created challenges for home front housewives. Cooking practices changed due to the lack of ingredients needed for certain recipes or meals. It was difficult for families that were used to eating meat and potato […]

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Third Time’s a Charm?: Spiced Blueberry Pie

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 18, 2018July 18, 2018

Making the blueberry pie for the Summer Lawn Party turned into quite the pie adventure.  As promised,…

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Green Beans in Mustard Sauce

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 13, 2018

During World War II, Woman’s Day magazine included a section at the front of each…

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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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