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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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First Monday Menu: Summer Lawn Party

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 11, 2018July 18, 2018

I know this isn’t the first Monday of this month–it’s not even a Monday!– but…

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Welcome to History in the Kitchen!

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 22, 2018July 4, 2018

Welcome to History in the Kitchen! I’m Shawna. I’m a folklorist, historian, and writer with…

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This month’s First Monday Menu is based on the chart I posted last week. You can find more info on my blog, but here is the main course and the menu for an entire weekend day. These were really good kidney beans, but definitely not enough for a main dish in an evening meal. The menus were for a family of four. You can find the shopping list for the entire week on my blog today, too. Link’s in my bio. Happy Fourth to my United States friends!
This chart from the Bureau of Home Economics was in the May 1942 issue of Woman's Day magazine. It was one of three plans to help women create meal plans on a budget. This one is Plan A. You can see an explanation of how to use the chart on my blog. The link is in my bio. Plan A was heavier on potatoes, dairy, and meat. Plan B had more cereals and leafy vegetables, and Plan C had more dried beans, fat, and eggs. A woman could choose which plan worked best for her family. I'm going to do a short series based on the menus and recipes Woman's Day created for these plans. I'll start with July's First Monday Menu. I'm excited to try some of the recipes and share them with you!
GE Room Conditioners, 1941. You can see the entire ad on my blog today. The link is in my bio. Notice how the ad copy is trying to convince the consumer that they need the air conditioner. Opinions of air conditioning units and what they should do for home owners have definitely changed over time.
This is part of a June 1942 Peter Pan Peanut Butter ad. Peanut butter is surprisingly versatile, and home front housewives in the early 1940s used it in everything from sandwiches to desserts to beverages. If you head over to my blog, I have a couple recipes and the entire ad for you to see. Link’s in my bio.
Here are two of the cold summer drink recipes I have on my blog today. You can find last year's drink roundup in the post, too, and that link is in my bio. These are both from the June 23, 1944 issue of The Family Circle and would be refreshing on a hot day like today! Let me know if you try them.
Today on my blog I have a round up of some movies that folks on the home front would have been watching in the month of June in 1942-44. All are available to watch today. There are a lot of war movies, which is understandable, but there’s also a Bob Hope romantic comedy if that is more your style. The link is in my bio.
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