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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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Here is a quick Valentine's Day recipe for you. It's from the 1944 cookbook Dessert Magic. General Foods Corporation published this great little book and stuffed it full of Jell-O recipes.
Over on my blog today I have a look at a wonderful Jell-O cookbook from 1944. There are some quick recipe ideas listed, too. I’m excited about this booklet because women in the 1940s used Jell-O differently than we tend to do. I’m going to try some of the more unique recipes this year and share them with you. Do you have any Jell-O recipes that your family loves? Link is in my bio.
These Victory Croquettes are actually pretty tasty. The recipe calls for eating them with ketchup, but I think experimenting with different sauces might be fun. The recipe is made from lima beans and you can find it over on my blog. The link is in my bio. The recipe is from a 1943 cookbook called Redbow Recipes. The Redbow Company sold dried vegetables in cartons with a cellophane window so you could see the product inside. I had a very hard time finding out much about Redbow. I also found it interesting that in a 48 page book with recipes like Victory Croquettes, neither the war nor rationing was mentioned at all.
I'm back from a much needed break. I feel refreshed and excited to be back in 2023! Today I am flipping through this 1943 Better Homes and Gardens New Gardening Guide because I want to add more gardening posts this year. I know Victory Gardens were so important to the home front family. During my planning I found a folded newspaper article from 1974. It was an article by Jack Kramer from the San Francisco Sunday Examiner and Chronicle about how to build your own greenhouse. Someone kept this 1943 gardening guide until at least October 1974 and must have consistently referred to it if they placed a saved newspaper article in it. That's 31 years! It amazes me. I wonder if they ever built that greenhouse.
These drop cookies are so addictive! The fact that they are small makes them easy to pop in your mouth. (Unfortunately it makes them easier to eat by the handful, too!) They are from the 1942 edition of The New American Cook Book. Recipe is on my blog. Link’s in my bio.
This is this month’s menu. It’s from the September 1940 issue of Woman’s Day. If you head over to my blog, you can see this issue’s cover, too. Link’s in my bio.
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