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Cherry Dessert Muffins

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 11, 2022

It’s been a while since I have tested a wartime recipe. Spring on a ranch…

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Meat Pies, 1943

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on April 17, 2021April 22, 2021

The home front housewife was always looking for recipes that helped her stretch meat and…

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Pancakes, Part 2: Bread Crumb Griddle Cakes

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 15, 2021March 14, 2021

The second pancake recipe we tried was described as fluffy and old-fashioned. If they were…

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Pancakes, Part 1: Whole Wheat Orange Pancakes for Dessert and Orange Toffee Sauce

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 13, 2021March 15, 2021

We are expecting quite a bit of rain this weekend, so my youngest son and…

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Sweet French Rolls

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 16, 2021January 15, 2021

Here’s a nice dinner roll recipe for you to try. I want to point out…

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Cottage Cheese Dreams

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 31, 2020

Do you like cottage cheese? In my house, you either love it or hate it.…

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Thanksgiving: Bread Rolls

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on November 21, 2020

This month has passed so quickly! I still have several recipes I want to share…

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Apple Pan Dowdy

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on October 21, 2020October 21, 2020

I know, I know–it’s another apple recipe. But it’s a good one and I definitely…

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Apples, Apples, Apples

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on October 17, 2020October 22, 2020

October marks the end of apple season, so it’s a great time to share a…

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First Monday Menu: July 4 Porch Supper

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on July 4, 2020July 4, 2020

Happy Independence Day! Here is a menu from the 1941 edition of The New American…

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These Cherry Dessert Muffins are from the 1944 “Pillsbury’s Diamond Anniversary” cookbook. I’m including the recipe here so you can try them, but they are also over on my blog today. I’d double the recipe—you are going to want seconds of these. The top part is very biscuit-like, but the bottom is like a honeyed cherry dream muffin. So, so yummy. If you are looking to sweeten things up even more, I’d drizzle some honey over the top. And a little ice cream never hurts anything.
I forgot to post about this month’s First Monday Menu! If you head over to my blog, I have an entire week of menus to help “dress up” meat dishes a little during the war years. The menus are from the May 1943 issue of The American Home. This victory scrapple recipe is one in one of the breakfast menus. Let me know if you try it.
It’s April First Monday Menu time! This is from Margaret Hewett’s 1939 book “Party Menus and Recipes”. Two of the recipes are on my blog today. The Melon Ring Salad is a curious combination of honeydew melon, grapes, strawberries, and pineapple mixed with mayonnaise and topped with a French dressing made with olive oil and lime juice. I don’t think it sounds good, but it is similar to other fruit salad recipes I have found from this time period.
Today on my blog I have six wonderful summer cottage plans from the April 1941 issue of Better Homes and Gardens. I really want to build one of these little cottages for myself. What fun it would be to decorate it and pretend to time travel for vacation! You can see all six over on my blog. Link is in my bio.
This weekend we decided to choose a 1940s menu and follow it from breakfast to supper. I chose a 1941 menu from The New American Cook Book. You can find most of the recipes in today’s blog post. There is a link in my bio. We liked most of the recipes, but there was a lot of food compared to what we usually eat, especially for breakfast. I was happily surprised by the apple and pimiento salad. It would make a great salad for hot summer days. I think I will do this again next month. Perhaps an Easter menu? Or a day with a picnic? You can find the recipes and my thoughts on the day on my blog.
These are some recipes from the May 1939 issue of Woman’s Day. It’s a little earlier than I usually write about, but I have been looking at issues in the late 1930s and late 1940s to compare the contents and tone of those magazines to the ones published during the United States’ involvement in WWII. The recipes are from a set of menus that adapt adult meals for kids ages 5 to 8. As a parent of two kids in that age group, I found some of the changes interesting and didn’t always agree with them. I also felt that some of the suggestions would have added more work to an already busy woman’s day. You can find the link to the menus in my bio.
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