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Holiday Coffee

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on November 19, 2022November 16, 2022

I wanted to add this extra link this weekend because this was one of my…

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Drink Roundup

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 19, 2021

The weather is getting warmer. It’s time to start thinking about spending time relaxing on…

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Thanksgiving: Coffee, a How-To Guide for Home Front Housewives

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on November 26, 2020November 26, 2020

Growing up, whenever my extended family got together I loved listening to the gurgle of…

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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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Movies for a Rainy Day

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 17, 2020January 17, 2020

Part of living on our ranch is that when it rains, the dirt roads heading…

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Spiced Apple Toddy

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 14, 2019April 1, 2019

This is just a quick post today to help you through any chilly weather you…

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Summer Drinks: Cranberry Pineapple Ale

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 28, 2018August 28, 2018

This cranberry pineapple drink hit the spot after a long hot day. It’s also a…

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Summer Drinks: Grape Rickey

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on August 26, 2018

The Good Housekeeping Cook Book has a wonderful drinks chapter. I think it’s my favorite out…

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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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