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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 part of today’s First Monday Menu. You can find more menus from this article on my blog. The link is in my bio. This is from the March 24, 1944 issue of The Family Circle. This is when Family Circle was still a free weekly grocery store periodical. It was full of news, entertainment, homemaking advice, recipes, and product ads. These menus are from a menu round up Julia Lee Wright, a prominent home economist and author, compiled. Family Circle’s final issue was published in December 2019.
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!
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