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Victory Garden Plan

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

Time to plant your Victory Garden? Here is a WWII era guide to help you…

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Beaded Edge Milk Glass

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on May 11, 2020May 3, 2020

Since I used these plates in my last post, I thought I’d tell you a…

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Victory Lunch Boxes, Part 3: Menus

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on April 23, 2020

I enjoy looking at lunch box menus from the early 1940s. They were economical and…

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Victory Lunch Boxes, Part 1: What do I pack?

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 14, 2020March 21, 2020

I think I’ve mentioned before that I live on a very rural ranch. Sometimes when…

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What Will I Wear?: Home Front Housewife Edition

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 31, 2020

For many home front housewives, January was a cold month indeed. Since this month was…

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Warm Up with a Good Book

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 19, 2020January 17, 2020

Perhaps you are the type of home front housewife who would rather stay in on…

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First Monday Menu: A Helping of Hamburger

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 6, 2020January 4, 2020

In January 1945, ground beef wasn’t being rationed. Using ready-ground hamburger as a staple in…

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Peter Pan Peanut Butter Frosting

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on January 2, 2020

This month, I’m going to be testing recipes in January magazine issues from 1940-1945. I’ve…

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Soldiers’ Christmas Boxes: Soft Ginger-Date Jumbles

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 31, 2019March 21, 2020

In 1942, the folks in the Good Housekeeping kitchens spent quite a bit of time…

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Christmas Decorating Ideas for the Home Front Housewife

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 25, 2019December 24, 2019

The home front housewife faced Christmas 1943 determined to bring cheer to her home in…

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