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Thanksgiving: Turkey

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on November 19, 2020November 19, 2020

Turkey is the star of the show on Thanksgiving. I’m going to again turn to…

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Rationing Recipes: Halloween Devil’s Food Cake, Liver, and Creamed Potatoes

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on October 28, 2020October 27, 2020

I wanted to bake this cake for you this week, but we are dealing with…

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Serving Christmas Dinner: Christmas Dinner for the Army, Navy, and Marines in 1942

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on December 16, 2019

I enjoyed seeing the holiday menus served in each branch of the armed forces in…

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First Monday Menu: Ham Baked with Orange Slices

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on March 4, 2019March 26, 2019

My husband recently had surgery. His recovery is tough, so we have been hunting for…

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First Monday Menu: Hot Prem/Spam Sandwich and Orange Lily

  • by Shawna
  • Posted on February 5, 2019March 26, 2019

World War II era magazine advertisers often used recipes featuring their products to entice housewives…

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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.
Here is just one of the examples of 1941 hair tutorials that I have on my blog today. I am fascinated by how people dressed, accessorized, and wore their hair in the past, so step-by-step instructions like these are some of my favorite things. You can head over to my blog to see more. Link’s in my bio.
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