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A while ago, I found an ebook of a cookbook from 1918 called "Foods that Will Win the War." It quoted a ton of facts and figures in an effort to convince the average housewife to cut down on her kitchen waste, use less meat (beef, mutton and po (read full article)
This recipe comes from a 1936 "international" cookbook. It is a super easy way to make a mock almond roca candy. It is quite addicting and perhaps if we say it has oatmeal in it, we can convince ourselves that it is healthy. Or ma (read full article)
I had six apples that were sitting all alone in the cold garage. Their buddies had all gone on to better things: pies, cakes, even muffins, but these little guys had no foreseeably happy future until I found this recipe. It was a perfect (read full article)
Pillsbury bake-offs have been happening for over 50 years. We are so used to hearing about them, that other than looking at the little cookbooks by the grocery check out, I bet not many of us even think about them. I found a newspaper cli (read full article)
I have a cookbook called "Good Things to Eat from Off the Air" published in 1932 that is filled with radio tested recipes. Those were the days of the country homemaker with a radio tower in her backyard, broadcasting to the ladies in the local cou (read full article)
In my opinion, this type of cookie is the epitome of old fashioned. The fork pressed edges, the filling ranging from raisins to jam, everything screams slower-paced, apron clad homemakers. The unusual thing about this particular cookie is (read full article)
Usually when I think of a raisin bread, I think of a yeast bread that takes a few hours to knead, rise, form, rise and bake. This recipe, found in a vintage Sun-Maid raisin ad, circa 1940, is a quick bread that stirs together in about 5 m (read full article)
This sounded like a really different kind of cinnamon roll. First of all, the roll is a baking powder biscuit. Next, the innards have a honey base. Back during the days of rationing, this recipe would have been very handy. &n (read full article)
A long time ago, a friend of the family gave my mom a box full of that friend's mother-in-law's old recipes. The mother-in-law was a housekeeper for a well-to-do family in Cincinnati, OH from the 1920s to the 1940s. The bo (read full article)
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