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John Gannon was an illustrator who had a gift for showing women who were ecstatic over blankets and sheets: John Gannam advertisement for St. Marys Blankets; Image courtesy of Isabel Santos Pilot on Flickr.com McCall’s magazine, Advertisement for St. Mary’s Blankets, Illustrated by John Gannam, June 1948; Image courtesy of Leifpeng on . . . → Read More: Can Bed Linens Really Lead to Ecstasy? I loved going to my grandparents’ house on Saturdays. My siblings and I would watch cartoons–in COLOR–on their television set. But color TV wasn’t the only treat. My grandmother always had a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies available for our enjoyment. And we did! I found this neatly typed recipe card in my . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Chocolate Chip Cookie-Bars {Vintage Recipe} Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. I was saddened to learn about Annette Funicello’s passing last week. My first memories of her were from her beach movies with Frankie Avalon. For me, summer doesn’t begin until I’ve had a chance to watch them in all of their campy glory. Later, the Micky Mouse Club . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Beach Blanket Beverage {Vintage Recipe} Until I read the notation in my grandmother’s cookbook that Hot Cross Buns were a Good Friday tradition, I never made the connection between the crosses on top of the buns and the symbolism of Good Friday. The buns are delicious and fairly quick and easy to make thanks to Rapid Rise yeast. Instead . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Hot Cross Buns {Vintage Recipe}  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Baking, Cooking, Recipe, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe  Good Friday, Vintage baking Like many Americans, I had my first taste of corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day. But here’s the deal, it is really more of an Irish-American dish rather than a true Irish meal. No matter its origins, I love, love, love corned beef (I will never turn down a Reuben sandwich) and . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Corned Beef and Cabbage {Vintage Recipe} 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Monday Menu Madness, Recipe, Vintage Recipe cabbage, Cooking, Corned Beef, St. Patrick's Day meal I’m always on the lookout for fruit based desserts. This recipe is from the same recipe clipping notebook as the lasagne recipe. This dessert recipe is by Mrs. G.L. Holms of Bergenfield, NJ. It was published in the February, 1948, issue of Better Homes and Gardens. The recipe calls for drained fruit cocktail. But . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Lush Mush {Vintage Recipe} 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Monday Menu Madness, Recipe, Vintage Recipe Cooking, dessert One day I was in an upscale thrift store when I saw a “United States Government Manual” cloth covered notebook. Intrigued, I took a look and had trouble containing myself at my discovery. The notebook contained about 15 years’ worth of magazine recipe clippings spanning the World War II years up until the late . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Friday Lasagne {Vintage Meatless Recipe) 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Monday Menu Madness, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe Lent, Meatless meal This recipe is from my grandmother’s well-worn-held-together-by-librarian’s-book-tape 1950s era cookbook. And, these really are as good as they sound. And look. They go fast in our house. And, yes, I’m the guilty party. I use powdered baking cocoa instead of melted baking chocolate. Just follow the directions on the side of the canister. One . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies This rambling 1962 film is supposed to be a tribute to the money management skills of the American Woman. However, many of the women seem a bit forlorn to me. The thing I like about the film, though, is they show a couple using their budgeting envelopes near the beginning of it. I love . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: American Thrift {Vintage Film} One comment - (Comments are closed) Money Management, Theatrical Thursday 1950s woman, ideal 1950's housewife We depend entirely on other men; on those who live with us and above all on those who have preceded us. Society is composed of the dead as well as the living. Robinson Crusoe would not have survived without the help of the tools and the weapons he found. Even in his solitude, he . . . → Read More: Wise Words of the Day: Rugged Individualism Is a Myth 2 comments - (Comments are closed) home economics, The Art of Homemaking, Wise Words of the Day ideal 1950's housewife, Inspiration, Quotes, Self-confidence, transforming yourself |
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