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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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 Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 11:50:53 AM
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Winnie glad you asked. In my other WWII cookbook that was first published in 1938 - My edition is the "Victory Binding of the American Woman Cook Book" Wartime Edition is an addition to back of book for "Wartime Cookery".
It mentions since oils and fats are used for soap and gunpowder women would be called on to curtail their use. Suggests chicken & bacon fat for pie crust. Honey instead of sugar. Save the water vegetables cooked in for soups. Serve meatless meals.
Until today I had not known about the wartime addition because I always went to the index. There's so much good stuff for me to post it here so I will post it on it's own thread so I can keep adding to it. |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
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darlenelovesart
True Blue Farmgirl
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darlene
Loleta
California
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 12:10:50 PM
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That really sounds interesting Sara!
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Farmgirl # 4943
Don't worry about anything; instead, pray about everything.
Tell God what you need, and thank him for what he has done.
Philippians 4:6
Just follow God unquestioningly.
Because you love Him so, for if you trust His judgment there is nothing you need to know.
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 1:27:52 PM
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| I love old cookbooks. My canning book is my Mother's Ball book from WW!!. I like how it shows you how to can with zinc lids, glass lids, and the ones we use now. When we raised hogs I used lard in pie crusts and sometimes in cookies. Lard makes the best piecrust, but that was back when it wasn't bad for you :-) |
Judith
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
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Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 4:04:49 PM
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Sara, thanks for sharing that recipe.
I have my mother's cookbook. It is called Woman's Home Companion cookbook. Was published in 1942. Before I inherited the cookbook I purchased the same copy. Was hard to find but I finally did. Same year so that I could have the recipes but now I have hers with all the notes and recipes added inside in her handwriting. It is a treasure for the fact it was hers. It was falling apart many times so it is taped in many places and she recovered it a few times.
Marilyn,
Would you be willing to share your creamer recipe? |
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Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 7:53:49 PM
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Judith, my husband's aunt makes pie crust with lard. It is delicious!
Denise, having that cookbook from your mom with all of her notes....what a treasure! It would be like having her in the kitchen with you! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
5777 Posts |
Posted - Aug 27 2019 : 8:19:25 PM
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It is not my creation but I will gladly share it.
Pumpkin Spice Creamer
1 and 1/2 cups water
1 and 1/2 cups sugar. Put these in a sauce pan and heat, stirring to dissolve the sugar.
Add:
4 cinnamon sticks
1 teaspoon nutmeg (the spices are ground, except the cinnamon sticks.)
1/2 t ginger
1/2 t cloves
3 Tablespoons of canned pumpkin. Stir to mix, put a lid on the pan and gently simmer for five
minutes.
Remove from heat, remove the lid, and allow the goodness to cool for fifteen minutes or more.
Strain.
Add 1/2 cup of half and half,
Pour into a quart jar. And refrigerate.
Serve in coffee or tea. Enjoy!
The Stivers Homestead, on you tube is where I saw the recipe.
I doubled the recipe, poured it into three pint jars, & shared.
Then I made a pumpkin pie. Since I had taken six T of pumpkin, I took away 6 T of the canned milk called for in the pie recipe. |
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
1170 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
1170 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 12:26:51 PM
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Eggless, Milkless, Butterless Cale (aka Depression cake but came from WW! era)
Combine in saucepan and boil for 5 minutes then let cool:
1 C. white sugar
2 T. lard or shortening (I used coconut oil)
1 tsp ground cinnamon
½ tsp ginger
½ tsp nutmeg
½ tsp ground allspice
½ tsp salt
1 cup raisins
1 ½ C. water
Sift together:
1 tsp baking soda
2 C all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking powder
Mix the dry mixture into the cooled contents of the saucepan. Don’t overmix; stir until just combined.
Pour into greased pan. Bale at 350 for 20-25 min.
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Judith
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
1170 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
1170 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 12:29:32 PM
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Wacky cake - also eggless, butteries, milkless. I recall my little sister making this a lot, along with her canned milk and grape koolaid ice-cream.
Wacky Cake
Sift together:
1 ½ C flour
1 tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
½ C unsweetened cocoa powder
1 C sugar
Spread into an ungreased pan.
1 tsp vanilla
1 T vinegar
6 T oil
Make two small holes and one big hole. Put vinegar and vanilla into the small holes and oil into the big hole.
1 C. water
Pour the water over everything and mix with a fork.
Bake at 350 for 30 min.
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Judith
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2459 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 12:34:19 PM
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| Thanks Judith, the Wacky cake sounds - well - wacky - I'm not really a baker but I may have to give your Wacky cake a try. |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Judith
Galt
CA
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 1:55:27 PM
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| I remember it was rather tasty and it must have been easy to make as I think Joyce was about 8 or 9 when she was making it. |
Judith
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4642 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 2:38:57 PM
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I also have my mother's old cookbook - it is called The American Woman's Cook Book, Edited and Revised by Ruth Berolzheimer, Director, Culinary Arts Institute. From The Delineator Cook Book, Edited by The Delineator Institute and Martha Van Rensselaer and Flora Rose, Directors, College of Home Economics, Cornell University. WHEW! It was published in Chicago in 1945. This book is so well used that the entire cover and back were recovered in contact paper by my mother. My mother did not write any notes in it, which is too bad, because I know she tweaked many recipes. LOL!
I also have 2 notebooks of recipes that my mother compiled; one is of family favorites and the other is all cookies. The family favorites recipes are mostly typed. The cookie recipes are all cross referenced in 2 indexes; one is alphabetical by name on recipe and the other is by kind of cookie (ice box, rolled, foreign, etc.). Many are typed and there are also Xeroxes of many many newspaper clippings. I love and use both of these notebooks all the time. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 2:40:33 PM
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Thank you, Judith, for posting the cake recipes. I'll have to try them.
I will try your apple pie recipe, Sara. I love old recipes.
And I want to try the creamer recipe, Marilyn. I love creamers in my coffee. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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Edited by - quiltee on Aug 29 2019 2:41:07 PM |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9201 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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StitchinWitch
True Blue Farmgirl
1170 Posts
Judith
Galt
CA
USA
1170 Posts |
Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 2:58:15 PM
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| Don't you love the old cookbooks! In searching for recipes I came across a couple of old cookbooks; one from 1931 and one from 1901. Such fun looking through them although the canning instructions are downright scary. There is a section of helpful hints in the back of the 1901 book including how to make fire starters with bricks and kerosene, and how to clean lace curtains and white gloves using flour. That sounds like a dusty mess. It also stated that mutton and lamb fat must not be used in cooking as it has an unpleasant taste but it is good to use on your face as cold cream. Sounds like a good way to avoid a good-night kiss. |
Judith
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 3:04:49 PM
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| Little off the subject of recipes but when I was a small child I remember polishing my patent leather shoes with a buttered biscuits. In a old magazine or cookbook I came across long ago it said to use buttered biscuits to polish patent leather. I wish I could find it again. |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
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Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 29 2019 : 8:51:42 PM
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| When I was a kid, Saturday's were chore days, where we were taught that there is always work to be done at home. My job was to shine the leaves of the ivy. Mother rubbed some salad dressing on a soft cloth then showed me how to gently shine the ivy leaves. Now salad dressing was the store brand or another brand ... but much cheaper than Miracle Whip. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2459 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Aug 30 2019 : 07:54:24 AM
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I remember Mayo for hair treatment - did it once - way to messy for me to do it again.
Found another Victory Apple Pie recipe in War Time Edition. May have to try the crust. Don't know about the apple part.
1/3 cup cool potato water
1/2 cake yeast
1/3 cup riced potatoes
3/4 cup sugar
1/3 cup shortening, melted
3 eggs
1 cup shifted flour, about
6 apples
Combine potato water, crumbled yeast, cooled potatoes, and 1/4 cup sugar. Let rise one hour.
Add shortening, 1/4 cup sugar, 1 egg beaten, and flour to make a stiff dough.
Knead well. Let rise until doubled in bulk. Roll out in 2 circles about 1/2" thick. Place in 2 greased deep dish pie pans. Press to edges of pan.
Pare apples, core, cut into eights and arrange on dough. Beat remaining eggs, add remaining sugar, and pour over apples. Sprinkle with cinnamon. Let rise. Bake in moderate oven 350 for 30-35 minutes. Makes 2 8" pies.
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FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
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Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Aug 30 2019 : 09:02:19 AM
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Oh, Sara, that is too funny!
My sister used to polish her houseplants with mayonnaise....BEFORE she had kids! No time after that.
Judith, thank you for the cake recipes! I'm going to try your wacky cake recipe. I like that it's 8x8". Perfect size for a smaller family.
I tried a recipe yesterday that I saw on Facebook. The picture looked delicious..."Apple Slab Pie"....made in a large, rimmed cookie sheet. The flavor turned out good BUT...if that had been the first pie that I had ever made, it would probably also be my LAST! Too many unnecessary steps! It was made with an all butter crust, which I have never tried. My crust recipe uses Crisco. It was supposed to fit a much larger pan but it didn't so I ended up using a 1/4 sheet cake pan. The recipe said to roll each half of the dough out onto plastic wrap and refrigerate while you were preparing the filling. I just threw the whole ball of dough, in the bowl, into the freezer for 1/2 hour. It also said to line the bottom of the pan with parchment paper. I threw the recipe away...haha! The next apple pie will be my old Betty Crocker standby! |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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levisgrammy
Scattered Prairie Hen Honcho
9201 Posts
Denise
Ohio
USA
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Posted - Aug 30 2019 : 11:50:54 AM
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Debbie, Thanks for the info on the Apple slab pie. Sounds like a lot of work!
Always wondered how people had houseplants whose leaves shined. My poor plants seem to be dust magnets. Might give it a try. |
Denise~~
Sister #43
"I am a bookaholic with no desire to be cured."
"Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path"
Psalm 119:105
www.ladybugsandlilacs.blogspot.com
www.torisgram.etsy.com |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2459 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2019 : 4:33:15 PM
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Farmhouse Apple Bread
Gooseberry Patch Apple Recipes 2018
3 eggs beaten
2 c sugar
1 c oil
1 T vanilla extract
3 c all-purpose flour
1 t baking soda
1 t cinnamon
3 to 4 apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
1 c chopped pecans
Combine eggs, sugar, oil, and vanilla until well mixed and set aside. Combine flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in a separate bowl; stir into egg mixture. Fold in apples and pecans. Divide equally between 2 greased and floured 9" X 5" loaf pans. Bake at 325 degrees for one hour and 10 minutes. |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
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Posted - Sep 09 2019 : 5:07:41 PM
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That sounds good. THanks, Sara.
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Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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debbieklann
True Blue Farmgirl
2638 Posts
Debbie
Madras
OR
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2019 : 08:31:41 AM
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Oh, that sounds yummy! I think I will try that this week.
I loved when Gooseberry Patch had their catalog! So many cute things in it. |
Debbie Klann
Farmgirl Sister #770
2018 Farmgirl Sister of the Year
January 2020 FGOTM
"Well behaved women seldom make history"...
Laurel Thatcher Ulrich |
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quiltee
True Blue Farmgirl
4642 Posts
Linda
Terrell
TX
USA
4642 Posts |
Posted - Sep 10 2019 : 7:27:11 PM
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| Sara - What do you add to your peaches for peach butter/jam? I love peaches. |
Linda B
quiltee
Farmgirl #1919
FGOTM for August, 2015 and April, 2017
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TexasGran
True Blue Farmgirl
5777 Posts
Marilyn
Stephenville
Texas
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2019 : 9:31:53 PM
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| Debbie, I loved Gooseberry patch too. I have some of their cookbooks. Because I had recipes published in two of their cook books, I bought those for each of my two grand daughters. |
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YellowRose
True Blue Farmgirl
2459 Posts
Sara
Paris
TX
USA
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Posted - Sep 10 2019 : 11:54:09 PM
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| Linda I did pear butter. One batch with ground cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg, brown sugar, and a little lemon juice. The other batch brown sugar, organic maple syrup, and lemon juice. |
FarmGirl Sister#6034 8/25/14
FGOTM Sept 2015 & Feb 2019
Lord put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth
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