Soups and stews have been around as long as cooking. They were among the earliest forms of meals for humankind, easy to prepare and easy to digest. In researching a vintage topic or recipe to complement Mythic Monday’s Hocktide post, I discovered beef was a favorite Anglo-Saxon food around 1000 A.D., and poultry was an… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Chicken and Dumplings 1959
Category: Vintage Friday
Vintage recipes, culture, and images.
Vintage Friday: Bread Pudding 1950
This delicious recipe comes by way of my cousin Margaret, who got it from her mother, a fine southern cook who knew how to stretch a meal. In fact, bread pudding originated hundreds of years ago in the kitchens of frugal cooks looking to provide a little sweetness without breaking the bank. BREAD PUDDING 1950… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Bread Pudding 1950
Vintage Friday: It’s the Bee’s Knees, Baby!
Get dolled up in your flapper dress and enjoy these scrumptious tidbits inspired by the Roaring Twenties. The crazy pic to the left is an old one of me at a library fundraiser. BEE’S KNEES COCKTAIL Ingredients: 2 ounces gin, ¾ ounce honey syrup (mix ½ ounce honey with ½ ounce water), ½ ounce lemon juice.… Continue reading Vintage Friday: It’s the Bee’s Knees, Baby!
Vintage Friday: Queen of Green
IRENE, QUEEN OF GREEN My mother’s birthday falls on March 16, a day before St. Patrick’s Day, and her favorite color was green. While I was growing up, both of us usually acquired a new green outfit at this time. The finery served for spring, St. Paddy’s Day, and Easter. Here we are, Mama and… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Queen of Green
Vintage Friday: Tea and Cupcakes
Happy Friday, everyone! Today I am visiting with my friend Dylan Newton on her blog. It’s giveaway time too! For a chance to win a free copy of my paranormal romance Mind Your Goddess, click on the following link, go to Dylan’s blog, and leave a comment. If you already own the book, you can… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Tea and Cupcakes
Vintage Friday: Hex Sign Art
Vintage Friday: Hex Sign Art Pennsylvanians of German descent, sometimes referred to as the Pennsylvania Dutch, not only gave us a revitalized celebration surrounding the ancient traditions of Groundhog Day, they also bestowed upon us delicacies such as funnel cakes and numerous arts and crafts, including the unique decor known as hex signs. Hex signs… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Hex Sign Art
Vintage Friday: Sisters 1958
Flashback to 1958 with my sister in high school and me in primary school. Those who have sisters know how vital they are, how irreplaceable. We lost Marcella in 2004, and it just doesn’t seem possible that was ten years ago. She married when I was still little, and I remember moping beneath the restaurant counter, missing… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Sisters 1958
Vintage Friday: Be My Valentine
My love Ronnie always remembered Valentine’s Day, birthdays, and anniversaries– and worked to make them special for us. One of my favorite experiences with his determination, as well as his sneaky sense of fun and humor, occurred in 2009. That year I received two audible valentine cards, each one with Ronnie’s voice giving me clues… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Be My Valentine
Vintage Friday: Black Annis Brandy Balls
Brandy balls are the offspring of bourbon balls, which were created by Ruth Booe of the Rebecca Ruth Candy Company in Kentucky in the early 1900’s.The company was founded in 1919 by two schoolteachers, Rebecca Gooch and Ruth Booe. All during this past Christmas season, I had a hankering to make brandy balls. It wasn’t… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Black Annis Brandy Balls
Vintage Friday: Medieval Gyngerbrede
Medieval gyngerbrede or gingerbread is more like candy than the modern cake with which we are familiar. It is one of the sweet treats mentioned in Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales: “They fette hym first the sweete wyn, and mede eek in a mazelyn, and roial spicerye of gyngebreed that was ful fyn, and lycorys, and eek comyn,… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Medieval Gyngerbrede