Home cooks demonstrated frugality in the 1950’s by creating basic recipes that could be minimally altered to achieve a variety of different results. This tactic allowed for economy in the pantry, as well as satisfied smiles from family members. The basis of the Black Bottom Pie recipe is a simple but delicious Vanilla Cream Pie.… Continue reading Vintage Friday, Black Bottom Pie 1959
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Vintage Friday: Young Ladies 1930
Looking at old pictures of my mother when she was a girl brings forth a flood of emotions and sweet nostalgia for the old days I never got to see. She is in the front row, second from the left. One of thirteen children, seven of whom were girls, her last remaining sibling passed away… Continue reading Vintage Friday: Young Ladies 1930