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Holiday Cooking & Baking #23 1880’s Thanksgiving Dressing, Pudding, Oyster Stuffing & 1950’s Turkey & all the Fixings plus decoration Ideas

Holiday Cooking and Baking #23 Thanksgiving Glenburn Maine 1880’s How to make a Thanksgiving Pudding                      Just shelve yours for a season while you try this one: Pour four cupfuls of hot scalding milk over one and one-fourth cupfuls of rolled common cracker and let stand until cool, says the Woman’s Home Companion.  Add one cupful […]

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Washington’s Birthday February 22nd in the 1950’s Cherry Pie and decoration ideas

These are from a nice set of books I got from Columbus, Wisconsin, belonging to a Mrs. Corinne Christians; they are mostly dated in the 1950’s, except one book is dated in the 1920’s.  She was likely a secretary as a lot of the recipes are written in shorthand; I will need to find someone […]

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Valentines Day February 14th in the 1950’s Meringues, Queen of Hearts Dessert, Marshmallow Pie & decorating Ideas

This is from a large lot of notebooks filled with handwritten recipes from 1940’s through 1950’s.  Several are in shorthand and it includes a lot of life lessons and advice.  These are from Columbus, Wisconsin, written by a Mrs. Corinne Christians. She has all kinds of Holiday special recipes and notes as well as decoration […]