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World War 2 Baked Cheese Dreams Recipe
***This post is for the WW2 Ration Cook-in (#wwiirationcookin on Instagram). We're stuck at home but that doesn't mean we aren't working! For the next 7 days we will be attempting a new ration recipe...
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Chester Jumbles a WWI - Depression Era Cookie Recipe
Things are going to look a little weird on my site for the foreseeable future. Due to the Covid-19 Quarantine, I am stuck in New York without my camera gear, and kitchen implements. For those of you...
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Sandusky Sand Tarts: 100+ Year Old Recipe
Did you know that the Sandusky Sand Tart is the official dish of the Maritime Museum of Sandusky in Ohio? Neither do they. I'm at that point in the Covid-19 quarantine where I am creating signature...
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World War I Era Pickled Eggs Recipe from Chester, PA
The Kitchen Guide (Chester, PA) 1913 When all of this started, everyone looked at their pantries and came to me and said “Now we need some of those ration recipes!” I struggled to recommend anything....
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Civil War Era Pickled Limes Recipe like in Little Women
'In debt, Amy; what do you mean?' and Meg looked sober.'Why, I owe at least a dozen pickled limes, and I can't pay them, you know, till I have money, for Marmee forbid my having anything charged at the...
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Civil War Era Popover Recipe for Breakfast
Popovers are an egg-based, hollow roll that is shaped like a muffin. Due to its hollow nature, it is perfect for filling with butter, cheese or meat. It is an especially easy way to fix breakfast or...
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World War I Era Scottish Shortbread Recipe from Chester, PA
I have been wanting to make a recipe from this book for years. I've been searching and searching for an original copy of The Third Presbyterian Cookbook, 1917 but had to make due with a digital copy....
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World War II Banana Bread Recipe: A Delicious and Simple Way to Save Overripe...
I swear that produce is going bad quicker during the quarantine. It’s been a full time job just keeping up with what is about to go bad. This recipe came to the rescue. It’s from Fannie Farmer’s The...
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Depression Era Spritz "Cooky" Recipe- The Perfect Recipe from the 1930s
I'm babysitting and puppysitting this week. It's been a lot especially with the pandemic and tornadoes we've been having in Pennsylvania. I'm not saying that this is a good recipe but it's probably...
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1929 Guacamole Recipe: A Recipe From the Great Depression
Everyone who knows me know I LOVE tacos. I was excited and intrigued to find this early recipe for guacamole. The recipe is from Ramona's Spanish-Mexican Cookery. The author spent 20 years in Mexico...
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Historical Kids Craft: Great Depression Paper Poppers
This year has been weird, to say the least. My sister is a nurse so I have been spending most of my time being Nanny-Auntie to my nephew who is bouncing-off-the-walls energetic and starting 3rd grade...
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Civil War Era Apple Pancakes Recipe
I was very interested to try this recipe as it has molasses, cornmeal, and apples, three flavors that were very common during the Civil War that have since fallen out of fashion. I found the recipe in...
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How to Render Lard and Tallow for Cooking, Soap Making and Cosmetics
In early America, grease pots were a ubiquitous part of a kitchen. Grease was collected during cooking and butchering and was later rendered (made clean), and used to make soap, candles, grease pans,...
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Civil War Era Kids Craft: Paper Boats | How to
What kid doesn't like playing with paper boats? It seems like magic that you can make a boat out of paper and even more so that paper can hold out water! You might find that kids today have never made...
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18th Century Wash-Balls: Scented Body Soap | How To
Bathing in colonial times evokes images of dirty rags and lard soap. In reality is there were many scented, colored, and augmented soaps available at perfumers and many receipts (recipes) to scent...
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Civil War Popcorn Balls Recipe
Sept 21stAfter supper last night, by way of variety Anna, Miriam and I came up to our room, and after undressing, commenced popping corn, and making candy in the fireplace. We had scarcely commenced,...
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Civil War Era Honey Soap | Tutorial | How To
Honey soap was a popular soap before and after the war. It was known for and its supposed "skin whitening" properties. This recipe contains honey but at the time, writings suggest that some honey soaps...
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What is Election Cake? | Colonial Recipe | Amelia Simmons, 1796
Many cookbooks include a recipe for Election Cake. What is it? The hallmark of an election cake recipe is the enormous batch size. Some of the finished cakes weighed over 10 pounds. In the 1700s,...
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Civil War Cider Cake Recipe
Clifton, VaSept. 18, 1864[79th Regiment, New York Infantry] Dear Mother; Punch would find rare pickings in the army. The everyday jokes and incidents of campaign life are rich enough. The other day in...
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Simplifying Bagels | Vintage Jewish Bagel Recipe (1921)
This recipe is from the Settlement Cook Book (1921). Written by progressive reformer, Elizabeth Black Kander, the book was so popular, it went through 35 editions from 1901 to 1940. Kander, was the...
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