The 4 W's of Wartime Wednesdays: Who, What, Where and Why
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During the summer of '06, my father-in-law continued his clearinghouse, and Matt and I found ourselves on the receiving end of a number of serving dishes, jelly jars, and cookbooks.
One of these cookbooks was The Victory Binding of the American Woman's Cook Book, an absolute gem in hardcover form. Not quite 1000 pages of menus, recipes, food prep and serving etiquette for the 1940's housewife. A real treasure.
I was so enamored of this book, I decided to (selectively) work my way through, preparing at least one recipe each week.
Thus, Wartime Wednesdays was born!
Below, a list of the dishes made so far. Enjoy.
Roast Beef Dinner
Scalloped Chicken
Corn Oysters and Welsh Rarebit
Tunafish Salad and Chocolate Drop Cookies
Butterscotch Buttermilk Biscuits
Coffee Cake
Cheese Omelet and Hash Browns
Baking Soda Buckwheat Cakes
Coffee Cake with Crumb Topping
Chicken Club Sandwich
Butterscotch Toast
Country Club Sandwiches
Rolled Cinnamon Bread
Egg & Bacon Cornbread Breakfast Sandwich
Hot Biscuit Sandwiches
Welsh Rarebit
Eggs Au Gratin
Manly Dinner
Baked Eggs in Bacon
Burgundian Beef
Griddlecakes
Buttermilk Biscuit Breakfast
Potato Omelet
Butterscotch
Roast Chicken
Angel Cake
20th Anniversary: Potato Omelet
2 Thoughts for food:
Stephanie, I have this cookbook as well (my grandmother's copy). I love to cook from it as well. I have even tried a few of the sweets from the 'wartime' section. Of course, making the 2 layer cake means lots of canned fruit to get the "sugar". Glad to see someone else likes this book as much as I do.
Hi breadchick!
How wonderful!
I get such a kick out of this book...I really need to get back to my WW; I got so busy during the holidays, I let it slide...and haven't gotten back to it yet.
It's tough, though...some of the recipes; well, I mean...they're barely edible, by today's standards, you know what I mean??
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