I love this Hannah. So many family memories are made while cooking. I remember helping my grandma to make cupcakes. I would be sitting on the bench helping and stirring and talking. Precious memories.
Such an interesting post! I love tracking a recipe through time. It's so fun to see how it changes. I've come across rice krispie-like recipes in my wartime cookbooks but they usually categorize them as a candy not a cookie bar like we might today.
I love this perspective and it’s been something I wish I could put into words like this for years. I too am obsessed with old cookbooks and the evolution there of. It started with mom’s mom’s Cooky Book, which she got a new reprint of for me, then I also inherited my mother in law’s original version. My brand new one is a “replica” so there aren’t any differences, but it had gotten me thinking! My next foray was into Irma Rombauer’s Joy of Cooking because I was so fascinated to learn about the wild game recipes that were included in older versions, as well as the rationing tips from the wartime era publications. I look forward to the day I can dive deeply into my archives as well as yours!
Thank you so much! I actually just got the facsimile of the first edition of The Joy of Cooking (it came out in the late 1990s) and it has been SO much fun reading Irma Rombauer's perspective on cooking. In regards to game recipes, I have found a surprising amount of them in Midwest community cookbooks from the '60s and '70s! I actually just found a recipe for muskrat the other day in a random community cookbook. I'm hoping to compile a post about game recipes in the near future. Thanks for being here and reading!
I love this Hannah. So many family memories are made while cooking. I remember helping my grandma to make cupcakes. I would be sitting on the bench helping and stirring and talking. Precious memories.
Thanks Jennifer! What a beautiful memory with your grandma ❤️
This is such a cool read, and I love the tidbit about mini marshmallows!
Thank you, Alicia! :)
Such an interesting post! I love tracking a recipe through time. It's so fun to see how it changes. I've come across rice krispie-like recipes in my wartime cookbooks but they usually categorize them as a candy not a cookie bar like we might today.
That’s kind of like no-bake cookies! They were considered a candy for awhile before they fell into the cookie category.
Yes!
I love this perspective and it’s been something I wish I could put into words like this for years. I too am obsessed with old cookbooks and the evolution there of. It started with mom’s mom’s Cooky Book, which she got a new reprint of for me, then I also inherited my mother in law’s original version. My brand new one is a “replica” so there aren’t any differences, but it had gotten me thinking! My next foray was into Irma Rombauer’s Joy of Cooking because I was so fascinated to learn about the wild game recipes that were included in older versions, as well as the rationing tips from the wartime era publications. I look forward to the day I can dive deeply into my archives as well as yours!
Thank you so much! I actually just got the facsimile of the first edition of The Joy of Cooking (it came out in the late 1990s) and it has been SO much fun reading Irma Rombauer's perspective on cooking. In regards to game recipes, I have found a surprising amount of them in Midwest community cookbooks from the '60s and '70s! I actually just found a recipe for muskrat the other day in a random community cookbook. I'm hoping to compile a post about game recipes in the near future. Thanks for being here and reading!