Well, it happened again. I was browsing through a cookbook from the library with recipes for more nutritious eating using lots of vegetables and came across this admonishment I’ve seen in several other healthy eating cookbooks: “We need to eat like our grandmothers and great-grandmothers did! We need to eatRead More
100 Years Ago – Married Women and the Law
This is another installment in the 100 Years Ago series based on writings in a home reference manual published in 1902. It’s been a busy few weeks in our household. Only one more week until Daughter’s wedding! I’ve been devoting way more time to wedding shopping and planning and craftingRead More
100 Years Ago – Handy Kitchen Gadgets
This post is another installment in the 100 Years Ago series based on writings found in a home reference manual written in 1902. What’s your favorite kitchen gadget? That was the topic of an internet discussion forum I was reading this week. The answers ranged from loving fancy machinery likeRead More
100 Years Ago – A Most Unusual Measuring Chart
This post is another installment in the 100 Years Ago series based on writings found in a home reference manual written in 1902. I take my measuring cup for granted. I bet you do too. Measuring cups and spoons have become the universal language of the kitchen that make itRead More
100 Years Ago – Making Homemade Laundry Soap
This post is another installment in the 100 Years Ago series based on writings found in a home reference manual written in 1902. I’ve written several times over the last few months about my adventures in making Homemade Laundry Soap. This was a whole new adventure for me and IRead More
A Look Back – 100 Years Ago
A few weeks ago I came across a wonderful little treasure at a second hand store. Well, it was a wonderful little treasure to me anyway. I suppose to a lot of other folks it was just an odd and worn out item of questionable value. I was at oneRead More