Originally Posted by
Psychomomquilter
I am looking for some of our grand mas recipes, maybe ggreatgrandmas, 1940's era
something they cooked for a meal. I have been doing some research on this era. It is sooo amazing what they had to use, get by on and so on, and we complain if we don't have things in our cupboards!
what to fix for supper? SPAM, any recipes for it? old fashioned home made biscuits? chicken pot pie? rationing this stuff, even children had rationing booklets. coffee and tea? sugar?
oopps sorry going on a tangent there.
But was and am curious how foods were prepared with the little they had. any thoughts on this? oh, any recipes on this?
Ice Box Molasses Cookies My Grandma made these often: 1 cup EACH shortening, molasses, brown sugar, 1 egg, 4 cups flour, 1 teas. EACH salt, soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves. Boil together shortening, molasses and brown sugar over low heat til boiling. Remove and let cool to luke-warm, add egg and mix well, sift together flour and spices, add and mix well. Pack tightly into greased pan and cover tightly. (I roll into a long coil in wax-paper) Chill in ice box several hours or overnight, Slice thin on greased baking sheet. Bake at 350( or when she said the wood stove was hot enough) for 15 minutes. Makes about 10 dozen. Delicious!