Archive for December, 2009
The Use of Linen Dish Cloths And Their Care
I like to think housewives of the past embroidered their dish towels with weekly activities as a way of reminding them what household tasks were to be done that day. Has a sort of romantic old fashioned appeal don’t you think?
Truly I’m not sure for the reasoning for the specific homemaking duties embroidered on dish [...]
Vintage Holiday Recipes to Round Out The Year’s End
In a time with few pre-made packaged baked goods a Vintage hostess turned to her own recipes for the sweets with which to treat her guests. Here are a few recipes from the vintage cookbook…365 Cakes and Cookies: A Cake or Cooky for every day in the year 1904
Cheap Sponge Cake
Mix carefully 1 cupful of [...]
A Small Story with a Moral
In the life of Madame Swetchine we read the following account of the amusements of a clever child…
” The occupation of a courtier did not prevent Monsieur Soymonof from bestowing the most assiduous care on
the education of a daughter, who for six years was his only child. He was struck by the progress of [...]
