http://www.vintage-homemaking.info How women kept home in time's past Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:11:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanksgiving Corn Cake Sift together two cups of corn meal, two cups of white flour, four heaping teaspoonfuls of baking powder, one level teaspoonful of soda, one teaspoonful of salt, and one-half a cup of sugar. Add one cup of sour milk (gradually), three-fourths cup of sour cream, four eggs and ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/10/a-few-vintage-thanksgiving-recipes/ Although we know that the first Thanksgiving was not full of endless eating and savory meats and sauces as we celebrate today we nevertheless love to look at it in the romantic light of the Victorian era. Here below are a few suggested Thanksgiving menus (depending on how many guests ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/10/victorian-thanksgiving-menus/ As per Domestic Cookery, Useful Receipts, and Hints to Young Housekeepers by Elizabeth E. Lea, 1875 ...The materials for making cake should be of the best quality, as your success very much depends on it. Flour should be dried and sifted, sugar rolled fine, spices pounded and sifted. Where brown ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/10/to-bake-a-cake-victorian-tips-for-a-delicious-cake/ Time once was when it was commonplace regardless of class or status to learn to knit as a young girl. Not only for a leisure activity but also to clothe one's family through the knitted articles themselves or by means of selling knit clothing. Now before I go on let ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/08/capture-vintage-knitting/ When I was very very small, my grandmother would make hankies featuring a little crocheted lady wearing a long skirt and a hat. I didn’t know it but back then hankies were still popular and kleenex tissue was not the main way to clean your nose. I guess the crocheted cloth hankies ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/07/nostalgia-the-lady-with-the-hat/ 2 Fabulous videos for getting a real life look at what life was like for the homemaker in the past. Wouldn't you love to step back in time and view real people  (and especially women since this is a vintage homemaking site) doing household chores, taking care of things at home ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/05/step-back-in-time/ Courtesy of How to Prepare and Serve a Meal and Interior Decoration By Lillian B. Lansdown AFTERNOON TEAS Afternoon teas are of two kinds, formal and informal, and the informal outdoor tea in the open, on the lawn or in the garden, is a variant of the latter variety. Here the ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/05/a-vintage-tea/ You’ll find them listed as “Receipt Books” . Volumes originally meant to be cookbooks that came to mean much more as historical housewives journaled their homemaking tips, notes, and routines in them. We refer tto them these days as homemaking journals. Some were turned into volumes for purchase and others ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/04/homemaking-receipt-books/ From what we know the Vintage Homemaker’s uniform always included an apron. Used as a way to protect good clothing without having to wash too much the apron could be donned once again for the next day's housework without worry of a few spills from the previous day's toil. The apron ... http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/04/vintage-aprons/ Peterson's Magazine included fine needlework patterns, short stories and lovely colorful fashion plates. [phpbay]peterson magazine 18*, 10[/phpbay] http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/04/petersons-magazine/