About gDonna The photo is my son and myself. Now days you can get a photo made to look old like this one. This photo was taken when this was the new look.
Harry S Truman was president when I was born and world war II had ended. I grew up in a time when lunch was put in a brown paper bag and a sandwich was wrapped with wax paper. There was no such thing as pantyhose, we wore stockings that attached to the rubbery clippy things that attached to the girdle. Convenience stores were not common and when we took a trip we packed a picnic basket because many places did not have fast food. Highways had places to pull over and stop, some with picnic tables. Read more ....
Comments On Article: First Day Back Into The 1930s
Grandma Donna, I didn't bake on Saturday either, too many things already baked and I cannot eat all it being a singleton. But I am planning on doing some next Saturday, I need to get my days lined up correctly.
I did wash up some glass jars of various sizes for food storage as I am trying to get away from storing leftovers in plastic ware. I will keep some plastic to send things home with family. When my plastic wrap is gone I will go to using wax paper all the time and beeswax wraps.
Microware is "under wraps", still working on identifying and putting away things that are not time specific.
I am loving all of the commentary it is very interesting and helpful.
JC
How beautiful!
On Friday I made some gluten free lemon scones and a loaf of my favorite gluten free bread. On Saturday I made some oatmeal date bars from my mom's Good Housekeeping cookbook from 1942. I don't have a 1930's cookbook yet but hope to find one soon.
Those cookies look so yummy! I mixed up sourdough bread on Saturday (one loaf I used to make pizza on Sunday night). I made a batch of yogurt for the week too. I bake throughout the week though. I am usually making bread every other day or some type of sourdough something. I have a really simple granola recipe that we love and is easily adaptable to other ingredients..I don’t buy cereal these days:
3 cups of rolled oats
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup honey or maple syrup
1/4 cup butter (I use coconut oil)
Melt the peanut butter, fat, and sweetener together. Stir in rolled oats. Spread on pan and bake at 350 for 17-18 min, stirring once throughout. Easy to change it up too with other things. Sometimes I will add nuts or seeds or dried fruit like raisins after it’s done baking.
I hope that doughnut recipe turns out! I’d love to try it
I love this study! I am getting so much done. I've cut my computer usage by about 85%. I'm finding that the less I get on the computer, the less attraction it has for me.
Today, I set up my Pro Call Blocker for my landline phone as I get very sick of telemarketers. I will never begin to understand the fascination people have with cell phones. I find a landline phone intrusive enough. I wouldn't even know how to text.
I'm setting up a sewing area. I put my sewing projects and things that need to be mended in totes. I don't really know anything about mending, but I want to learn.
A benefit I've had from the study is that I'm moving more. My FitBit says I got 10,305 steps yesterday, which is really good for me.
I am also sleeping more. My AI said that people slept 8.5 - 9 hours nightly in the 1930s. I used to sleep 5-6 hours a night on average. Now I am getting closer to 8 hours.
This is lovely place to gather..sharing together the joys of frugal, simple homemaking and encouragement amidst the challenges of daily living. Another lovely link others in this community might enjoy is https://strangersandpilgrimsonearth.blogspot.com/2015/02/gentle-homemaking-inspiration.html
Thanks to gdonna and all who gather here
I didn't do any baking on Saturday but I did make homemade pudding - 2 batches Chocolate and Vanilla. I'm trying to use it up - I have a lot of stuff in my freezer that needs to get used. So I have meals for the week. It is just me to cook for so I can make one batch of something (soup, hot dish etc) and freeze a good part of it. I spent some time cleaning out drawers in the kitchen. Also worked on a tea cozy for myself.
I baked a cornbread on Friday, the strawberries needing picking on Sunday so I made jam, and I made a sweet potato pie today. So everything but Saturday this time!
In 1932 My grandparents had a six year old son. They lived in the leafy city suburbs in the Midlands, less than 20 miles from here. Grandpa still suffered severe headaches from his war head injury, he worked in a bank, eventually becoming a Bank Manager. So many well educated young men of his age died as junior officers in the war, including his elder brother who was in the Royal Flying Corps. Grandpa’s hobby was carpentry.
Granny was a homemaker, they had no domestic help. They bought their house with a bank mortgage, and moved to a better property as they could afford it. My father attended a good private day school until he was evacuated in 1940. At some point in the 30s Grandpa’s Aunt Lily moved in with them. She had been a dressmaker, but her eyesight was failing.
They were a bookish family, I expect they visited the library regularly. 1932 was a good year for readers, it was the Golden Age of crime fiction.
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