Recently in My Library Category
In previous posts Badger and I have spoken of a few older books we have enjoyed. One that we share is A Thousand Ways To Please A Husband (with Bettina's Best Recipes).
It is a delightful old book written in a quaint story form so as to impart household tips, economy of the household budget and recipes. Some of the recipes I find to be not to my pallet but others I have tried or plan to try.
I thought today I would share a bit of the book with you all. I scanned a few pages so you could enjoy it just as Badger and I have.
The book is in excellent condition. There is very little wear.
I love the inscription here. Edith purchased the book in 1925 with money her father had given her for Christmas. That just pleases me to no end for some reason. I do wonder if it was new or used by the time she came about it.
Soory, Badger, my books is the 1917 edition.
The book is filled with these little poems and rhymes.
Sometimes you just should not turn down a supper out.
I don't think I care for creamed tuna on toast.
I love the idea of her emergency shelf. However I think that is what we would refer to as our stocked pantry and I keep a lot more in there than she does.
On the homefront, Steven is 7 months old. I am not so sure I am ready for this just yet.
All your spoons belong to me!.
It's all behind me now!
On the homefront, Steven is 7 months old. I am not so sure I am ready for this just yet.
In the comments for this post, Jo, from Counting Sheep, mentioned Martha Washington's Booke of Cookery (and Booke of Sweetmeats). She is correct that this is a wonderful book. I do have it and I love it. Not only for its historical content but also because the recipes are still valid and experienced cooks will be able to wade through it with mostly successes.
Another book of the same vein I have read recently is The Robert E. Lee Family Cooking and Housekeeping Book. Excellent. Excellent. Excellent. American History. Southern History. Family History. Wonderful Recipes - some of which I know from my grandmother's hand. I have a link with this kind of cooking that I do not want to pass by my children without notice. Thanks to Colby's talent in the culinary arts I believe she will carry on the traditions.
Other things I have read in the last 2 weeks and Things I have re-read - All good things that you might like to read also:
Read:
Lafayette - excellent read. I have a love affair with the Marquis de La Fayette. Even more so since I know he camped on our lowly corner all those years ago. It gives me wicked shivers of delight.
Martha Washington - the mother of our country needs a lot more respect and attention than she is given. Teach your daughter's about their fore-mothers.
Founding Mothers - this is the book from which the History Channel did its program, written by ABC new correspondent Cokie Roberts.
Children of Pride - this is a book mostly of letters between the Jones family members some of which are from where I am from and makes for a 'hometown' feel when reading.
Re-read:
American Cookery, 1796 - This is literally America's first cookbook.
The Virginia Housewife - this is the book by Mary Randolph that is the first fully southern cookbook MUCH different than the earlier ones and not at all like those brought from England by our fore mothers.
Want to Read:
Early American Cookery: "The Good Housekeeper," 1841 - I LOVE that these old works are being reprinted so that I can enjoy them. The connection to the past delights me and I do cook from the recipes sometimes.
I believe this last one is the only book of this nature that we do not currently have in the house. Colby and I have always collected these old reprints and we have TONS of them on the shelves and put away. We have spent years building our little library of the past.
Which reminds me to go pull out these to re-read:
The American Frugal Housewife and The American Woman's Home .
Anyone out there have any recommendations of something to read? I spend a few minutes every night before I go to bed consuming a book. I have books in all stages of being read scattered about. I keep one in the bedroom, one in the bathroom (oh you know you read in there, too), one in the family room and often one in the car. I confess to multitasking and often read 3 or 4 books at once.
So what shall I read next?
I am going to try and get a photo of all the teeth Steven has cut since Judy has asked. It will be like walking into the lion's den. His teeth are sharp! Look for photos tomorrow.
