I'd like to share a few more of the fun booklets I purchased at last month's Tabernacle Flea Market on Martha's Vineyard. I'm happy to report that they have finally made their way into my Etsy shop.
This 1931 booklet will appeal to diehard Jell-O fans. It has all sorts of recipes for jiggly appetizers, relishes, luncheon plates, entrees, salads and desserts. I love the cover illustration of the lady holding a Jell-O mold.
In "Minute to Win It" fashion, this vintage 4-H Club booklet is filled with games that can be easily made at home. With a kitschy photo of a boy and girl on the cover, inside there are detailed instructions and diagrams for the all sorts of wacky games.
This soft-cover book was published in 1946 by the folks who make Ball glass canning jars. It's chock full of everything you'd ever want to know about canning and preserving, with hundreds of recipes and vibrant full-color photographs. Does anyone out there still can their own fruits and veggies?
An apron bedecked mother and daughter are baking together using Spry pure vegetable shortening on the cover of this 1953 booklet. Inside, there are tons of recipes and step-by-step instructional photos for pastry, cakes, frostings, cookies, quick breads and more.
Aren't these vintage pamphlets fabulous? Gotta love 'em! I promise to share more with you soon. Now that these are listed on Etsy, I'll be working on listing the stash of pretty textiles I acquired at the same sale. I just finished soaking, washing, and drying them. Time to start ironing!
Susan
"Does anyone can their own fruits and vegetables anymore?" Yes Ma'am! Mof, I canned 18 half-pints of sweet pickle relish just last evening and juiced a flat of garden tomatoes on Monday. The juice I've frozen in chunks for chili soup this winter, am not canning that.
If the pears are nice this year, I may can some pear halves. And I need to make apple butter and apple pie filling (canned) this fall.
So... yes, some of us still do "can."
Posted by: Kay | August 11, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Hi Kaye,
That's great! I knew there had to be some of you out there. Canning your own food is so much healthier; no preservatives or other additives. Wish I had the supplies, "crops", and time to can, too.
Posted by: Susan | August 11, 2010 at 11:08 AM
Susan I just canned 24 jars of
blueberry and 28 jars of Mayhaw
jelly. (Mayhaws are a tart berry
grown in the South and make a
wonderful jelly.) I think I have
one of those booklets, it was my
Mom's. I have one that tells you
how to make a good coffee and one
from Arm & Hammer baking soda that
is titled Good Things to Eat. It is copyrighted 1933. I love the
picture of the girl on the front.
Those were the days...I guess.":O)
Posted by: Elsie | August 11, 2010 at 03:45 PM
The graphics in the Jello book are fabulous! I just read an apron book that had the two gals with the yellow aprons in it. Imagine that!
Posted by: Mom Wald | August 21, 2010 at 08:36 AM