Wartime Meat Recipes

I have had this little book for about 10 years. It was in a recipe box I got in an auction. I still have the box, but thought this little book was worth a post.

I suppose the government, and the American Meat Institute, wanted to encourage cooks to use less familiar and less costly meats so tgat the better meats could go to the soldiers, because most of the recipes in this book use meats we would probably never consider today.

The introduction:

And a few recipes:

Ummm, yuck?

This one actually sounds pretty good. I would have thought tenderloin would have been expensive, though.

My mother made tongue a few times,  and I made it once, but my recipe was more like pickling; the tongue actually tasted like ham, and that's what I told my boys it was! They still talk about that.

This would be good, I think. I might add more seasonings.

I actually like liver, so I might try this one.

Ummm, just no. Cheap and filling, I am sure, but no.

There are a few copies of this little book for sale on ebay for around $20. Here's a link to one (not mine; I may sell mine one day, but not yet), just in case you're pining to have a copy of your own! And if there's interest, I'd be happy to post more of the recipes. 

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Almost Wordless Wednesday: Randoms

68°f/20°C. Still dark so no idea what today will be like, except hot.

Yesterday was a good day. I got my vegetable soup made after we returned from town, 7 quarts plus enough for dinner.

And we had our first Monarch butterfly!

My favorite lily has such delicate colors. No idea of its name. 

Inside, I found my little glass birds and put some of them out. At one time I think I had 20 or 30, but gave the blue ones to my sisters, and I took others to the booth yesterday. I kept my favorites, though.

We got this big boy moved into our booth yesterday. Heavy!

Little glass birds and a few other things, in the booth.

We had lunch with friends while we were out, and picked up a can of mustard seeds for the cucumber relush I plan to make today. So it was a nice day, even if very hot (90°). 

Now, what will today bring? 

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Good Morning!

68°f/20°C, feels so cool! Lower humidity at last. High of 88 yesterday, 90 expected today.

View from the porch. No blooms along the walk right now, sadly. The geraniums aren't blooming well at all this year: usually they are a dependable source of color. We have to wait til next Spring to paint the replacement boards on the railing, as these are pressure-treated and won't retain paint yet.

A favorite view, for some reason.

It is a beautiful morning, a bright start to what will be another hot day. At least lower humidity makes it more bearable.

I made black raspberry jam yesterday, snapped more beans, and got a huge ham divided into smaller bags and vacuum-packed. Larry bought the ham thinking it was on sale, but he grabbed the wrong one so he paid a pretty penny for it. However, it will make many, many meals and sandwiches. 

He dug up the carrots for me,  so today I will be cleaning them up. 

Most will go in the freezer, but i will use some, along with the green beans, potatoes, tomatoes and onions from the garden to make a big batch of vegetable soup to can. That will happen tomorrow, as today we will be taking the big buffet to our booth. Planning to make cucumber relish too, as we have an overload of cukes at the moment, and I need more relish. We shall see!

Meanwhile I painted this cute little table. It's not quite ready, but will go to our other location on Friday, I think, to go into the display window. I plan to change the window over to a more Fall-ish look. Early I know, but at one location that sells mainly new decor, they are going all out with Fall, and it's selling like hotcakes. Go figure.

Well, as Garrison Keillor used to say, that's all the news that isn't! Ending with this, which I thought was so funny.