Every few years I post this up, to keep the historical record alive. My mother wrote this.

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27. Thank you

for sharing and please thank your mother as well. My parents were involved during that war, my dad was in the military on WESPAC and my mom worked at Convair.

They made certain we knew not to forget.

I collect cookbooks. A long time ago, was in my teens, I happened upon a cookbook from 1942 (I suspect*) which was quite popular as there was a new edition printed every two years, a big 2 1/2 inches thick. It has everything in it from proper placement and use of monograms and entertaining etiquette to how to clean wild game. The odd thing about the particular one I have is that it contains a ten page appendix in the very back entitled: Wartime Cookery in which it explains rationing, how to ration, what's in the cans, which meats to buy and which to leave for the troops, exchanging honey for sugar, etc.. I was amazed when I saw it and bought it without hesitation.

The following edition had multiple blueprints for root cellars, the previous edition to my first copy had instructions for butchering. I ended up find, quite serendipitously, several other editions which I purchased just because.

Memories...


*There was no copyright page identifying the year it was printed but after finding other editions and later researching online I guestimated it to have been printed in 1942. The added section is behind the general index which found to be a bit different too.