Old Fashioned Cooking – An Interview With Susanne Myers, The Hillbilly Housewife
Posted on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
What do old fashioned cooking, easy freezer meals, and The Hillbilly Housewife have in common?
If you grew up preparing food to store for a winter season, you may know the term “putting food by.” This [...]
Iwo Jima
Posted on Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010
If you know me or have been following my blog, you know that my Mom was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps during WWII.
Today marks the 65th anniversary of the flag raising on [...]
Remember Nostalgia? Boomers Long For Decades Past, But Which Ones?
Posted on Thursday, February 18th, 2010
When you are given to flights of fancy, waxing and waning between now and then, which decade are you most apt to feel all warm and fuzzy about?
Yes, it depends on your age.
The Baby Boomer [...]
Bubble Wrap Turns 50 – Welcome To The Remember When Club
Posted on Monday, January 25th, 2010
Here we are with another occasion for folks like me to say “I remember when there was no such thing as…” Bubble Wrap is celebrating its 50th birthday.
First Barbie went through menopause, then the microwave [...]
Method Of Treating Foodstuffs – aka Microwave Cooking – Turns 60
Posted on Sunday, January 24th, 2010
Another milestone in the “I didn’t have that when I was a kid” items to dwell on. On January 24, 1950, P. L. Spencer, a Raytheon engineer, was granted a patent for his “method of [...]
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