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1943 Kerr Home Canning Book

April 9, 2019 by mgrc 5 Comments

I stumbled upon the 1943 Kerr Home Canning Book at a local thrift store. This is a unique piece of promotional advertising because it is promotes food as a kind of weapon for the World War II effort. Food is no less a weapon than tanks, guns, and planes. As the power of our enemies…

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Filed Under: Canning & Freezing, Cookbook Tagged With: Canning, Cookbook, Preserves

Mother’s Cranberry Conserves

April 4, 2019 by mgrc Leave a Comment

This recipe for cranberry conserves comes from 1976’s Cross Country Cookery cookbook. Modern canning favors of a hot water bath, and here’s why.

Filed Under: Canning & Freezing, Cross Country Cookery Tagged With: Cranberry, Jam, Jelly, Preserves

Mustard Pickles

February 7, 2019 by mgrc Leave a Comment

Here’s another recipe for pickles from the handwritten cookbook, “Cross Country Cookery.” This time, the recipe is for Mustard Pickles.

Filed Under: Canning & Freezing, Cross Country Cookery Tagged With: Canning, Cucumbers, Mustard, Pickles, Pickling

Blackberry Acid

January 31, 2019 by mgrc Leave a Comment

Blackberry acid is a strange name for a cooling blackberry drink concentrate. This recipe comes from the Cross Country Cookery cookbook and the author added, “Mother’s recipe belonging to her Aunt “Gar. This is an old recipe – makes a delicious drink!” The one ingredient that threw me was “Tartaric Acid,” but I shouldn’t have…

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Filed Under: Beverages, Canning & Freezing, Cross Country Cookery Tagged With: Beverages, Blackberry, Canning, Drink Concentrate, Summer

Bread and Butter Pickles

January 24, 2019 by mgrc Leave a Comment

This recipe for Bread and Butter Pickles comes from the lovingly handwritten and mimeographed Cross Country Cookery cookbook. Growing up, we had pickle relish and sweet midget pickles in the fridge. I would sometimes taste a dill pickle, but never bread & butter. So I was surprised at just how much I liked Bread &…

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Filed Under: Canning & Freezing, Cross Country Cookery Tagged With: Canning, Cucumbers, Mustard Seed, Pickles

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