recreate 1940'2 SE Texas dinner

[Clementine Hall]

I still have my mother's cookbook from the very early 40's, with the
occasional reference to substitutions which have to be made because the
ingredients cannot be bought in wartime, or require too many ration
cards.

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Carolyn Siscoe [mailto:globe at zipcon.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:29 PM
To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
Subject: Re: recreate 1940'2 SE Texas dinner

 

Clementine,
  That is a very good ideal about using the local cookbooks  put out by
the Churches and Guild groups.  I think something beyond celery stalks
stuffed with pimento-cream cheese should be listed (my suggestion).  He
did say 1940's but perhaps he meant the whole 1940's not just 1940 than
there would be rationing '42 and after which would make it more
interesting.  My parents came from a small town in East Texas near the
Oklahoma border, Bonham.  It was definitley southern style inspired.  I
would say 'cracker' southern, my father loved to put hot buttered
cornbread in a glass of milk as a side dish at dinner.  Houston
definitley had Mexican food but I don't know if Beaumont did,; Bonham
didn't.  At that time when people wanted to put on the'dog' they ate
frenchified dishes.  It is good to suggest music.
   This might be of interest I googled  Google about this project and up
popped an entry from the UT historical archives about a woman in that
time frame who operated jazz clubs, bar and dinner clubs in Beaumont and
who was the first openly gay woman or/ person in Beaumont.   UT bought
all her menus etc and papers.
 Carolyn

Clementine Hall wrote: 

What I would do would be to contact the local historical society and get
the names of local booklets put out by churches and ladies' societies in
those days.  If they don't have this info, the local churches often do,
and I have been helped in the past by asking old ladies at the local
churches - they go home and get you their local cook booklets.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Gerry [mailto:mesmo at gilanet.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:14 AM
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Subject: Re: recreate 1940'2 SE Texas dinner
 
Play music by Bob Wills and Artie Shaw.
G
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	Anyone feel so inclined to offer suggestions?
	  Carolyn
	 
	Dear Cookbook-L
	 
	I seek guidance, sources, info on developing a period
interpretation
	    

for
  

	a 1940s postwar dinner party. I am the new curator of a wealthy
	Southeast Texas oil/cattle family home. We have fantastic
cookbooks,
	diaries of the period belonging to the McFaddins and the Wards.
Still,
	if anyone from the list has any advice on or off list, please
let me
	know.
	 
	Best,
	Ware
	 
	L.W.S. Petznick, Ph.D.
	McFaddin-Ward House
	Curator of Collections
	725 Third St.
	Beaumont, TX 77701
	wpetznick at mcfaddin-ward.org
	www.mcfaddin-ward.org
	409.832.1906 p
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	    

 
 
 
 
 
  
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