http://www.vintagefoodie.com/ Vintage Foodie en Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:07:00 GMT Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:07:00 GMT info@vintagefoodie.com info@vintagefoodie.com http://www.vintagefoodie.com/images/vintage-foodie-logo1.jpg http://www.vintagefoodie.com/ http://www.vintagefoodie.com/fruit-salad-dressing/ One of my previous posts mentioned a fruit salad dressing from the 1950s. After a number of readers (ok, maybe just two) mentioned that it would be itneresting to make... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/fruit-salad-dressing/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/fruit-salad-dressing/ Sun, 18 Jul 2010 07:07:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/grandmas-pumpkin-scones/ We recently had a dinner party where our friends who are farmers, brought along a lovely big pumpkin. You gotta love living in the country where fresh food is just... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/grandmas-pumpkin-scones/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/grandmas-pumpkin-scones/ Sat, 03 Jul 2010 07:36:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/vintage-tips-in-the-kitchen/ In 1952 the Sunday Herald, a Sydney newspaper printed some interesting kitchen tips I thought I would share. * Use powdered milk mixed with water in which vegetables have been... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/vintage-tips-in-the-kitchen/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/vintage-tips-in-the-kitchen/ Fri, 25 Jun 2010 11:41:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/gingerbread-for-winter/ The wind is biting, the skies are dreary and thoughts turn to warm, filling foods. My hubbie loves gingerbread and I must confess that I haven't made any for a... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/gingerbread-for-winter/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/gingerbread-for-winter/ Sun, 13 Jun 2010 11:02:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/washing-clothes-with-petrol/ Trolling through some newspaper archives, as I do while searching out tidbits for my genealogy hobby or to find interesting articles for this blog, I came across a news article... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/washing-clothes-with-petrol/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/washing-clothes-with-petrol/ Sat, 05 Jun 2010 04:54:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/shearers-stew-with-jumbuck-dumplings/ The weather has turned colder which automatically turns our choices of dishes to cook towards heavier, stewier (is that a word), more warming meals. My previous post was the book... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/shearers-stew-with-jumbuck-dumplings/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/shearers-stew-with-jumbuck-dumplings/ Sat, 22 May 2010 05:46:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/vintage-book-review-heritage-cookbook/ It's not officially a vintage cookbook as the Australia Family Circle Heritage Cookbook was only published in 1988, to celebrate Australia's Bicentenary, but it does have a wonderful history of... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/vintage-book-review-heritage-cookbook/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/vintage-book-review-heritage-cookbook/ Tue, 18 May 2010 03:13:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/curried-sausages/ So one of the first ways I noticed that my grandmother was 'chatting' to me through her cookbook was by a clipping I found amongst the pages that she had... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/curried-sausages/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/curried-sausages/ Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:31:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/she-spoke-to-me/ I've mentioned my grandmother before on this blog as she was the inspiration for me to start it up. After she died I ended up with all her old cookbooks... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/she-spoke-to-me/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/she-spoke-to-me/ Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:35:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/the-history-of-the-cookbook/ The cookbook is one of the most handy tools any cook can have. Not only does it store recipes but it can be an insight into a culture that is... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/the-history-of-the-cookbook/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/the-history-of-the-cookbook/ Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:38:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/1930s-ads-if-only-they-had-known/ Knowledge is a powerful tool. Sometimes it can even save lives. And if we're going to talk about health food back then... That's right folks our parents/grand parents knew better... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/1930s-ads-if-only-they-had-known/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/1930s-ads-if-only-they-had-known/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 11:07:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/organic-versus-processed/ I had been so used to buying my prepackaged meat and fruit and vegetables from the supermarket, that the flavour seemed irrelevant. I had sacrificed that for price and convenience... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/organic-versus-processed/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/organic-versus-processed/ Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:00:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/essentially-vitamins-are-important/ Did you know that vitamins were first called 'accessory food factors' and were considered to be essential to health. That's once they were discovered. Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins was an... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/essentially-vitamins-are-important/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/essentially-vitamins-are-important/ Mon, 18 Jan 2010 03:04:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/leftover-time-again/ The festivities are over and the fridge is still full. Mainly of ham, chicken and turkey. Time to use them up in an economical and tasty way. Under the chapter... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/leftover-time-again/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/leftover-time-again/ Mon, 28 Dec 2009 23:49:00 GMT http://www.vintagefoodie.com/holy-guacamole/ One of the things I love about researching vintage food is the connection that it affords us whenever I make a recipe that has stood the test of time, or... http://www.vintagefoodie.com/holy-guacamole/#comments http://www.vintagefoodie.com/holy-guacamole/ Sun, 20 Dec 2009 11:11:00 GMT