Wednesday, November 29, 2017

A Christmas magazine, circa 1939

I was sorting some of my old magazines the other day when I came across a vintage one I'd forgotten about buying at an antique mall a few years back, the December 1939 issue of American Cooking, the Boston Cooking-School Magazine.

Several tea-related items inside caught my eye, including this ad targeting those interested in Tea Room Management.

This article includes a recipe for "Holiday Punch" with a "tea base." The recipe calling for strong tea, sugar, orange juice, lemon juice, and ginger ale sounds pretty tasty, but I think I'd skip the green coloring. (Would you?)

I suppose magazines have had question-and-answer columns forever, and I found it interesting that this magazine numbered its questions ("Query No. 6124"). The tea sandwiches sound … intriguing. I think this column must have been sponsored by a mayonnaise company.

And finally, the back cover featured a product I happily use myself. I found it interesting that the salt "costs a family only 2¢ a week," and I'm happy that Morton's Iodized Salt remains a good buy today!

6 comments:

  1. The accountant in me wonders about that ad. At 2¢ a week, the salt would cost $1.04 for a year. I wonder how many containers they assumed a family would use?

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    1. Okay, that's a fascinating point! I'll have to look for an old grocery store ad and see how much the salt sold for and how many packages that would have equaled!

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  2. That does look like a very interesting magazine. But the pecan and mayo tea sandwich? Well, let's just say I think I'll save my pecans for pie instead!
    --from Vernona in DC

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  3. Fascinating! The olive and almond sandwich sounded particularly intriguing. The article reminded me of the class I once took called, Tearoom for Profit. Wondering if they got the idea from here. Hummm?

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