Here are pages 23, 24 and part of 25 of the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Fish The “left-overs” of boiled, baked or fried fish have many possibilities. […]

Here are pages 21 and 22 of the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Soups In no way can the smallest odds and ends of various things be used […]

Handwritten recipe for Green Tomato relish, found in an old box of recipes. The recipe is below, typed as-is, you can click the picture to view a larger copy of the original, recipe is typed beneath it. Before using this recipe, it’s important to read this page, the “Safe Canning & Food Preservation” section. Green […]

This is a recipe clipping from a magazine, date unknown. You’ll find the recipe posted underneath the picture. Before using this recipe, it’s important to read this page, the “Safe Canning & Food Preservation” section. Roe Griffith of Kansas City gave me her favorite zucchini-relish recipe, from her mother’s family, the Maccans. Now I share […]

Here are pages 18, 19 and 20 from the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). These are mainly scans of the pages that have a few different illustrations of antique choppers, but some notes are typed out as well. Enterprise Meat and Food Choppers The progressive housewife will at once appreciate […]

Here are pages 16 and 17 of the vintage booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper from the sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Enterprise Meat Chopper When purchasing a chopper, have the merchant from whom you buy explain […]

Here are pages 14 and 15 of the antique booklet The Enterprising Housekeeper, sixth edition (1906). If you’d like to follow along and browse through more pages of the book, I’m filing them in the Enterprising Housekeeper Category. Enterprise Food Choppers Anything that is chopped into pieces for food is legitimate material to pass through […]

Here is an old recipe clipping from an unknown newspaper, no date. Before using this recipe, it’s important to read this page, the “Safe Canning & Food Preservation” section. Krispy Lunch Pickles 25-30 medium size cucumbers 8 large white onions 2 large sweet peppers (green) 1 red sweet pepper 1/2 cup salt 5 cups cider […]