Tomato lore and recipes from early homemaker notes
A collage from a vintage kitchen column describes tomatoes as once feared in Europe and welcomed in the Americas, with home recipes for stuffed tomatoes with cheese sauce, tomato macaroni, and a mock mince pie filling. It includes a Virginia style green tomato catsup and various ingredient lists for tomato based dishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
New World
Europe
Sears
Nightshade
Ameen
Jeffers
Amenea
Home Rao
Atuff
Tata
Ros
McC
Treeless Prairie Roots Connect Saskatchewan Tale to Ontario Farm Scene
A Saskatchewan reader sends a note tracing a Chaplin Saskatchewan article mentioning Tom Murphy and his son George, linking past wheat wagon caravans to present shelter belts. The writer recalls dust storms, a fall fair in Ontario with cattle, a Girls' Pipe Band, and farm women' s artistry, concluding with community ties cross provinces and the newspaper’s role in shared memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Vatter
Saskatchewan
Mra Varke
Ginger Karin
Chaplin
Terelf
Quea Lon
Regina Trader -West
Variner
Norrie
Tom
George Murphy
Tom Murphy
George
Vilage
Bay George
Todo
Wei
Ontario
Radio Time Change Confusion Spurs Travel Quips
The writer laments frequent time changes from Guelph to Montreal and criticizes inconsistent schedules in papers and radio. Mention of pathway through Ontario cities highlights the London to Montreal drift and notes rationing shifts in Britain affecting butter meat bacon and sugar allowances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Guelph
Kitchener
Montreal
Lux Radio
Ititain
Ministry of Food
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Cecil A. Carr
Optometrist
Douglas Se
Mis$ Allan
Chirapedist
Arthur Se
Gusiph
Acton
Jack Sudermann
John Dick
Churchill United Church
Congregational
Mr Wm Gibb
Rev
Erla Currie
Orton
Hog Turner
Churchill
Douglas Peck
Georgetown
Mimosa Young People
Eris Currie
DURO
Ingyall
EMCO
Ue F
Emdem Camas
Bilton
Bower Avenue
Empire Brass Meg, CO
LimiTeo
Quan
Aia
Ginger Farm
Pollock and
Campbell
Water St. North Galt
Britain
VIGS
Mill Street Acton
M.A
Wee Coie
Canadian National
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