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How to Carve a Turkey, 1907

25-Nov-09

On this, the last day of my Thanksgiving holiday entries, I decided to finish with a subject that even today would scare me if I actually had to bake the turkey myself. I am referring to the way to carve a turkey. The November 1907 issue of Delineator magazine had pages full of Thanksgiving articles, [...]

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Thanksgiving in the ’20s…

24-Nov-09

This is a wonderful old menu from the November 1920 issue of McCall’s magazine. There are some charming illustrations here, like the table setting in the middle of the page, with the caption reading “Dewy purple grapes, golden-brown corn, ruddy apples, vine leaves - a charming harvest table.”
On the bottom are pictures of “a tomato [...]

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A 1968 Thanksgiving

23-Nov-09

Continuing on with some vintage Thanksgiving recipes, we turn now to a feature that appeared in the November 1968 issue of Family Circle magazine. The cover of the magazine boasted, “Turkey and beef!” Here is the menu for this huge holiday dinner:

and many of those items are pictured here:

Luckily, at the end of this article [...]

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Thanksgiving Recipes, 1907

09-Nov-09

In only a few weeks, Thanksgiving will arrive here in the United States. From now until then, I will be posting some Thanksgiving recipes and tips from vintage magazines. Some of the recipes sound so outrageous today that I doubt anyone will even attempt to recreate them, but others actually sound quite good and may [...]

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Happy Thanksgiving!

27-Nov-08

-Taken from Campbell’s ad from the November 1923 Women’s Home Companion.
I personally can’t imagine a worse time to catch a stomach virus than Thanksgiving week. Unfortunately, that’s just what happened to me! I had the week scheduled off from work, and had plans of things to do around the house, and new recipes to try, [...]

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