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Grammy was a flapper!
No, these aren't pictures of Grammy, these are actresses from the 1920's.
My Dad says Grammy was a flapper. She was born in 1915, so she'd have been 20 in 1935. My internet research has shown that either A)the "Flapper Movement" lasted until the 50's, or B) the "Flapper Movement" ended around the time of the Great Depression. 
Flappers bobbed their hair, wore short skirts (those are short??), and listened to Jazz--among other things.
Here are some links to sites about the 1920's:
http://www.the1920snetwork.com/
http://www.fashion-era.com/flapper_fashion_1920s.htm#The%20Flapper
http://imet.csus.edu/imet2/herzj/websites/fashion/gallerypages/1920.html
http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm
http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade20.html
http://kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1920.htm
http://doe.sd.gov/octa/ddn4learning/themeunits/1920s/style.htm
The 1920's sounded like a wild time!
Notes on the back of a recipe card
"Don't worry-Make yourself bacon and eggs-eat anything in Frig-Recreate! Market research"
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So-she either was having a tight month financially or she was trying to write a book about living frugally?
Sounds like a note I would make myself!
Grammy's Recipe Box
Isn't this box great? I love it. It is so solid, nothing like the cardboard 3X5 boxes I found at Staples when I wanted one.I don't know if I should use it as my own, though...maybe when all these recipes are posted I can store them and start my own collection in the box.
A Book Note
I found a note about a book on the back of one of Gram's recipe cards. It's pretty neat to find little bits of her life in her recipe box!
The book is, Finding A Job: A Resource Book for Middle Aged and Retired.
It was very hard to find on the web--it's not available from Amazon.com or eBay or any other book seller online as far as I can tell.
I did find it on WorldCat. This is a service that allows you to search libraries around the world.
Even though I can't find much about this book, it is neat to know that Gram would have been looking for a job. Any little glimpse into her life is nice.
She loved the library, and I loved going there with her. We could take a walk to the library from her apartment. I remember it being such a big, clean, spacious library! We would rent movies as well as get books. One movie she choose for us was Jane Eyre. To this day I love that story! Grammy, my little brother and I watched this together. When there was kissing Grammy would say, "Look they're smooching!". Now I think that's funny--then I was a bit uncomfortable!
About Grammy
Grammy was born in 1915 and passed on at the age of 90! She loved to serve a good meal to her family and frowned upon anyone who would not eat more than their share :)
I remember her tastes to be very elegant, from her clothes and jewelry, to her apartment decor, her hobbies and entertainment choices, and especially her food. It shocked me often when she took us to McDonald's --but she loved us and she knew what we liked!
The foods I remember most are her pineapple salad and her Waldorf salad. The pineapple salad was simple, yet as everything, presented in a decorative way. The Waldorf salad was certainly not one of my favorites, but I ate it--otherwise I would suffer the frown and the wagging finger :)( I wish it was that easy with my children!)
I remember other foods that she served us as well, but no recipes were needed for these-english muffins every morning with lots of real butter, ice cream with lots of chocolate syrup, and just about anything she knew we liked. My little brother was bombarded with chocolate covered raisins throughout his life!
I hope to remember more foods that she served us as I go through her recipe box and post them on this blog. But if not, it will still be an adventure as many of her recipes are very unusual to my "down home" tastes. (case in point-Sparkling Beet Cups and Tuna Jello Salad)
