It's been a long time!

Sheww! It sure has been a long time since I last blogged. I almost forgot I had this. So, an update on myself is in order. Lately I have been very busy canning. My grandpa's garden is luscious and full of life! The corn is standing tall, tomatoes of all colors are poking out this way and that, and the beans are hiding under their leaves just waiting for the right time to be picked. Growing a garden is the most wonderful feeling, especially when you have worked so hard to get it going and tending to it, then when it's time to harvest you have such a wonderful bounty of wealth in the form of food!

The garden has just really begun to give us a harvest, but so far I have canned green beans, tomato juice, diced tomatoes, and Italian-style diced tomatoes. Also some blackberry-apple jam, apple jelly and tomorrow my son and I are going to make some applesauce. We also have enough potatoes to hopefully last us through winter and I have made 4 peach cobblers! God has been so good to us on the weather. Everything has been great! We have been picking cucumbers and we have watermelons, pumpkins and an assortment of gourds on the vines! It really has been a great season so far!

Besides all that, I need to get back to posting up some recipes for you guys! In a couple of days I plan to have one ready for your viewing pleasure, but for now I have found an excerpt from a book I have been reading. This is a cute little book I picked up while vacationing in Pigeon Forge, TN this past spring. And since it is about time for the kiddos to go back to school, I figured this was appropriate.

Book Title: Mama's In The Kitchen, Weird and Wonderful Home Cooking 1900-1950
Author: Barbara Swell from Native Ground
ISBN-13: 978-1-883206-39-0

Page 7:
 School Lunch Suggestions, 1915
      Boys like plain folding lunch boxes, girls prefer daintiness of equipment. Always try to provide some unexpected dainty. Here are some suggestions:
   ~ A mashed baked bean or other sandwich
   ~ Stuffed eggs with buttered rolls
   ~ Individual meat or fruit turnovers
   ~ Plain simple cakes like gingerbread or applesauce 

I just thought this was so cute! Could you ever imagine sending your child to school with a smashed baked bean sandwich?? I'm sure this was of the norm in this time though.  Happy cooking and happy eating!! See ya next time!