Porch Breakfast

Even though its Saturday MrD and I were still up before 6am. We were expecting really high temperatures again and we were determined to beat the heat. MrD said he'd had a six hour lie in anyway!

After a quick coffee and blueberry muffin.. MrD got straight outside and started running a new irrigation line to the avocado tree as it wasn't getting enough water in this heat. He is so clever. We just have to turn on one tap  (we have a few) and one part of the garden gets watered... and we can get on with other things. This water line is on the same circuit as the side flower beds... which are always thirsty

So for brunch we tried a recipe from Marie Holmes at the Toronto Star on 21 May 1941. Porch Breakfast is actually just bacon sandwiches.... with marmalade

And who knew that adding marmalade to a toasted bun and back bacon would be so tasty!! And of course we ate it outside

Marie states, “if you have a verandah suitably placed, why not serve breakfast there?”... “there is quite a difference between a breakfast that is rushed, and one eaten leaisurely”

And of course... she was quite right.

Sizzling Hot Franks

I had company on my shopping trip this morning. MrD got home from his early Friday shift ( he goes in at midnight and works til five then he’s done his 50 hours) and decided he’d like to come with me. Seeing as we are having July 4th at home again this year.. he wanted to see what goodies he could find for our  barbeque

 

First we stopped for coffee and then had fun choosing a few foods that we wouldn't normally buy... potato chips aren't usually a staple MrD but yum! I already had a menu in mind.. and funnily enough he suggested some things that were already on my list. Great minds think alike… right!

So seeing as it's the start of the 4th of July weekend...is there anything more American than Hot Dogs... but these were Dogs with bling!

Taken from a clipping from Better Homes and Gardens Magazine July 1942.. these stuffed hotdogs were very filling... and very tasty, The recipe said to cookin the oven but they were just as easy on the grill . The recipe says to cook for 20 minutes but as long as they are cooked through.. it depends how crispy you like your bacon..

Original Magazine Illustration

• Slit hot dogs, 
• Tuck in long slips of cheese and dill pickle
• Spiral-wrap with a bacon slice
• Toothpick fast 
• Bake in a 400° oven for 20 minutes. 
• Place in Coney Island Buns and serve

Original Magazine Clipping

New Dresses...

After a very long and stressful week at work MrD needed to relax… so after a leisurely breakfast, hubby jumped on his bike and headed for the mountain trails to let off some steam

After he left I spent a little time in the garden.. watering, dead heading a few plants and just checking everything was ok in the victory garden

I’m not sure from where a dozen little cucumbers had just miraculously appeared from

because I’m sure they weren’t there yesterday!!

I then spent the next couple of hours in my sewing room

finishing the dresses  Ive been making for the Red Cross...

before starting a new project

The stash of fabric I inherited when my dear Mother in Law 

passed away September will last me for years

The Whistler " Notes in the Night"

27 June 1942

MrD got home late afternoon... having had a great time up the mountain. So I made a simple supper of cheeseburgers and fried potato wedges.. and we ended the day listening to the lastest episode of "the Whistler" on the radio.

Ration Book Changes

Here we are at the end of another work week… so this morning I went did the weekly grocery shop. There was a bit of chatter at the store about the fact sugar rationing changes on Sunday. Instead of each stamp being valid for 1 pound of sugar over a 2-week span, have doubled the value of each stamp to 2 pounds of sugar and extending its validity to a full month

  

I don't think it will affect us.. we will still get 4lb sugar a month for the two of us... and for us that's quite a bit.

When I got home I got changed and because its Friday it was time to give the dining room a good clean. I also cleaned the hall, threw a couple of buckets of soapy water over the front porch and steps and gave them a good scrub.

When MrD got home we had an early dinner.

I made a quick and easy Chicken Fricassee

Then we spent an enjoyable evening at our local cinema watching creepy horror movie

starring Bela Lugosi.. one of Hubby's favourite actors

The Corpse Vanishes 1942 

starring  Bela Lugosi and Luana Walters