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Lifestyles theme day today is A Blast from the Past. I thought it would be fun to look at historic fourth of July Menus.
Apparently they did it much differently in 1887. The Menu for the WHOLE 4th of July, including breakfast and lunch can be found at Vintage Recipes. I mean, fried chicken for breakfast? WOW!
Things were a bit different by the 1940s. This menu is from my mom’s Better Homes and Garden’s Cookbook from 1941.
Cold Fried Chicken
Ham Loaf
Hot Scalloped Potatoes
Parker House Rolls
Garden Salad- made from string beans, onions, quartered tomatoes, chopped celery, cooked carrots
Chocolate Puffs
Ice Cream Cups
Hot Coffee
Bottled Beverages
So….What did you have on 4th of July when you were growing up? Are you carrying on the tradition of your parents or are you doing something totally different? And how does it compare to these menus?
For me, traditionally it was burgers, macaroni salad, deviled eggs, baked beans and watermelon. That’s what I grew up with. :)
Image:Public domain from Karen’s Whimsy
I know, I need to check and see if you posted the whoopie pie pudding recipe you talked about
My parents were real fuddy-duddies, I guess, because we never did any special holiday meals except on Christmas and Easter. So now I make an effort to make every holiday something special–4th of July is usually something grilled, with summery, fresh sides. This year of course was my redneck party so we had hot houn’dogs and all sorts of summery nibbles.
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