amylsacks' photos with the keyword: cucumber

So many weeks of work in that stifling hot kitchen. It's no wonder that in the end, Mom started hallucinating that the produce was alive and doing a ritual dance on the stove...

There are a lot of really nice illustrations in here. No artist's name given, unfortunately.

There must have been some handy tool available for "lattice-ing" one's cucumbers, but I've never seen it.

Since I haven't used herbicides or pesticides in my yard for ages, I've sampled dandelion greens from the yard. Gotta' say: even following instructions to get 'em young before they flower, I'm not impresed.

I thought I was a woman of the world, until I remembered that I've never tried kohlrabi. :o

"Various Kinds of Bread, Butter Herring, Sardines, Anchovies, Chef's Pickled Herring Boiled Potatoes Herring Au Gratin Bird's Nest Fish in Aspic Swedish Caviar Omelet with Asparagus Filling Small Meatballs Sauteed Mushrooms Kidney Saute' Pickled Fresh Cucumber Sausages Boiled Sliced Ham Radishes Lobster Salad Jellied Pork and Veal Pickled Beets Boiled Salmon Green Salad Potato Salad Fruit Salad Cheese"

"Easy To Make Vegetable Soups". I couldn't resist adding this one because those eyes just seem to follow you around the room. :D

Up to three different varieties of lettuce in one dish?! Honey, I love you!

Ewww... the last time I got the Roman Stripes, it took ten days' worth of tetracycline to make them go away.

It's lovely and all, but I still don't really want mayo anywhere near my fruit plate, Thanks.

" ...In addition to making it possible to serve the family their favorite foods at any season of the year, thousands of thrifty homemakers throughout America have also reduced the family food budget very substantially through the economies resulting from the use of Crown Two Piece Mason Caps..."

I really like the illustrations here, and considering this was still WWII, the quantity and color is pretty lavish. Mmmm... plateful of mystery veggie, followed by a gooseberry-currant jam sundae...? Maybe...?

"'The trouble with salads,' said one stubborn man, 'is that I like them!' And it's true that salads, traditionally a woman's dish, are rapidly losing this distinction. In fact, many a man has now learned to wield cruet and salt shaker to such good effect that he insists on making the dressing himself..." Move along, Ladies. The men have arrived to do manly things and you're in the way. You can come back when it's time to clean up. [rolleyes] Oh, and don't forget to fetch some cigars, too. Front and back covers of a 62-page hardback published by Peter Pauper Press, Mount Vernon, New York. (I'm thinking that Edna Beilenson likely wrote the text and did the compiling here, too. Though she's not credited.)

Other buffet recipes: Currant Souffle with Custard Sauce, Cottage Cheese and Pineapple Sandwich, Sour Cream Tomato Soup, Baked Tomatoes and Bacon with Sauce, Tomato Macaroni, and Peach Cake Ring.