recreate 1940'2 SE Texas dinner

[Carolyn Siscoe]

Clementine,
  That is a very good ideal about using the local cookbooks  put out by 
the Churches and Guild groups.  I think something beyond celery stalks 
stuffed with pimento-cream cheese should be listed (my suggestion).  He 
did say 1940's but perhaps he meant the whole 1940's not just 1940 than 
there would be rationing '42 and after which would make it more 
interesting.  My parents came from a small town in East Texas near the 
Oklahoma border, Bonham.  It was definitley southern style inspired.  I 
would say 'cracker' southern, my father loved to put hot buttered 
cornbread in a glass of milk as a side dish at dinner.  Houston 
definitley had Mexican food but I don't know if Beaumont did,; Bonham 
didn't.  At that time when people wanted to put on the'dog' they ate 
frenchified dishes.  It is good to suggest music.
   This might be of interest I googled  Google about this project and up 
popped an entry from the UT historical archives about a woman in that 
time frame who operated jazz clubs, bar and dinner clubs in Beaumont and 
who was the first openly gay woman or/ person in Beaumont.   UT bought 
all her menus etc and papers.
 Carolyn

Clementine Hall wrote:

>What I would do would be to contact the local historical society and get
>the names of local booklets put out by churches and ladies' societies in
>those days.  If they don't have this info, the local churches often do,
>and I have been helped in the past by asking old ladies at the local
>churches - they go home and get you their local cook booklets.
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gerry [mailto:mesmo at gilanet.com] 
>Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 9:14 AM
>To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s
>Subject: Re: recreate 1940'2 SE Texas dinner
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>Play music by Bob Wills and Artie Shaw.
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>>Anyone feel so inclined to offer suggestions?
>>  Carolyn
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>>Dear Cookbook-L
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>>I seek guidance, sources, info on developing a period interpretation
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>>Southeast Texas oil/cattle family home. We have fantastic cookbooks,
>>diaries of the period belonging to the McFaddins and the Wards. Still,
>>if anyone from the list has any advice on or off list, please let me
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>>Best,
>>Ware
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>>L.W.S. Petznick, Ph.D.
>>McFaddin-Ward House
>>Curator of Collections
>>725 Third St.
>>Beaumont, TX 77701
>>wpetznick at mcfaddin-ward.org
>>www.mcfaddin-ward.org
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