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Victory Kitchen Podcast

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I've been a bit quiet on here for some time - mostly because I've been deep in research and editing and recording for my new podcast all about American WWII food rationing! I've been getting a lot of great feedback, which is really encouraging.

If you'd like to give a listen, head on over to my podcast host site, Anchor, where you can find a podcast platform that you prefer or just listen right on Anchor! Here's the link:

Victory Kitchen Podcast
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The Diary of Mrs. X - Installment 8

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Sorry it's been awhile. I've got all sorts of projects going on - a podcast launching in March all about wartime rationing and trying to get two books published this year! Busy busy!

Here is an extra long installment from the diary of Mrs. X.
Enjoy!



Monday, March 26, 1945

Family wash - It's amazing how much there is in spite of Bev doing her own (& Cheryl hers) on Saturday - and Connie's shirts still go to the laundry. We get it back in a week now - usually - sometimes it's 2 weeks. I keep about 20 shirts for him now. What a help not to have to do them. 
I was asked to speak to a Brownie troop today - Bracketts-Eager. - Connie had a "hook down" with his car this a.m. on the way to work. Got a company car this eve. 
Bev & Cheryl came home & cleaned closets & drawers while I was out. Cheryl has a little boy friend - John H. She is so excited - tells me all about him.

Wednesday, April 11, 1945

1st G.S. Horseback riding Lessons Saddles -

C. home at 9…
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Ration Recipe: Orange Ginger Cookies

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These past few months have been a whirlwind! I kept waiting for it to calm down, but it really hasn't. I've got more projects than ever before and not enough time to do them in. But, one project I was able to finally finish was a YouTube video of me demonstrating how to make a wartime recipe for Orange Ginger Cookies from the Victory Recipes cookbook.







I started out my college career with the plans of going into film making, so I do have a little bit of editing experience which was fun to dust off for this project! My film making plans didn't work out, but my minor editing skills did come in handy. Too bad my computer had other things to say about it. It is just not cut out for editing software. Oh well!


Check out the video HERE!
Here's the recipe for Orange Ginger Cookies with a bonus recipe for Ginger Snaps!

Happy Thanksgiving!


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The Diary of Mrs. X - Installment 7

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Sorry it's been awhile, folks! What with moving and homeschooling and co-op and crazy writing & book stuff happening, it's been a bit of a whirlwind!

I hope this new Mrs. X installment makes up for it though. It's short, but it's got some amazing things in it!


Monday, March 19, 1945

Stayed in bed till 10 A.M. Feel much better than yesterday. All that work outdoors was good for me. C's cat was horribly mangled in front of our house last night. Shoveled it into a bucket of woon[?] — thought the garbage man would take it — but he didn't — so I buried it this evening. Didn't want Mr. C to see it — it was so cut up! Also buried a dead hen this A.M. Don't know what was wrong with it. We're getting about 5 eggs a day now — including a banty egg. The four baby ducks seem happy in their new pen. — Tremendous family wash today. Didn't wash last week. Jimmy S. walked part way home with Bev & Carolyn F. — & gave Bev his "slave bracelet" …
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The Diary of Mrs. X - Installment 6

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Now that things are settling here at home with the approach of the end of summer and the start of our homeschooling year (I can't wait for autumn!!), I thought it would be a good time to put up another Mrs. X installment. This is the first time she makes mention of her son who is serving in the military overseas, though she never mentions what branch of the military.


Friday, March 16, 1945 Cold worse. This afternoon I met with part of my Youth Council Planning Committee at school. Then finished my Red Cross district. Got no money! Everyone claims to have given already. C. came home early to dine with Cheryl while I took his car & took Bev & Rodney to Ann H’s “party”. 18 boys & girls paid their own way to the Roller Bowl. I took 10 in our car! Was I mad! Mrs. H took 8 in her coupe! They had a wonderful time & she let them skate to the end. When we got back to the house at 11:45 some of the parents were waiting. They served ice cream & cake & I took 9 of them ho…
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Newsboys' Strike: 120th Anniversary - Finale!

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We've made it to the end of the Newsboys' Strike 120th Anniversary! I hope you've enjoyed getting to know a bit more about the true story behind the newsboys' strike. While we can't rely 100% on the newspapers' reports on the matter, it does help to cross-check them to confirm facts. It's amazing to see how widely the strike spread, not just in New York City and its surrounding burroughs, but throughout the country as well - inspiring other kids to stand up for their rights and hoping to make a change. There's a lot we can learn from them. And I think it's good to know that while they didn't "win" per se, they seemed to have arrived at a satisfactory compromise which is good to know.

Besides the awesome picture of me above playing marbles in my "newsies" outfit (haha!), I've got a fun little bonus in honor of today's finale. I found some old Newsies fanfiction of mine and posted it up on my old profile over at fanfic…
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Newsboys' Strike: 120th Anniversary - Day 13

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Delivering Newspapers, New York City 1899
Photographed May 1, 1899.
American Mutoscope and Biograph Company
Camera: G.W. "Billy" Bitzer, Arthur Marvin
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No doubt, you're here to discover whether Disney told us the truth in the movie - did the newsies win their strike? Did they band together with the messenger boys and the bootblacks and all the other child laborers in New York City and make Pulitzer and Hearst back down?

Well, I guess it depends on how you measure success. Did they achieve their original goal of making the big guys reduce the price of their papers to pre-war prices?

Let's take a look at the final two articles for Wednesday, August 2, 1899 to find out. That's right. Just two. Articles about the strike at this point were hard to find!


NEW YORK SUN



NEW YORK TRIBUNE

Well, here is the final word in this New York Tribune article: "The reason for the change, the boys say, is that they are permitted to make full returns."
There you have it f…
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