Bills of Fare for January: Plain Family Dinners
The astounding variety in each of these dinner menus makes the reader wonder what a fancy dinner would look like! Of note, our family enjoys apple sauce. We should eat it as a side dish.
Check out the cabinet pudding recipe, similar to the one included in our weekly menu below. This is relatively easy, delicious, and a good use of leftover bakery bits.

Are we inspired yet?!?
Source: Mrs. Beeton’s Book of Household Management 1860s.
One can’t ignore the thriftiness–using elements of one meal to create the next. These snippets are so interesting.
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Think about not having a fridge and having leftovers – and spending SOOO much of your time cooking – no doubt they wanted to get as much as possible out of everything. Thanks for stopping by!
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