This is not the first time I've featured my category: over the shoulder in the kitchen shots. In fact one of them was a Sepia Saturday post in December of 2013. So it is quite fortuitous that I have a new shot to add to my collection right as Sepia Saturday has a woman doing some pie making as the theme.
I think these two could use some nice captions. Any suggestions?
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I'm especially worried about the whip cream on this pie. If it looks this bad now what did it look like an hour later? I think the snoopy lady on the left shares my concern. I'm guessing the gentleman is worried about his stomach later that night, but won't get involved in the current possible dispute. He probably brought along a bottle of Pepto-Bismol since he's been to these events before. I'm guessing it's Thanksgiving since the calendar says "November 1956."
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This is my contribution to Sepia Saturday this week. I've been gone, even when I was here. Long story.
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That is a great post to share! I was looking for a similar photo - possibly from my grandmother - for this week but I settled for something from the 80s instead. Happy Sepia Saturday!
ReplyDeleteThank you. They are both a recent purchase. I loved these ladies so much; most especially the nosy one.
DeleteNo post comment button showing up for me, so excuse my replying here. The nosy lady in the second photo could be the same one as the lady standing back in the first photo - in any event, she's not doing much to contribute.
DeleteYes, she is the same woman. I bet other family members talked about her a lot. She liked to supervise.
DeleteAre they sisters, do you think? Love the china pieces in the cupboard in the background. And you've been "lost even when I was here..." Hope you're back now...
ReplyDeleteThe capture of the time period was one of the reasons I had to have these. It all feels very grandmother familiar.
DeleteIt probably is, with the date and all! Great story, your photos bring back memories of my own too, thank you for that.
ReplyDeleteIt's so fun to find our own memories wrapped up in images of others. If you lived through the time period you can feel the moment happening.
DeleteThe kind of beater the whipped cream lady is using isn't the right one for the job. No wonder it didn't whip.
ReplyDeleteI wondered about that thing. What is it actually good for? Certainly didn't seem to be the sort required for putting air into anything.
DeleteWell at least the crust is showing on her pumpkin (I'm assuming Thanksgiving ) pie. As I mentioned on Wendy's site, the first pumpkins pies I ever made had disappearing crusts because I didn't realize you have to ease a crust into a pie plate. What I didn't mention on her site is that I baked those same pies late in the afternoon - failing to remember they needed to cool down for a few hours before dinner time! We put them in the freezer & by desert time, they were luke warm & if we ate our pie fast enough, the whipped cream didn't melt before we finished.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of disappearing crusts. That would be fun to see on a cooking show!
DeleteThat nosy lady is a classic. I bet they all had a good laugh about it all afterwards though....well I hope they did about something.
ReplyDeleteI'm betting that pie was talked about for years to come.
DeleteCaption: "Too many cooks spoil the pie!"
ReplyDeleteYES!
DeleteO my goodness, how I remember those dresses and aprons --- tho I never wore either -- but the older aunties and grannies did. Fun to see those images again.
ReplyDeleteI still have my grandmother's apron that's just like these. I wear it each year when I make Christmas cookies.
Delete1. "That sure don't look like mother's pie."
ReplyDelete2. "Mother always whipped it by hand."
Indeed! I'm betting she always had a cryptic comment.
DeleteThat's an awful lot of grumpiness for one photo.
ReplyDeleteLet's hope that the dinner brought smiles.
DeleteDon’t be too hard on her - she’s just concentrating.
ReplyDeleteI'm betting she was the type who mentally measured when things were served. She knew enough to stay clear because of too many cooks...
DeleteLove the aprons!
ReplyDeleteThey are fun. I loved when they had rick rack around the edges.
DeleteThe first one looks like they are making french toast to me... one lady saying, i like my toast dark while shoving it in the toaster oven.
ReplyDeleteI think you might be right. It does look like french toast. Or sticky buns. Oh my how I could eat a nice warm sticky bun!
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