Tuesday, October 13, 1936

snow squalls & cold
cloudy & dull all day-
Harry raked some horse chestnuts untill it got wet and bad-
I made chocolate pie for dinner
Harry got a can of water of Mrs. Evans and I got 2 lbs butter.
Lizzie Hughes came for afternoon-
I have been nauseated and sick yet today.
I rec'd nice letter from Iliff and the pictures from Heads'
Answered letter to Iliff this eve-

Saturday, August 8, 1936

plesant all day
Charles came to get grocery list
Made molassas cookies
Lizzie Hughes came to suspend the day-
Done a part of the ironing and tacked scrim on one window in Aunty's south bedroom where Harry sleeps
Rec'd letters from Clara and Harry telling us they leave Libby 11 o'clock Saturday and arrive in Syracuse early Tuesday morning
*Jay and Elsie DeFano move to Ithaca today-


*This line is written vertically on the left hand side of the diary entry.

Tuesday, May 5, 1936

plesant all day
Hay pressers did not come to press hay today
I made tapioca custard this A.M.
Iliff came and we went to Hattlers to collect for debt on binder twine-
Forgot*
went to Mab & Henry's too-
had a fine visit- and nice day with Iliff-
Lizzie Hughes spent the day here-
Mother was good all day
I mowed the south lawn-

Twine by Rosa Money, 2010^

*The Hattlers forgot they owed a debt on binder twine? Apparently there was a shortage of binder twine at one point. In Canada it was illegal to import it from the US.

^Photo by Rosa Money, CC. Click HERE for license and information.

Tuesday, March 24, 1936

Cloudy but plesant untill 4-30 P.M. it begins to rain-
Made a chocolate pie and cup custard* for Mother and stewed prunes and apples for supper-
Lizzie Hughes came for the afternoon-
brought me some parsnips-
Mother rec'd a picture of Skippy dog from Clara-
Mother has been quiet-

Cup Custard baked in ramakin

 

 

*Irene is really fond on making custards. Cup custard is another baked, egg custard. 

 

CUP CUSTARD

from COOKS.COM

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• 2 cups milk
• 1/3-1/2 cup sugar
• 4 egg yolks
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
• pinch nutmeg

 

Have ready 5 individual serving custard cups. Place in a shallow baking pan filled with tepid water.Stir sugar and salt into milk. Over very low heat, bring milk to the scalding point until it just begins to form a thin skin. Do not boil milk.
Beat eggs slightly; add a small amount of hot milk to the eggs, then stir the eggs back into the milk, whisking continuously.
Remove from heat.
Bake at 350F degrees until a knife inserted in center comes out nearly clean.
When cool, cover each cup with a thin coating of caramel.

Monday, March 2, 1936

Cold and windy with a little snow blizzard this P.M.
Done the washing and all the chores-
Lizzie Hughes was here for dinner.
Mother has been fine today.