Hello from Vera…
In the 1830’s Lydia Maria Child, of Northampton, Massachusetts, wrote the American Frugal Housewife. This little book, with its recipes and hints for ways to save money around the house, revolutionized housekeeping for more than one generation of nineteenth-century women.
Her little book blossomed into several more invaluable works that touched on motherhood, healing, games for children and domestic relations of all kinds.
Though most of the cooking information provided in the American Frugal Housewife does not translate well to today’s tastes and modern cook stoves I, nevertheless, have found much inspiration in her creative tips over the years.
Now, with this little blog I hope to offer some fun and inspiring observations and household tips for all of you.
Who am I? Just your friendly neighborhood hippie, historian and psychic medium. I live in New England with my other half Serge, our two cats, Gypsy and Forrest, and my best friend Matthew.
Though not technically a house”wife” just yet, Serge will pop the question someday soon. Won’t you honey?
Uh, wha? Oh, yes of course sweetie…
The Vegetarian Frugal Housewife is a little piece of excitement for me, a place to drop all of my little gems, excess spices and various scraps. It’s kind of like a sewing box, with all those compartments full of miscellaneous notions.
Here I will post vegetarian recipes, info about hand crafts such as spinning and crochet, musings on raising animals and (someday) kids, reviews of books and products of interest to vegetarians, old-time anecdotes, remedies for natural healing, chatter about folk music and hippie living as well as simple things that we can all do to be a little more eco-friendly and a little less gimmee gimmee.
So from Vera and Serge, welcome to the Vegetarian Frugal Housewife.
If you enjoyed this post, perhaps you'd like to buy me some tofu or make a tip jar donation.
Nice start, so far… I found your site looking for a sort of list of foods you can make for $___ per week…. sort of like the hillbillyhousewife.com website… maybe you can put something like that on here. :)