This week, we are rerunning some favorite resources from 2008. NEW resources begin again next week!
When Mother Lets Us Cook: A book of simple receipts for little folk, with important cooking rules in rhyme, together with handy lists of the materials and utensils needed for the preparation of each dish (PDF ebook) – This delightful children’s cookbook from 1908 includes simple old fashioned recipes for meals, snacks, candy and more, memorable cooking tips in the form of rhymes, and lovely old fashioned illustrations. While you might not want to try all these recipes (people ate quite differently 100 years ago than they do now), there are still loads of recipes worth checking out here.
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I would LOVE to get the other old-time cookbooks and culinary books for children. Those are both extremely hard to find and would be cherished in our house!!! Please consider sharing them!!!
Thank you for everything that you do!!!
I absolutely adore the Old-time books that you have been able to provide. When I receive my heads-up email and spot one of your offerings that would be consider an old-time item, I write notes to myself to post all over the house so that I don’t forget to stop on that day and download it. Thank you and please keep them coming!
Love the cookbook!! I would love to see more:-)
Thanks for a great little cookbook. I would love to see more ideas like this.. I have 2 small boys and am looking for fun ways to teach them to cook…
I love old cookbooks! I can find some of the best recipes in there, and it’s great to look back at how our grandparents and farther used to eat! No wonder they were so much thinner than we are today! There’s so little sugar in many of the old ones I’ve seen!
I love the old cookbooks, keep them coming!
I love these old time cookbooks…I am homeschooling my dc and have been looking for alternatives to the current day cook books…they either want me to buy a cake mix instead of making it from scratch or they are not meals that an average person would eat. I look forward to more of your cookbooks.
Carol Jo
I for one would love more cookbooks for kids. I have loved my time at homeschool freebie of the day. I have printed some for use now and will save some for later. I really enjoy getting something new every day.
Thanks again.
I like the old-time books, would love more. Thanks so much for all the freebies.
please publish more old cookbooks – I love these!
This looks great! Love the little rules in rhyme, and the pictures are so sweet. My 9 yo dd is already wanting to try some of the “receipts” LOL! We would love other children’s cookbooks, too … my dd loves to try new things in the kitchen.
Thanks for all you and your family does! Your ministry is a real blessing to my family.
I will absolutely LOVE this book and I know my kids will, too. We all love being in the kitchen cooking!
Blessings!
What a great little book. I briefly looked over it and it is so sweet.
I personally would love to have other old cookbooks for children. What an excellent way to make observations about the past. Thank you!
I would absolutely LOVE to see other vintage cookbooks for kids (and adults).
Thank you for this!–and yes, I’d be interested in seeing more old cookbooks.
This is a delightful resource! I’d be very happy to see more like this.
Love these old cookbooks for kids!!!!! Please, please give us more………… THANKS!!!!
This book is adorable! Yes, more, please!
I adore the pictures and rhymes in this cookbook. I’d love to see more old cookbooks! I have two daughters (8 and 6 yrs old) that love to help me cook. This looks like we’ll have so much fun. I can’t wait to use it with them. I also have 12 yr old twin boys that will enjoy the chess ebook. Thanks for sharing these wonderful resources!
I love this and would love to see more!!! Thank You!!
LOVE this and would love more! I also like the old time sewing book you posted!!! AND the homesteading one from earlier this week too.
Please do more cookbooks!! We love ‘em! Thanks for all the great stuff.
Please keep the Old-time books coming. They are a great enrichment for my family. Thank you for all the GREAT Freebies!! Please keep em coming!
Please keep the old cookbooks coming! I just love them!
I love this cook book. It’s such a great history lesson and real reminder of how differently (often for the worse) we eat now. Plus, I can always use little rhymes to help the kids and me remember rules in the kitchen. Just all around delightful!
Thank you so much for the wonderful resources that you’ve made available! It is very much appreciated in my home!
I would love to have more old-time cookbooks available! I love to see history in action and this is one way that history comes alive!
Thanks again!
I just LOVE the old books, cooking or otherwise! I collect old homemaking, ettiquite and cook books, so these are so appreciated when you offer them. They are so refreshing to share with my two young daughters.
Thanks so much for having this resource for us. May the Lord bless you richly for your generousity.
Our family would love more cookbooks for kids! This is going to be a lot of fun for our house! Thank you!
Thank you for finding such a great variety of helpful things! I really appreciated the step-by-step instructions in this cookbook. Would it be possible to find a VERY SIMPLE English, basic healthy cookbook including the use of whole grains and lots of vegetables?
Thank you for all you do. I’d love to see more kids in the kitchen (or kids doing anything) books. They really help us do our job… getting these kids ready to be the adults & knowing how to take care of “life”. Thanks!
I love the old books – cookbooks, reading books, resource books, any books! Please continue listing more in the future. Thank you so much for the freebies. Your website is a blessing to many.
Yes, please!! I love old cookbooks – especially for working with children.
I love the cook book! Thank for you providing such wonderful offerings! I especially love the old books! Blessings to you!
More old books please!! =)
I’d love to see more old fashioned Home Ec books.
Thanks for all the wonderful freebies!
This is wonderful!!! Thank you so much for all you do!!! I can’t wait to try some of these recipes out with my children!!!
This is delightful! Would love to see more cookbooks!
Yes, bring on more please.
I LOVE old books and adore old books for my kids. YES! We’d love to see more of these. Also, old cookbooks for teens and young adults would be a treasure! One of my daughters is past the “little child” level, is now a teen, and loves old recipes and learning the history of homemaking. Old Ettiquite books, hand craft books, hope chest books — anything to help prepare our daughters for their future roles as “mom and wife”. Also, anything for boys??
I would love more cooking with children books! Thank you very much for all the you do!
I can almost mirror Manda’s comment. I have no daughters, but feel that it is equally important for our sons to have these skills and to bring something to a marriage besides an income. This cookbook is awesome & I would love to see more of them. I,too, appreciate the quality of the freebies of the day & all of the hard work y’all put into providing them. Thanx!
I am very thankful for this book. My girls have been asking to learn things in the kitchen, but since I was never really taught it is overwhelming to me to explain it to them. I look forward to trying this resource out and any others you might be able to share.
Thanks so much!
Would love it if there were more of these old time cook books for children, and also crafts for boys and girls. also love the devotionals, and we are avid listeners to your radio shows each week. Thank you so much for all the work you put in to other Homeschoolers.
Robyn
Cooking is one of our favorite things, with that said, we would love to see some more of the old time cookbooks. Please do share with us.
Thanks.
Wendy
My children have already put this cookbook to good use. Thank you for sharing it and for all the work you do!
Oh, so sad I was out of town and missed downloading it. Hope you run it again soon!
Thanks! I heard of Christmas in July, but not July in Christmas! LOL
Too cute! Thanks for rerunning this resource!
This book is “way fun!” It outlines the basics of cooking in a way that is easy to digest. We just happened to be studying writing instructional paragraphs and using order words (first, next, finally, and such) when this resource was posted–what great timing! Baking, cooking, History, English and Math all at once!