Gotta Have Jello

You have to have some sort of gelatin salad for your Memorial Day picnic.
For fun the skirt will be serving this 1947 dessert using

cherry flavored gelatin and vanilla pudding.

The recipe came out of a vintage

Royal Gelatins and Puddings recipe book.

I know, I know it looks like something you can get at any grocery store deli, but this is made with love.

John Deere Model "H" with Buggy Top

Eight summers ago we sold our house in the big city of Tacoma, WA and looking to get back to our rural roots bought six acres in Spokane Valley. Before we even finished unpacking we saw an ad in the NickleNic for a 1946 John Deere Model "H". We weren't looking to buy a vintage tractor, but our interest was peaked. We decided to drive north to Elk, WA just to have a look and a scenic drive. The tractor came with several attachments and a seldom used buggy top. The tractor is one of our favorite possessions. Bob uses the "H" a couple times a month to maintain our gravel driveway.

These days the attachments are used primarily by our cattle as scratching posts.
The farmer we bought it from preserved all the manuals.

Hope you enjoyed the pictures.

Pineapple and No Pine Nuts Pie

Episode 7 of Man Men inspired The skirt to make a Pineapple Pie. Sal & Kitty supposedly made a pineapple and pine nut pie for their Sunday dinner with Ken Cosgrove. Looking through my collection of 1960 cookbooks did not yield a single recipe with pineapple and pine nuts, so I settled for this recipe from the 1967 Federation of Women's Club Cookbook. It should have baked longer. Oh well, put a cherry on top and serve it with flair.