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One of my items has been featured on the Etsy Stalker blog, thanks for the spot Beatrice & Violet!

City Chicken - Vintage Recipe Thursday

This was one of my favorite dinners to eat as a kid, I'd put it requests for it often. Needless to say, I was pretty stoked to find a recipe for it in my trusty 1943 copy of the Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer. I think it would be a good camping recipe - since you don't really need to use forks or even plates to eat it up. I just skewer my cubes, instead of trying to get some kind of drumstick shape, which I found hilarious to imagine.

City Chicken (6 servings)

Cut into 1" x 1.5" pieces:
1 pound veal steak
1 pound pork steak

Sprinkle them with:
salt
pepper

Arrange the veal and pork cubes alternately on 6 skewers. Press the pieces close together into the shape of a drumstick. Roll the meat in:
flour

Beat:
1 egg
2 Tbsp water

Dip the sticks in the diluted egg then roll them in:
bread crumbs (I used more gluten-free flour)

Melt in a skillet:
1/4 cup shortening (I used butter)

Add:
1 Tbsp minced onion (optional)

Brown the meat well on all sides. Cover the bottom of the pot with boiling stock or water. Put a lid on the skillet and cook the meat over very hot heat until it is tender (5-10 minutes.) Thicken the gravy with:
Flour (2 Tbsp flour to 1 cup of liquid)

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Sorry I can't find my photo, I made this over a week ago and actually meant to post it last Thursday (oops.) Don't forget to visit Joy's blog today for some other great vintage recipes, too!

Metro Market Stool

I've been trying to find a nice, old Cosco stool for many years now - like the one we had when I was growing up. It was awesome to have around for a shorty like me, and I spent many hours sitting on it, talking on the phone (while chewing on the cord) during my high school years. Am I the only one who misses phone cords? Anyways... back to the stool. I found this one for pretty cheap at a local thrift store and snatched it up even though it absolutely reeked of stale old cigarette smoke.

Before - be thankful you couldn't smell it *ew*

It isn't the exact same style as the one I had growing up, but it's pretty damn close. We fit it in the trunk, brought it home, and put it out in the backyard. I removed the 1980s tablecloth that had been taped onto it, and discovered some great flower sparkly 1960s vinyl underneath but it also reaked (like it had sat in the smoking lounge of the airport for 50 years) so in the trash it went. I stripped everything off of it, down to the metal frame, bleached the shit out of it, and laid it out on the sun for a day. Ahh, the smell was finally gone. I didn't want to buy anything else new for it, and I still have a lot of clear vinyl in my stash, so Annabel and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to showcase one of our favorite fabrics.

after!

Isn't she lovely? This took a little less than half a yard of Metro market red apples, from Sew, Mama, Sew. It is just perfect on my 'new' fresh-smelling Cosco flip-up chair stool, I love it! Now I just need to find an old corded wall phone for the kitchen...