Throwback of the House: The Sacrificial Bunny

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Throwback of the House: The Sacrificial Bunny

By Robin Wheeler in In the Kitchen, Throwback of the House
Tuesday, Apr. 7 2009 @ 10:32AM

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Robin Wheeler writes for the blog Poppy Mom. After years of making and eating fancy food, Robin is sick of it all. She's returning to the basics: recipes that haven't surfaced in three decades. She reports on the results for Gut Check every Tuesday.

I haven't given my five-year-old nearly enough exposure to death, especially in relation to major holidays. It's not just me, though. Parents have grown soft over the past 60 years. Martha Stewart, Paula Deen, all the other mavens of modern homemaking: They probably aren't devising ways to turn food items into baby animals filled with carnage.
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[Food Network Fan]

I love the old ads for kitchen items. The way the women are dressed.

You know... you never see house dresses anymore. My grandmother never wore pants and she had a bunch of them. She wore these pretty little cotton slips under them, the kind with heavy fixes straps, not the adjustable they have today. I bet they would be much cooler in the summer. Someone should come up with a more modern version, I would love to have those old style slips to sleep in.

[Pluff Mudder]

You know... you never see house dresses anymore. My grandmother never wore pants and she had a bunch of them. She wore these pretty little cotton slips under them, the kind with heavy fixes straps, not the adjustable they have today. I bet they would be much cooler in the summer. Someone should come up with a more modern version, I would love to have those old style slips to sleep in.

Check out The Vermont Country Store. They have the slip you are talking about and other neat "retro" clothes. Apparel

[Food Network Fan]

That's them! Now if they can just make some of the house dresses look a little less "mumu"

[Food Network Fan]

This is cute, but too pricey to use as a house dress. Romance of the Rose Dress available at The Vermont Country Store

[Pluff Mudder]

More of a summer church dress or a garden party.

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This is cute, but too pricey to use as a house dress. Romance of the Rose Dress available at The Vermont Country Store

I have some dresses like that. You can find them cheaper at places like JCPenny's etc. for cheaper. Very comfortable for summertime.