random stuffs mostly vintage and found
Plum Jelly – vintage Loblaws recipe 3 cups plum juice 4 cups sugar 1 box fruit pectin (powdered) 3/4 cup cold water To Prepare the Juice: Crush fully ripe plums. (Do not peel or pit). Add 3/4 cup of water, bring to a boil, simmer, covered, 10 minutes. Place in jelly cloth or bag; squeeze […]
Martha Logan's Swift's Premium Bacon with Asparagus Bacon with Asparagus- There’s no place like Loblaws for values 1 pound bacon ((Swift's Premium Bacon) 1 pound asparagus (cooked) 1/4 cup almonds (blanched) 1/4 cup butter Lemon paprika toast Pan fry bacon according to directions on the package. Cut blanched almonds lengthwise. Brown lightly in butter. Stir […]
Loblaws today is known as a Canadian chain of grocery stores. For over 50 years though the company maintained a presence in the United States including the Buffalo, NY area. From the Buffalo Evening News, Thursday May 6, 1926: The locations today per google street view: 128 Grant Street is now the location […]
Loblaws grocery stores was founded in Toronto, Ontario in 1919. By 1928 they had expanded into the United States, including the Buffalo, NY area. In the mid-1970s the Buffalo stores were bought out by Bells supermarkets. The two companies still maintained a working relationship where Loblaws supplied Bells with generic foods (First the yellow and […]