Tag: food preparation

Friday, February 15, 1918

Made 21 hundred cookies, and Cadet served at the canteen. Boss made life interesting. There was a lot of excitement. An officer killed himself. Heavy bombardment. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Near Menaucourt, Meuse, France 📍 View this location on Google … Continue reading Friday, February 15, 1918

Thursday, February 14, 1918

Busy. Made 2 thousand donuts and forty pies. All gone before seven o’clock. Many to the trenches. Miss Van Harden went to do some shopping. Lt. Grett and Segt. Barr came and had pie and a Lt. stood at the door and watched us making donuts. It was a very pretty and busy evening. More … Continue reading Thursday, February 14, 1918

Wednesday, February 13, 1918

No baking but a very busy day. Plenty of heavy firing ,and in the evening we had Lt. Brown and Sergeant Barr. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Near Menaucourt, Meuse, France 📍 View this location on Google Maps In February 1918, … Continue reading Wednesday, February 13, 1918

Tuesday, February 12, 1918

            Busy.             There was heavy firing the whole night and day, and in the evening there was a raid. The French lost. One thousand men killed, wounded .and prisoners. Fifty of our men killed and wounded. Saw the fight between four planes and the Germans came down.             Made forty pies and 2 thousand … Continue reading Tuesday, February 12, 1918

Sunday, February 10, 1918

Made 2 thousand cookies and had the best luck.             Had a wonderful meeting, and the hut was crowded; the men seemed interested and God came near. The guns roared and the house shook. The Chaplain told of having just put seven of our boys in their graves; all were young. One had such a … Continue reading Sunday, February 10, 1918

Saturday, February 9, 1918

Made donuts and pies, cleaned up. My what a grand rush for them. How the boys do like homemade things to eat. Was very tired but happy. More Information The following section provides historical context and is not part of the original diary entry. Likely location: Near Menaucourt, Meuse, France 📍 View this location on … Continue reading Saturday, February 9, 1918

Friday, February 8, 1918

Woke up feeling kind of sick so stayed in bed till nine o’clock. Miss Van Harden made me some coffee and brought me some cakes from the kitchen. They had gas drill. In the afternoon I made one thousand donuts, and they went as fast as I could make them. The boys left for the … Continue reading Friday, February 8, 1918

Saturday, February 2, 1918

Made breakfast and cleaned up then in came some men who were cold so we made them some coffee. Then who should come but Adj. Starker. My, it was good to see him. He has Hickie and Russel with him. He told us to be ready to move the next trip, and we were all … Continue reading Saturday, February 2, 1918

Saturday, January 26, 1918

We have half the hut, and the supplies have the other; it is divided by a canvas. There is a hole in the canvas and we have much fun looking through at our neighbors.             Three German airplanes passed overhead today, and the men fired on them. We could see the smoke from the shots. … Continue reading Saturday, January 26, 1918