1935 Saskatoon Christmas Recipe - Old Cookbook Show - Glen And Friends Cooking

[@lorainec8613]

The mention of giving an orange as a present, reminded me of opening up my stocking as a young child and finding fruit alongside the small gifts. I'm giving this a try.

[@gigidodson]

Im in my 60s now and still put an apple, an orange and nuts in the shell in my children and grandchildrens stocking. Along with small gifts of course. Those big navel oranges that arrive in good stores that carry that lovely smell.

[@jayphilbin2871]

There was always an orange at the bottom of our stockings when I was a kid and we continue that to this day with our (now grown) daughters.

[@colleenuchiyama4916]

Oh my God, oranges were the most important and precious gift in my stocking! They were so expensive, and just cutting or peeling one filled our little house with the aroma of sunny Florida! And I’m not old, my family was just of modest means. And those days were the happiest of my life.

[@jafizzle95]

It's interesting to learn that the fruit in the stocking is much more common than I though. I'm only in my mid 20s and my parents have put an orange, apple, and assorted nuts in-shell in our stockings for as long as I can remember. Must've been something their parents did for them. Fascinating!

[@caronstout354]

On the last day of school before Christmas break my school bus driver would give all the children a treat bag with an apple, an orange, a banana, a Hershey chocolate bar, and a candy cane...Memories!

[@sinocte]

This ingredient list sounds an awful lot like "How do I use up the contents of this gift basket I got, because I darn sure don't want to waste any of it!" and I'm all for that sort of thing.

[@Traderjoe]

I know a lot of people regard fruitcake as a holiday trope, but I happen to love it. Along with eggnog. It’s those kinds of flavors that take me back to a simpler, more wholesome time. Before we became jaded with the reality of the world and we still looked up at the skies in wonder.

[@Beachdudeca]

I think the issue is that most persons have only been exposed to bad mass produced Fruit Cakes

[@wiltchamberlain9920]

Eggnog is something I definitely enjoy. I've already gone through a half-gallon of it this year. As for fruitcake, for the vast majority of my life, I just assumed it was godawful, even though I'd never had it. I mean, it's the butt of so many jokes. I had always known it as doorstops and bricks from cartoons. But then, about 5 years ago, I made one for myself (using Alton Brown's recipe) and despite me expecting to hate it... I actually loved it. And I've made it a point to try and share it with others in the hopes that maybe I don't entirely turn them around on fruitcake, but at least to try and get them to go, "Oh... hey, it's actually edible and not just something I could use as an emergency boat anchor." I've actually been thinking about getting the ingredients to make it again this year.

[@tracegates8841]

The bliss of youthfulness. It's a beautiful time of life.

[@BackOfTheHearse]

Have you tried the eggnog recipe on this channel yet? I made it last year like 4 times.. So much better than the mass - produced stuff.

[@troyaschebrock4673]

I have a great recipe for a chocolate fruit cake... its the fruit cake for people who don't eat fruit cake

[@lipstickzombie4981]

That can be an interesting substitute for fruit cake and for those who aren't good at baking. Hell, this is basically a fancy energy bar.👍🏼

[@tjs114]

My grandmother made this and she was from Iowa, born in 1908. Apparently Brazil nuts were 'the craze' from about 1920 to 1940 because they were large, stored for a very long time and when ground up produced more of a paste than 'sand' because of the oils. They also had what would be considered an utterly inappropriate nickname well into the 1960s.

[@chrsd2536]

Into the early 80s 😒

[@robininva]

When I’d yearly ask my daddy, born in PA in 1916, what he wanted for Christmas, he’d always, always, always say….a bag of candy and an orange. He was just being “cute”….but it was soothing, I assume, to him to reminisce his childhood through that reply. One year….I bought him kumquats and a teeny bag of candy….and sat it on the kitchen table with a note: Hard-times Christmas gift. 😃 He took a picture of it….he loved it so much. ❤️

[@pjtfd3849]

Thats a beautiful memory

[@JimLambier]

My parents were born in the 1920s and getting an orange for Christmas was a big deal. I suspect that there wasn't a lot more . When I was a kid, we always got an orange in the bottom of our stockings. I continued the tradition and my kids still get an orange in the bottom of their stockings.

[@robininva]

@@JimLambier same! I always got an orange, an apple…and some nuts in the shell….along with plenty cool “junky” toys (like a Slinky!). Those were the days…..

[@beverlyfutrell1375]

I live in Kentucky and getting kumquats is extremely difficult. For years,I’ve been trying to get a tree to keep in my house so I can have kumquats; no success there either. That was a wonderful gift to your dad. It’s the little things that means a lot.

[@robininva]

@@beverlyfutrell1375 check your stores really close to Christmas. That’s when I found them. Def a seasonal thing. But, now that you mention it, I’m not sure I’ve seen them in recent years. I’m going to check this year! Hope you have good luck. ♥️

[@Jeffffrey0902]

I love that Julie pulled out her Christmas cardigan for a Christmas recipe video.

[@OptimusWombat]

Especially since this video would probably have been shot a couple of months ago.

[@jwaynewilliams5351]

This episode of the show reminds us about how grateful we should be for the things we currently take for granted. Think about not being able to go purchase an orange or the fact that they were hugely expensive this kind of thing was happening just two or three generations ago most of us can go to a store and buy anything we want even something hugely expensive and not think about it and give it a gift for Christmas. It also helps playing bring into clarity something that happened as a child in my small community. I grew up in church, and the church always prepared a treat in a brown bag for everyone on the Sunday before Christmas. Usually that treat included at least an orange or perhaps an apple and banana and some nuts. Now I understand what that meant when before I didn't.

[@seecanon5840]

It’s happening now. Inflation is rampant, went to Sams Club yesterday and there was no toilet paper, paper towels and plates.

[@SCYTHE2525]

My mom used to say it was a real treat to get an orange at Christmas and my dad had to play with tin cans crafted into cars.

[@jwaynewilliams5351]

@@seecanon5840 I have a metal car that was my fathers when he was a boy. There is also two wooden thread spools ties together that he also played with. You used what you had and were happy 😄 to have it. Thats not the way it is today.

[@salutations5749]

My Dad told me when he was a kid in the 50's in the MidWest, Chicken was for Sundays or special occasions.

[@loriki8766]

@@SCYTHE2525 When my kids were growing up, they had plenty of toys. Whenever I had time I'd play with them (being a single mom, I was often working more than I would've liked). Sometimes we made toys. They always liked the homemade toys more than the fancy store bought ones.

[@galethompson3013]

As a child in the 1950s we always got an orange in our Christmas stockings.

[@Wolf-Spirit_Alpha-Sigma]

As a child in the 1980s we also got it for X-mass, but that was because we lived in an eastern European communist state. 😅 Oranges and lemons were mighty expansive and especially oranges were pretty terrible in quality. We got them from Cuba and they had almost no 'meat' in them, with a thick peel and lot of seeds. We called it: 'An orange without an orange'. Nowadays, imported oranges are sometimes cheaper than our locally produces apples.

[@oldvlognewtricks]

@@littleblackcar Same in the UK into the early 90s

[@mlewis8579]

We did too! The reason why this started is long ago the orange was VERY rare and expensive. We also got hard candy. I have carried this on with my children.

[@AnnapurnaMoffatt]

My family still does that. It's the best way to fill out the toe of the stocking.

[@brenthooton3412]

So did we when I was a kid in the 80s. I'm sure that started when my parents were kids, and maybe when my grandparents were kids. Today we still get oranges in our stockings but they're the little Clementine ones. I've called Clementines Christmas oranges for at least 25 years now. Goes to show how traditions start and get passed along and/or changed from one generation to the next.

[@saskatoonguy]

Well now, Saskatoon loves you too Glen.

[@shirleyannconfer9651]

I’m reminded of a candy bar I loved as a kid. It was actually a big cube of milk chocolate, that came in plain and a version with finely chopped nuts and raisins. I just looked it up online, and they were called Chunky bars.

[@LeeDunkelberg]

A food processor would have destroyed one of my favorite childhood memories. When grandma made her heavy, dark and delicious fruit cake for Christmas, we kids got to cut up the fruit. It usually was a day-long adventure. We started by buying the candied fruit and nuts at the late, great Leonard’s Department Store in downtown Fort Worth (best store ever). Then adjourn to the grandparents’ house for an evening of slicing and dicing. Yes, there was a bit of pilfering, but I prefer to think of it as tasting. Great show!

[@margaretbedwell58]

As a former Ft. Worth citizen, I remember very well Leonard's Department store. In fact, their bakery baked our wedding cake. Not only that, the Bakery manager delivered it to our church in Haltom City because we couldn't fit it into the car. It was huge. Also needless to say delicious. When I worked downtown, one of us from the office would run down to Leonard's to buy Hot Doughnuts....om my, what a memory that conjures up. Thanks for sharing your memory, it certainly brought back many great ones for me. This was November 1959.

[@brusselsprout5851]

I would not use the processor either.

[@colleenuchiyama4916]

We had suet pudding.

[@LeeDunkelberg]

@brusselSprout I’m not sure grandma would have thought of food processors as anything more than a pretentious luxury. I, on the other hand, welcomed them into my kitchen decades ago. However, for fruit cake, I agree you need recognizable, larger chunks than a food processor would provide.

[@LeeDunkelberg]

@@margaretbedwell58 if you’re ever back in the neighborhood, look up Leonard’s Museum and snack bar!

[@Hardtochoose7]

Mom and Dad lived through the Depression. I always got a perfect orange and apple in my stocking. This looks yummy!

[@margarettt7675]

We received an orange in our Christmas stocking, and a banana, the only orange and banana we got each year. We regarded these things as incredible and exotic treats. Many years later my father-in-law (rest in peace) sent us a box of oranges and grapefruits from Florida every Christmas - it was a the highlight of the Christmas season. Sometimes I think about ordering these for ourselves, so that we can feel young again, receiving a gift at Christmas.

[@jordanrempel8401]

I’m in Saskatoon and the Star Phoenix still exists

[@CynBH]

Do they still announce who is leaving town for the holidays? I noticed that this issue did. (There is a column on the left hand side with a several postings.)

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

⁠@@CynBH🤣🤣

[@lindawoods7948]

My Grandmother, from Nokomis, made something very similar at that time, then updated it by adding mini marshmallows in the70's. My mother received oranges for Christmas during that time . They had to be cut open and the peelings saved for future baking. The items were put in the hand meat grinder to chop up, I loved to be the one to turn the handle. The final recipe was made into a roll to make frugal slices, 5 children in the family. This was a Christmas tradition in our family, but it could be found at Grandmas' house at other times of the year later on. Cookbooks were hand written for the most part, but some clipped newspaper recipes, I don't remember which this was. Someone else in the family received her treasure of a recipe book, I always wished it would have been me. Thanks for bringing back these memories just before Christmas.

[@senorjp21]

I found this quite touching. Complaining about this and that is fashionable but compared to the 1930s we are living in a fairytale. Merry Christmas to Glen and friends!

[@walterco7701]

They look tasty. I wonder if you could use a small cookie scoop to form them into balls - little chocolate fruitcake truffle bites. Hmm.

[@singe0diabolique]

Up until 1983 when I graduated high school, my Dad always put oranges in my Christmas stocking every year.

[@KL-oh3lp]

We still include oranges or a grapefruit. 😊

[@diamonddusk6]

I actually live in saskatoon and my dad works for the star phoenix so this is all sorts of interesting to me!

[@adelechicken6356]

I want to know the rest of the stories from the copy we saw, who was the star who died, and what were the guns at the border? Would your dad be able to find out. From a south of your border person. Also love the name Saskatoon, it has the same feel as Kalamazoo.

[@Ottawa411]

I was born in 1963 and we got an orange and a handful of nuts in our stocking every year. It was a family tradition.

[@thetalkingbookchannel]

Together since uni??? Congratulations 👏🥳

[@tonymammel3542]

Little shredded coconut would be nice.

[@Mossyrock6]

But, as I recall, Glen doesn't like coconut....

[@patriciar5937]

We still put oranges in our stockings at Christmas! That's what goes in the "toe" of the stocking - I didnt realize others no longer do this !!

[@velvettnunn8153]

I love and appreciate the backstories you always share.

[@darrellbedford4857]

I am in my mid 60's and remember getting an orange and an apple in my Christmas stocking. I also remember my parents sending canned goods to my mother's retired parents for Christmas as well. Great idea for stocking stuffers.

[@tinapetrovicz9741]

I was really excited when I saw the video thumbnail. I am originally from Regina with lots of family in the region of Southey. I know I ate this bar (or cake) as a kid at Christmas. It would have been in the 70's (I waa born in the later half of the 60's). For me it tasted like a Chrismas version of an Eatmore bar, super yummy. I have a vague memory of eating a version rolled into balls and rolled in coconut too.

[@MamaStyles]

I remember as a kid (im 49 next month) getting an orange and a granny smith apple in my stocking ...and my teens think this is wild LOL. Now that food prices have gone up so high in canada(my grocery bill for four teens is insane)..I almost feel like oranges around here are going to be kind of special again because I paid what 10.00 for a box of mandarins that were 3.99 just before the pandemic lol. I remember back in the 70s we always had nuts,oranges and chocolates on christmas eve in my french canadian grandparents house in Toronto..Christmas eve then and in our house is the big celebration.I plan on making this with a few alterations (My kids wont like peel but love nuts so ill add more nuts and dates) I have to say it will be a great success.Good luck with your paper Mr Saskatoon! Love love the old cookbook show !

[@skygiu]

We always had oranges and apples too

[@loriki8766]

Here in the US, I just paid $10 for a box of mandarins that were 3.99 just before the pandemic. Spent a moment being thankful that I could afford them bc I remember times when I would not have been able to.

[@3kids2cats1dog]

Yes, getting an orange for Christmas was a thing! Back in the old country, I remember getting an orange and my grandmother would save the peel and hang it up to dry...

[@brusselsprout5851]

I still do that with the peels. It makes good extracts, teas and other delicious culinary concoctions

[@PeterWasted]

@@brusselsprout5851 I've never heard of drying peel but I'm going to start!

[@mesummika569]

Still put oranges and all that in stockings because others in a family always got them. It is just a tradition but great to know why.

[@laurac.b.devlin8605]

its not the same thing, but this reminded me so much of my moms non traditional fruit cake. it had a dark dough which was mixed with strawberry jam, and the fruits and nuts were cut very fine -- there was a great variety of them. baked in brown-paper-lined loaf pan at a low heat for a couple hours. it violated all the dreaded expectations of fruitcake, was moist and dense. and full of texture. thanks for reminding me, i ll have to make some. i think the chocolate is a great idea. this looks delicious.

[@donnaclayton8644]

That sounds fabulous. Recipe?

[@future.homesteader]

I 2nd the recipe request.

[@TechBearSeattle]

There are lots and lots of different types of fruitcake; my grandmother used to make what was basically gingerbread but chock full of pecans, pineapple, raisins, and dried apple. It's a shame that only one type has become traditional.

[@brendagz5417]

Fruitcake for people who don't like Fruitcake, wonderful.

[@robshaw5013]

Murdock Mysteries and Glen and friends, two great shows from the north

[@jgilmore9986]

In our small town back in the 60’s and 70’s at Christmas time the grocery store would get boxes of mandarin oranges in. They took names and ordered for the people. It was part of the Christmas excitement picking up your you box of treasures, and all the kids young and old, looked forward to it, so you always had an orange in your stocking.

[@ktkat1949]

I had to smile when you talked about the orange. i grew up on Vancouver Island and we knew when the Christmas season was nigh because there was always a note in the newspaper to announce the arrival of the boats from Japan bearing their shipment of 'Japanese oranges' or what we now call mandarin oranges. They came in wooden boxes with oranges individually wrapped in waxed green paper. My Dad would keep them in the basement where it was cool and it always smelled wonderful down there.

[@TheDriftwoodlover]

The other beauty of this recipe is the time it takes to prepare.

[@Colinupham]

My favorite show is your Sunday old cookbook show 🙂

[@liddybird3608]

I remember Brazil nuts. And I was actually thinking about them a few days ago. My grandmother always had nuts in their shells on her coffee table. I spent hours cracking nuts, and the most difficult were the brazils. The shells are so thick and hard.

[@daneekaplan4284]

but when you got one to slip out of a half shell intact it was a moment!

[@bedetteb1111]

In Newfoundland we always had fruit in our stocking. My dad was born in 1913 and they were poor like everyone else. But, at Christmas his parents would decorate the tree with of pieces of apple or whatever fruit they could get. Back at that time, all of their supplies would come from England as Newfoundland was a member of the the British colonies. I definitely always buy fruit for Christmas.

[@BinaryHex]

As a resident of saskatoon, the star phoenix is still in operation.

[@GolDreadLocks]

Thank you! I know it is for the depression, BUT no joke, the way things are going, the outrageous food prices/ shortages, this is good timing, and could be a reality for many of us!

[@gyost8147]

We (my family and all of our cousins) still received oranges when we were kids from an older relative all the way up until her death in the 1980's. The recipe looks great. I will try it this Christmas. I also enjoyed looking at the ads in the newspaper as well as the social announcements. I remember our hometown newspaper still did this in the 1960's

[@pamsam8933]

I prefer Brazil nuts more than almonds. My grandmother always kept Brazil nuts, walnuts, and pecans on her table. We ate them as snacks.

[@walterco7701]

We used to always have a bowl of mixed nuts around the holidays - filberts, almonds, pecans, brazil nuts. I remember just loving to use the nutcracker to get at them.

[@nancylindsay4255]

@@walterco7701 We, too, always had a big bowl of mixed nuts (and a smaller one for the shells) on the coffee table for the winter holidays, This was in Wisconsin/Minnesota; I think it was my Dad, from the Boston area, who brought this tradition to our family.

[@kathytappero7179]

Our first dog - a husky - was named Nakiska after that resort as we are skiers. ❤

[@lorelei9393]

Looks great. Once a year treat for most. My mom born 1931 and Christmas treat was an orange. Rural GA, 6th of 10 kids. Keep cooking and sharing

[@MamaStyles]

Fascinating! I would just assume oranges in the south wouldnt have been a treat but yes..much like up here in canada we export a lot of our fruit,and our own fruit costs us more than other countries fruit LOL

[@burpolicious]

My mother used to get an orange in her stocking. When I was a girl, we only saw mandarines at Christmas time. One year, a kid brought a pommogranite to school to share. I did not see another one until I had children of my own.

[@logarithmic7]

Yes! Pomegranates were such an exotic fruit!

[@jomercerlmt5727]

we always had an orange in our xmas stockings in the 60s and early 70s I think I'd roll the dough into into bite-size balls, chill, and then roll in the powdered sugar. Imma try these--I have a whole lot of dribs and drabs of candied fruit and nuts.

[@wandamartin7115]

I just love your commentary and the research on history!!!

[@brockreynolds870]

Real skimpy on the oranges... yeah, oranges were a BIG deal in the depression. And they kept up that christmas tradition. During the 70's, my great grandparents would give me a shoebox wrapped with christmas paper, filled with assorted nuts, christmas candy, and a couple of oranges.

[@ChokingHazaard]

As someone in/from Saskatoon I'll definitely give it a try around christmas because of the article. Or at least because of the video the article inspired!

[@westislandkev]

Perfect timing, we put up our Christmas Tree today, wish I could post a picture. Since Covid19 hit, I find the early Christmas Tree helps counteract the dread, doom and gloom of covid19.

[@anthonybarss]

Glen, thanks for making a recipe from my hometown! Have you ever made a video featuring Saskatoon berries? I'm not sure if folks out east eat them like we do but I'd love to hear what you think about them.

[@amywaters8528]

Saskatoon berries, aka Service berries, June berries. So good - planted 3 in the yard this year so we can have some of our own - hard to find outside of the occasional farmer's market.

[@derekbon694]

I have lived in Saskatoon my whole life, all of my family is from here as well and I have never seen something quite like this in my life! It's cool though! :)

[@fiona36b]

Our stocking always had an orange, banana, chocolate, hazelnuts and English walnuts and nothing else.

[@cynthiamorton3583]

Great show and recipe! I wonder if an 8” x 8” pan might have been used, and the bottom covered? I think that the squares would have been quite thin and small, to treat the maximum number of people. This is just a thought, as I fondly remember a friend’s mother whose family had not had an easy time during the Depression, still, in the ‘60s and ‘70s, cutting Christmas treats quite small (well, by most standards!). Hardly matters, your (plural) enthusiasm encourages me to add this to my Holiday treat repertoire! Thank you!

[@applegal3058]

I'm wondering if they meant an 8" x 8" pan, so the spread out thinner and you could cut them into more squares to make them stretch further and more people got a piece? Looks good.

[@wolfwarren6376]

I’d make the guess that you’d be correct. My grandmother was born in the depression. Her family’s cooking was such that a 1 inch cube of cake was considered a heaping helping.

[@applegal3058]

@@wolfwarren6376 same here, my grandmother was also born in tge depression. I think she went the opposite way once times got better, because we'd be offered heaping plates and bowls of food. I say the scarcity of the depression really affected people in different ways. It really was a terrible time for so many people

[@tomwellman1757]

@@applegal3058 Yeah my parents went through the depression and it sounded miserable. It was excessively hot in the 1930's and even everything was harder. Many still used icebox's and hand washed and wringed clothes etc. People burned more calories in those days and that is probably why your grandmother "heaped" plates at dinner. They made what food they could afford stretch and somehow made it. Not many overweight people in those days.

[@sandranevins2144]

Christmas memories, a stocking with an orange and assortment of nuts, toothbrush and a quarter.

[@planetfabulous5833]

Looks delicious and that front-page newspaper story about Thelma Todd was interesting - love to read more about that! She was fabulous!

[@EllaNchanted]

This looks awesome. I bet it would be fantastic with some candied ginger added.

[@anthonydolio8118]

I love the historical background. So interesting. Thanks.

[@iakkatz128]

Unrestingly enough my son got married in Sask. this summer to a local girl. He met her while working at a resort out there. We always send out care packages for the holidays. This is going in to the care package going to our new in-law's. I think the addition of Saskatoon berries would make this even better. I'm surprised it wasn't part of the original recipe.

[@sandragoodman9380]

This looks so easy! Something you could make with kids.

[@barbiedesoto7054]

This sounds good! Kind of different from the flavors we’re used to today. There’s a great book called the Good Housekeeping Cookie Book. It has a cookie recipe from each year since like 1940 and there are some interesting methods and flavors in there.

[@roncovert2446]

I made your cake the only difference was I added oatmeal and peanuts and cashews. Good show as always may you and your wife and family be blessed as I am for finding your shows and sharing them

[@meredithgreenslade1965]

Its one of those recipes that you can put anything in it that you have. Depending on availability. Yum

[@alistairross5360]

grew up in scotland (now RSA) but got apple and orange in the stocking - big treat

[@kblah]

Perfect video for a snowy weekend in Saskatoon!! ❤️ Thanks for sharing Glen!!

[@RachelleHinrichs]

We always got an orange and and a shiny red apple in the toe of our Christmas stockings when I was a kid. This looks amazing, but my gang is not a fan of the citron or peel, so I will try with other dried fruit - maybe some golden raisins and dried apricots. Thank you for the fun story about you as a couple and your friend! Really enjoy your channel.

[@margmgallo8836]

Love this recipe!!! Thanks!!! Merry Christmas 🎄🎁

[@Kinkajou1015]

I think light dusting on top is better than roll in sugar. It looks great.

[@cynthiamorton3583]

Easier to eat, as well.

[@benhollands1253]

I'm from Saskatoon and grew up there in the 80s and 90s. I think this is similar to Yule Log. Which in my family was this (with substitutions for mini marshmallows and maraschino cherries) rolled into a cylinder shape in plastic wrap and stuck in the freezer. It was served cold and cut into discs. I think in 1935 both my grandmothers were in Saskatchewan but one in Melfort the other in N.Battleford before moving to the big city of Saskatoon.

[@bradbrown2168]

I like how the Mrs shows up in time to eat your concoctions. 😄

[@susancutler9403]

With the addition of a bit of traditional Christmas spices, this could make a depression Panforte! Next weekend is Stir up Sunday, so get those dried fruits macerating.

[@veronicaevans7723]

Mom’ side of the family were from Tuxford… definitely remember something close to this!!

[@chriscaughey1103]

I order Terry's Chocolate orange at Christmas from England! I sure love them!

[@jeffmorse645]

I can't even imagine what my parents lived through as small children in Depression era Oklahoma. I think my Mom said all they had were simple pies and cakes during the holidays.

[@KennitaJohnson]

The other section on the page are quite interesting such as where people will be spending time for the holidays outside the town.

[@billinboots]

I am wondering if it would be possible to roll these into single bite sized balls?

[@honthirty_]

Nice job! I bet there are people that ate this, as children, now spread out worldwide, looking for a taste of "home" to share with their family.

[@cherrylee1103]

we always received an orange in our stocking. in fact, I would ask Santa for an orange. I am so making this recipe when I go home to Washington from visiting family in Texas and Oklahoma

[@Mister_Mag00]

you and julie are relationship goals, the adventures the two of you have had must be wonderful memories

[@moirak5381]

I remember my grandparents ordering us a box of grapefruit from Texas in the winter at least through the ‘80s and getting one in our stockings at Christmas.

[@jamesthomas4080]

From the other comments, oranges in the Christmas stocking was a thing I guess. I got them too, my parents must of been continuing an old tradition because I grew up in SoCal where you could buy a bag of oranges from a guy standing in the middle of pretty much every major street intersection in the city. All you had to do to get oranges was make a left turn!

[@marilynyoung1439]

A bag of oranges? As a child, I never saw a bag of fruit. One orange would be cut into quarters - one quarter for each of us. When bananas came back in the greengrocers after WW2, children didn't know they had to peel them first! As a child, I never had sweets as I was born in 1947 and sweets, chocolate etc were still "on the ration" until 1953, I think.

[@susankahn7219]

Looks delish! Kind of reminds me of Rocky Road made in the UK.

[@nadurkee46]

How delightful!

[@grahamrankin4725]

We made this. Makes a nice chocolate fruit bar.

[@nancystevenson3844]

Love ypu guys ....🙂💙. Videos are always very interesting!!

[@commonweakness9060]

Thanks guys. I could see how rolling these into a ball might work well...easier to roll in the powdered sugar :D

[@murlthomas2243]

I love the stories behind the recipes! Thank you again, Glen! ( Hi, Julie!)

[@labsareperfect]

This reminds me of how Kim from The Wads makes Italian Pope’s bread! I was totally expecting you to put in flour and bake this.

[@rebeccamoy9369]

This is very similar to chocolate salami that comes from Italy. My great aunt made it with dried fruit including cherries with almonds and pistachios. Made into a salami shaped log and dusted with powder sugar. Russia also have a similar confection.

[@richardstursa6711]

Christmas at our house in the early 50's was rather sparse. My father being in the Coast Guard at below minimum wage, Meant I got that infamous piece of fruit plus are you ready for this--- a small box about 5 inches square with a picture of Roy Rogers on it and the exciting phrase---Roy Rogers clay set. It had a block of gray clay and a wooden stick that came complete with a verbal warning from Mom to not poke your eye out with the stick----I already knew I wouldn't put my eye out with the clay so all went well. Thanks for your stories.

[@lisab.7339]

This looked so wonderful! The story that went along with it even better. Thanks for the video!

[@hannakinn]

My mom always put an orange, apple and candy in my Christmas Stocking. I still do it myself in my son's stocking when I send him one and in my mom and sisters stockings. In my family it's expected. Mom likes nuts in her stocking too. Mom was born in 1933, things were a lot different back then.

[@janewebb3477]

This looks fun and easy, and something kids would love to help make. I'd substitute cherries for the citron, or try a peanut butter/chocolate version, I wonder hmmm. I love tinkering with recipes .

[@stevenbogart169]

Thanks for including the Safeway ad at the end. Fun to see prices from back then.

[@jeanmariani1496]

My mother always put an orange, an apple, walnuts, a book of Lifesavers candies in my stocking.

[@SmallWonda]

Great-sounding recipe - quite similar to what I used to make as a kid (& into the future) as a kind of truffle - rolled into balls & icing-sugar coated, or re-dipped in choc & choc vermicelli - esp if you sub the orange for rum, Cointreau, Kahlua, etc. & soak until well absorbed.. Definitely a Keeper & Sharer - thankyou Friends in The North... (I think some of these exotic-seeming ingredients were fairly common especially in Commonwealth countries before the advent of the EU.)

[@barbaracarter6726]

I think my mother used to make something like this - but it also had coconut and was rolled into balls and then rolled then in either icing sugar or cocoa. But in the Depression, people also made their own candied peel and saved it all year.

[@Anonymouslives]

That looks really tasty!! Very nice choice to send this recipe to your friend!

[@Kiryusha999]

Thank you! I only would use a full pan and made the lay of mixture thiner and just cracked it roughly :)