Hello! What shall I do today?
Hum . . . I know!
Let’s look at how Moms have been portrayed as Crazed & Dazed through the decades.
As it just so happens, I found a few vintage cookbooks that I can use to contrast and compare.
Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1937
Poor Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1937!
It looks like she might have infused just a tad too much personality into her baked goods. So much so that they are now holding her hostage. And is her shadow sprouting a horn?
Oh my! But somehow Crazed & Dazed Mom of 1937 still manages to smile even though she can’t quite hide the terror in those vacant peepers of hers.
Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1953:
Ah! Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1953 is clearly relieved and happy now.
The War is over! Hitler’s dead! And, judging from her eyes, her doctor just prescribed a lifetime supply of Seconal for her anxiety as well as Benzedrine to be taken every ten minutes to ensure her waist circumference stays at 11-and-1/2-inches. Which gives Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1953 lots and lots of energy so she can dedicate her entire existence to cooking and cooking and cooking and cooking!
Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1959
Mom from 1959 has her act together!
No more cowering in the horn-sprouting shadows from her baked goods.
No more mindless cooking and cooking and cooking.
No sir! When one gazes into the eyes of Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1959, one can clearly detect a Valium-induced, vague optimism for the future of her country, the future of her family and the future of her green pepper.
Clearly Crazed & Dazed Mom of 1959 is a more confident women than her predecessors. Why? Because she doesn’t know any better, that’s why! 😂
Crazed & Dazed Mom From 1965
A Ring a ding ding, Baby!
Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1965 has it all going on! She doesn’t even have to open her eyes anymore!
Oh sure she may be still popping a few “bennies” now and then, but come on! How else is she going to maintain her 11- and-1/2-inch waist what with all the food she’s been eating and all those martinis she’s been swilling with her new devil-may-care attitude?
Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1965 would never cower from her own baking! Ha ha!
Don’t make her laugh! Because Crazed & Dazed Mom from 1965 has a life! She’s fancy! She’s frivolous! She’s fun!
And somewhere along the line she learned to play the triangle!
I have a feeling there are lots and lots of other examples of Crazed & Dazed Moms Through The Decades out there on the shelves of my favorite thrift store! And I make this pledge to you, that I will not rest until I have messed up everything on the shelf looking for them!
Until next time... Keep A Smile! 😅
Nana