Thelma and Lowell's Diary: August 24, 1943

She doesn't feel good but makes a pan of fudge

Thelma didn’t feel good today so she slept, read, and “sat around most of the day.” By the evening she roused herself and made some fudge. She and Lowell spent a typical week-day evening listening to the radio.

Thelma might have used the popular cookbook Joy of Cooking. Feeling ambitious? This link will take you to the fudge recipes in the 1943 edition o…