Rawleigh Doctors Up February

Happy February! Kidding, of course. The shortest month usually feels like the longest, as the cold weather would really be wearing out its welcome at this point if it had ever been welcome in the first place. Let's try to take out some of the sting with more of Rawleigh's Good Health Guide Almanac Cook Book (1953).

I was interested to see February had recipes for both spaghetti sauce and chili con carne, as those are in so many old cookbooks and can run the gamut from having almost zero seasoning to being the among the few recipes in a cookbook that call for substantial amounts of spice, and from being slowly cooked down using carefully-selected ingredients to being doctored up tomato soup. 

Rawleigh goes the vaguely-seasoned route, opting for all-purpose seasoning in the meatballs, and chili powder for both the spaghetti sauce and the chili. There are also cloves in the chili, which I'm not sure I'd be a fan of...

The horoscope is unfailingly positive as always, though it does note that Aquarians "do not often show [their] affection." Maybe that's code for "It's too cold to get nekkid!" 

Finally, the spotlighted Rawleigh product for February is the Medicated Ointment and Antiseptic Salve.

I would never have guessed that based on the picture of a young boy and his pet dog, captioned "Such a relief if you're ready WHEN ACCIDENTS COME." Before I noticed the round tins in the corner, I briefly wondered if Rawleigh had ever made a product for getting pee out of rugs. Fido doesn't want to go out in the cold right now either, you know! Let's hope next month will be just a little bit warmer.