Lemon Ice Cream

(Page 163) July 1945 - Good Housekeeping.  "Knox Gelatine" Advertisement.

Lemon Ice Cream

(Serves 6-8)

1 envelope of gelatin

1/4 cup cold milk

1 cup hot milk

3/4 cup sugar

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/3 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon grated lemon rind

2 cups light cream


Soften gelatin in cold milk and dissolve in hot milk.  Cool.  Combine sugar, salt, lemon juice, lemon rind, and cream.  Stir into gelatin mixture.  Pour into freezing trays and let freeze to a mush.  Remove to chilled bowl and beat until smooth.  Return mixture to freezing trays and continue freezing until firm.

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Red Points?

This ad talks about something called "red points".  Under the WWII rationing system in America, red points were used to buy meat, fish, and dairy, while blue points were used to buy canned goods.  People were given a set number of red and blue points, and each item was assigned a point value.    The OPA cancelled the rationing system in 1945 (the year of this ad). 

Red tokens, which were given as change for red stamps under the rationing system.

For more information on the rationing system, visit:

Gary M. Walton, Hugh Rockoff.  Rationing. "Part 4: War, Depression, and War Again: 1914-1946".  History of the American Economy.  South-Western Cengage Inc.: Mason, OH, 2010.

Richard Panchyk. Rationing. "The Home Front and Life During the War".  World War II for Kids: A History with 21 Activities.  Richard Panchyk.  Chicago Review Press, Inc: Chicago, 2002.