The Saturday Sip: August 26, 2023
Your etiquette tip, quote and an Emily Post Cookbook recipe to start your weekend off right!
The Tip
When a woman gets divorced, if she had been using the Mrs. title or using her husband’s name, it’s up to her what she decides to do post-divorce. Typically a woman who used her husband’s first name (Mrs. Elliot Frumm) would revert to Mrs. Heather Frumm, Ms. Heather Frumm, or go back to her full given name, Ms. Heather Strong.
The Recipe
Emily’s Walnut Brownies are a classic and could easily make for a wonderful casual summer treat. Or, add iced cream, whipped cream, or creme anglaise for a spruced-up dessert
Emily Post’s Cookbook, 1951, pg. 349
Walnut Brownies
Time: N/A
Makes: 16 squares
Ingredients
2 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1/2 cup butter
2/3 cup sugar
1 egg, slightly beaten
3/4 cup sifted flour with a pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup unsalted walnuts, chopped
Directions
Melt the chocolate and butter together. Stir in the sugar, then the egg, and then the flour. Stir until all is smooth, then remove from heat and stir in the vanilla and one half the walnuts.
Grease a square baking pan and line it with waxed paper [or parchment paper]. Pour in the batter and spread it to an even depth. Scatter the remaining nuts on top. Bake about 20 minutes in a 300℉. oven. [Cool.] Cut into squares.
The Quote
“Etiquette must, if it is to be of more than trifling use, include ethics as well as manners. Certainly what one is, is of far greater importance than what one appears to be.” - Emily Post
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Up next is Monday’s Awesome Etiquette podcast with the Etiquette Extra and Community Member Bonus Question of the Week!
Until then,
Lizzie and Dan
Elizabeth Post (Emily’s granddaughter-in-law, and Dan and Lizzie’s grandmother) lighting the candles on a beautifully set table.