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Sour Cream Green Bean Casserole – A Mid-Century Thanksgiving Recipe Re-Run
This recipe is a fantastic alternative if you can't stand the traditional cream of mushroom soup version of green bean casserole. I can't, and this has seriously saved me. Enjoy! I hope everyone has a nice big, traditional meal planned this year! Because I don’t....
Vincent Price’s Pumpkin Pie – A Vintage Thanksgiving Recipe Re-Run
This is it!! It’s the biggest eating season of the year! After we finish off all the Halloween candy in the house, it’s pretty much a gorge-fest until Valentine’s Day. And if you are going to eat four times your weight in food this holiday season, why not make it...
Frosted Cranberry Squares, 1965 – Vintage Thanksgiving Recipe Re-Run
It's coming up on turkey time, so it's time to bust out the vintage recipes! I am re-running my most favorite vintage Thanksgiving recipes this month, you lucky readers. It's very exciting! And we are going to start it off with some gelatin. Because of course we are....
Orange Soda & Chocolate Black Cat Cake, 1962 – A Vintage Halloween Recipe Re-Run
This is the Halloween cake I made last year with Alex, and it turned out so well that I decided to run it again this year. This is a great quick cake to make for a party or with your little ones. And who doesn't love an orange candy-flavored cake? The only change I...
The 12 Scariest Vintage Gelatins For Your Mid-Century Halloween Party
To keep going with our vintage food Halloween countdown, I bring you creepy gelatin. First of all, I just want to put it out there that I am in no way – no way – advocating serving a hideous mid-century gelatin to your party guests this Halloween. Because, come on. It...
Banana Spook Cake – A Vintage Halloween Recipe Re-Run
To keep the theme of freaky mid-century food going, I bring you the most hilarious cake we’ve ever made here on the blog: Banana Spook Cake. This thing is funny on so many levels, but mostly on the level of bananas sticking out of things. I mean, come on. Who can...
No-Fry Doughnuts, 1976 – A Vintage Halloween Recipe Re-Run
Happy October! It's the time for tricks and treats, and your extra-special treat from me is the reposting of these no-knead, no-fry doughnuts. That’s right. Doughnuts that you can mix up in your mixer and bake in your oven. And they aren’t dense and cakey either....
Ginger Ale Salad, 1946 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
This week I felt like making something sparkly and pretty, so I remade this Ginger Ale Salad recipe that I originally tested for Glory Days Magazine. Because what’s more sparkly than a gelatin? This is Ginger Ale Salad! This is a classic...
Apple Cider Upside-Down Cake, 1966 – A Mid-Century Recipe Re-Run
It's apple cider time! I think I run this post every year, but this cake is seriously that good and we make it all the time. Since it is apple season here in Michigan and I am breaking out the tested and delicious apple recipes from my collection, I thought I would...
Jellied Tomato-Olive Mold, 1961 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
This week we are going to cut through the bull and lay it right on the table: I made this vintage aspic because I wanted to see what it tasted like. Because that is what we do here on Mid-Century Menu. That’s it. End of story. Will 7-Up and canned consommé in a...
Spicy Party Waffles, 1963 – A Vintage Recipe Test Re-Run
I pulled this week's recipe from the archives because 'tis the season for yummy fruit here (blackberries, last of the peaches, start of the apples, pears and so on) and pretty much all fruit tastes amazing when served on these waffles. Make sure to smother them with...
Labor Day Barbecue Menu – Tested Vintage and Retro Recipes From Mid-Century Menu
Since it's Labor Day is coming up, it's time to trot out the old BBQ standbys here on Mid-Century Menu: The loaf of grilled hot dogs, the potato salad with gelatin in it, the spiced lemonade and the chocolate cake made with tomato soup. These are all really good, I...
