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Golden Tuna Shortcake – A Mid-Century Recipe Re-run
I know that Lent is over, but I was digging around in the archives recently and came across this bad boy from last year and knew I had to share it again. Who doesn’t love a giant tuna sandwich covered with cheese? Enjoy! This week we are having tuna! Tuna covered with...
Raspberry Pie, 1941 – Vintage Recipe Test
So, I think I’ve kinda jumped the gun a bit over here by starting to test summer recipes. But hey, the weather was really nice this weekend, so I decided to make pie. This is Raspberry Pie! I was mostly excited about this recipe because the...
Butter Balls – Mid-Century Recipe Guest Test Sunday
I really like chicken soup with dumplings. These dumplings, though... hmm. What's most unusual about this recipe is that it's more stream of consciousness than instructions. It's got interruptions, speculation on variation, and commentary on...
Reader’s 2015 Lamb Cake Gallery and Vintage Cookbook Winner!
Thank you so much to everyone who sent in a lamb cake photo this year! If you missed the deadline, feel free to send in your picture anyway and I will add it to the gallery. There were so many great submissions this year, and so many pictures of delicious, delicious...
Complete Lamb Cake Tutorial With Tricks, Tips and Tested Vintage Recipes, Plus Lamb Cake Photo Contest!
Who is ready to eat some lamb cake???? It’s time for everyone to dust off their lamb and rabbit pans and get ready to make some molded cakes! To help you out, I’ve pulled together this post to make sure you get all the tips and advice that you need. If you have any...
Pompano, 1971 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Let’s pretend it’s summer and have a citrus-y cocktail! This is Pompano! Well, we aren’t Florida-bound or anything, we just wish we were. Also, we left out the ice in the finished drink, because the ice in the shaker melted quite a bit while...
Peanut Fritos, 1947 – Mid-Century Recipe Test
So. Have you guys ever made a peanut butter white sauce and then poured it over Fritos? Because I have. These are Peanut Butter Fritos! We recently received an entire box full of vintage cookbooks from one of Tom’s family members. It was...
Morning Call, 1941 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Who needs a pick-me-up today? Then it is time for Morning Call! Of course, Tom is always up for anything with Absinthe in it. “Are your eyes watering?” “I’ve gotta let some of this ice melt. This is really strong.” The Verdict: Good But...
Quick Pineapple Cheese Pie – Mid-Century Recipe Guest Test Sunday
Buzz isn't just a pretty face that is willing to eat questionable cooking. He's also a mathematician. So yesterday we celebrated Pi Day... with pie, of course. Quick pineapple cheese pie, for those mathematically-themed holidays when you're...
Jellied Cottage Cheese And Tomato Salad – A Vintage Gelatin Recipe Re-Run
Spring is almost here! And I immediately started thinking of all the gelatin things I am going to make this spring and summer. While sifting through the archives to remind myself of what we’ve made already, I came across this doozy of a recipe that originally posted...
Sweet Yeast Dough – Mid-Century Recipe Guest Test Sunday
I am constantly impressed by how mid-century recipes continue to surprise me with the ways they find to use commercially pre-packaged foods. Like pudding in sweet roll dough. Pudding. Sweet Yeast Dough Ingredients 1 4 oz. package of vanilla pudding mix 2 cups milk 1/2...
Corned Beef Spread – Mid-Century Recipe Guest Test Sunday
It has been a crazy, crazy few weeks in the Retro Recipe household, and we haven't been cooking (or blogging!) as much as we want. But after our too-long hiatus from Mid-Century Menu, we're back with a doozy: corned beef spread. Hooooo boy. ...
