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Concord Grape Pie With Crumb Topping – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
It’s grape season here in Michigan, and this year I decided to take some of our bounty and make a grape pie! This is Concord Grape Pie from the 1966 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Pies and Cakes. There were actually quite a few grape pie recipes in my...
Queen Elizabeth Cocktail, 1943 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
It’s Friday! Let’s celebrate it with a vintage drink! This week we are making the Queen Elizabeth Cocktail from the 1943 edition of The Joy of Cooking. Tom was interested in it because it is yet another cocktail with Benedictine. Queen Elizabeth Cocktail Author: The...
Real French Cauliflower Supreme, 1954 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Soooo…this week we are frosting a whole head of cauliflower with mayonnaise. Then putting capers and olives on it. It’s called Cauliflower Supreme and, when you cut it, the inside looks like a brain. I think this is a pretty appropriate recipe for the beginning of...
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch on eBay – Stuffed Fish Eyes
Hope everyone is having a great weekend so far! Today we are tackling something that I have always found simultaneously revolting and fascinating: The practice of putting a fake “eye” on a cooked fish. I am sure that since the beginning of the time when people started...
Pinto Bean Cake – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
My obsession with weird-ingredient desserts continues. This week we are making a cake with a fun addition: Pinto Beans! It’s called, unsurprisingly, Pinto Bean Cake. I found this recipe in a stash of newspaper clippings from the 1970’s that I recently bought on eBay....
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch on eBay – Say Cheese!
Who is ready to see some fun vintage recipes that are made to please with cheese? This week we have strange-shaped appetizers, romantic hot dogs and undiluted tomato soup! 1971 Cheese Cones Photo & Recipe Vintage Best Foods Ad Why I Want This: Cheese...
Orange Blossom Cocktail, 1943 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Whew! Thank goodness another crazy week has finally come to an end! This week our cocktail is very basic because…well, the ingredients are what we had on hand. And going out to buy stuff to make a cocktail is fine, but somehow I think it is a bit more fun when you...
Apple Cider Upside-Down Cake From The Archives–Again!
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 remind everyone how good...
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch on Ebay – The Gelatin Edition!
This week on we are rocking the gelatin kitchen picks from eBay! We have lots of lima beans, wartime gelatin, sky-high molds and a gallery of 200 additional cookbook and kitchen kitsch eBay picks at the end of this post. So let’s get started! Vintage Cookbook...
Bacon Big Boys – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Hey there! Are you ready for some BACON? Meet the Bacon Big Boy! The minute I saw this recipe in a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook called Cooking for Two from 1968, I knew I had to make these. This is one of those recipes that has been hanging out on my “too make”...
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch on eBay
Hope everyone is having a great Saturday! I know I am, because I’ve got some great cookbook and cooking finds for you today, including a link to a whole huge list of cookbook picks at the end of this post. So get excited, because this week we have fantastic cookie...
Gypsy, 1977 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Thank heaven it’s Friday! And the best part about Friday? Time for cocktails! This week we have Gypsy from the much loved 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection from 1977. Gypsy Author: 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection, 1977 Ingredients 1 jigger vodka...
