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Creamed Kohlrabi – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
This week we are getting fancy with unusual vegetables! I present to you: Creamed Kohlrabi! This recipe is from Amy Vanderbilt’s Complete Cookbook from 1961 which, because it is so chichi, was illustrated by none other than Andy Warhol. I looked up a few variations of...
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch on eBay
It is a fun one this week! We have syrup bottle insanity, seductive wine manners, marshmallow fluff sandwiches and drunken gelatin! Vintage Mrs. Butterworths Crafts and Recipe Calendar Why I Want This: What is this. What. Is. This. Was this a trend that I...
Red-Eyed Russian – Vintage Cocktail Friday
It’s Friday, so you know what that means: Alcohol! This week we picked a drink that is almost entirely straight alcohol for Tom since he had to eat a crazy gelatin this week. Granted, that gelatin ended up actually tasting good, but he still deserved it for being...
Pickle and Pineapple Salad – A Retro Gelatin Dare, or Knoxapocalypse II
It’s finally here! Welcome to the Retro Gelatin Dare Part II, known more playfully as Knoxapocalypse II. I can’t believe I was up for this after the total and utter disaster that was Liver Pate En Masque from the first Gelatin Dare. It was a dark, dark day for gelatin...
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch on eBay
So many great, fun cookbooks this week! Pull up a chair and let’s get to it because we have some great recipes and books to show you, including hollowed out bread filled with peas, “pizza” made with buns and ketchup, terrifying clown cake, really pointy gelatin and...
Absinthe Frappe, 1941 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
It’s Friday and you know what that means! Time for vintage cocktails! This week we are making a cocktail with absinthe, perhaps Tom’s favorite drink. Well, it’s a toss up between that and Courvoisier. Absinthe Frappe Author: Here's How, 1941 Ingredients 1 teaspoon...
Labor Day Barbecue Menu – Tested Vintage and Retro Recipes From Mid-Century Menu
Ahh, Labor Day, where everything is last minute. Last minute back-to-school shopping. Last minute gardening. Last minute vacations. But your Labor Day Cookout doesn’t need to be last minute! Here on Mid-Century Menu we have tested hundreds of vintage and retro...
Potato Salad Gelatin Mold – A Mid-Century Gelatin Recipe Test
I hope everyone is looking forward to Labor Day! I know I am. And it preparation for all the cookouts and picnics that you will be going on, I decided to dig into our collection and pull out something I know will be a big hit on everyone’s Labor Day menu: It’s potato...
Chocolate Syrup Brownies – A Vintage Dessert Recipe Test
This week we have something simple and fun that I have always wanted to try: chocolate syrup brownies. As a kid (and as a child-like adult) I enjoyed chocolate syrup chocolate milk and pouring the syrup on my ice cream. But I always wondered, was the...
Vintage Kitchen Kitsch and Cookbooks on eBay
This week on Kitchen Kitsch we have inappropriate illustrations, imaginary tea parties, fancy macaroni loaves, and delicious and unusual ham! Vintage Happy Holiday Drink Book Cookbook Hallmark Why I Want This: Do I really want this? Maybe not. Maybe what I...
Scarlett O’Hara, 1941 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
You know, for a guy who doesn’t care for whiskey, Tom has sure been drinking a lot of it lately! This is the Scarlett O’Hara, from my recent eBay score from 1941, a wooden drink book called “Here’s How”. It seriously has the BEST illustrations. And as soon as I pick...
Basic Main Course Salad – A Mid-Century Gelatin Recipe Test
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate tuna in gelatin? I haven’t? Well, I hate it. Hate! So when Stephanie sent me a recipe (a dieter’s recipe, no less!) for this fishy gelatin salad for our Glistening and Jiggly contest, I almost gagged. Stephanie writes: Ok, I just...
