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Happy Valentine’s Day From The Mid-Century Menu!
From Better Homes and Garden’s Holiday Cookbook Frozen Valentine Rounds (pictured on the bottom) was tested in Feb 2012! You can check it out here.
Aspic Glazed Lamb Loaf – A Vintage Weight Watchers Recipe Test
So, a little bird over on Twitter informed me that this is National Jell-O Week. I had been planning on bringing you a feast of pizza excellence this week (it is pretty hilarious), but I put that one on hold for the love of gelatin. Also, I didn’t get anything made...
Sherry-Almond Chiffon Pie – A Vintage Gelatin Recipe Test
Guess what? It’s pie time here on Mid-Century Menu! I love pie time. Mostly because most of the pies we make here turn out pretty well. And they almost never have vegetables in them. See? Not a vegetable in sight. This recipe for Sherry Almond Pie was sent to us by...
Lime Jell-O Salad – A Vintage Gelatin Recipe Test
Yes, we are still posting gelatin recipes! This lovely layered extravaganza was submitted to our Glistening and Jiggly contest by Kelly. Kelly writes: Hello Ruth, I am submitting my contest entry at the last minute, but am sure it's a winner. It is an old family...
The Top 10 Mid-Century Menu Posts For 2012 – Gelatin, Cake and More Gelatin
It’s been a fun year on Mid-Century Menu! We’ve had cakes shaped like lambs, spaghetti poured on sandwiches and gelatin shaped like…well…everything. But with all the crazy cooking we did, 10 posts stood out as absolute reader favorites. So, here are the most popular...
Ham Mousse Imperial – A Mid-Century Gelatin Test
There are a lot of things that we need every week to make the Mid-Century Menu. Some of those things are tangible. Most weeks we need things like a recipe, the proper cookware, an oven and stovetop, and ingredients (which usually includes lots of gelatin). But a lot...
Orange Jell-O – A Mid-Century Gelatin Test
This tested recipe is STILL from our Gelatin Contest! Can you believe it? I never thought I would be dragging this thing out until 2013, but here you go. And we still have 11 tested gelatins yet to go, so if you submitted a recipe but haven’t seen it yet, don’t give...
The Twinkie Wiener Sandwich – A Retro Movie Recipe Test
I think that we can all agree that Tom puts up with a lot for this blog. Just this year alone he’s had to eat a lot of horrible gelatin, a liver pate where the secret ingredient was canned green beans and a sub with canned spaghetti on it. Plus, he’s had to put up...
The 10 Days of Vintage Christmas Cookies Round-Up AND My Recent Appearance on the Radio!
Hope everyone is all geared up for Christmas! If your holiday spirit hasn’t reached a fever pitch yet, I might have something to get your motor running. Here are the ten vintage Christmas cookie recipes we tried this year! (If you want to be ultra-festive, you could...
Fancy Layer Cookies –The 10 Days of Christmas Cookies
This is it! The 10th Day! And on the 10th Day of Vintage Christmas cookies, I gave to Tom… Fancy Layer Cookies!! I was actually really excited to make these bars. The recipe is from a 1959 Pet Milk Pamphlet entitled, “Cookies, Cookies”. With a name like that, the...
Gumdrop Jumbos: The Secret Ingredient is Ketchup – The 10 Days of Vintage Christmas Cookies
Yep. That’s right. There is ketchup in these cookies. And gumdrops. We can’t forget about that. When I saw this recipe in a Betty Crocker pamphlet from the 1960’s, I immediately put it on my to-make list. For some reason, I am a total sucker for recipes that randomly...
Christmas Snowballs – The 10 Days of Vintage Christmas Cookies
Well, we’ve brought you some amazing vintage Christmas cookies these past few days so now, in true Mid-Century Menu fashion, it’s time to bring you some cookies that aren’t so great. We’ve saved the “best” for last and are now happy to bring you: Christmas Snowballs!...