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Pork Cake – A Mid-Century Menu Christmas Recipe Test
Well. So. Yeah. This is a little awkward. I suppose I should clear the air. Just confess what I’ve done wrong so we can acknowledge what I’ve done, you can forgive me, and we can move past it. I’ll do it fast, like ripping off a Band-aid. Okay? Okay. Ready? *Deep...
My Top 5 Vintage Christmas Cookie Recipes – Tested And Tom-Approved!
This is it!!! It’s COOKIE TIME, People!!! I am really, really, excited. Really. In fact, I am so excited, I am posting about cookies this week. And not just any cookies, but GOOD cookies. Tested cookies that I make every year and that Tom wolfs down just as fast as...
Holiday Gift Ideas for the Retro Cook
Our friend Bryan at Kooky Chow has a sweet new cookbook out just in time for the holiday gift-giving season (hint, hint in-laws!). To celebrate this collection of cooking curiosities, Kooky Chow has this kooky … ahem… video. It’s super wicked awesome cool. Kooky...
Cranberry Mayonnaise Cake And Porcupine Meatballs – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Are you exhausted from Thanksgiving, Readers?? I know I am! S,o here is a classic Mid-Century feast from our archives. This post originally ran on March 24, 2010, but features an amazing Cranberry Mayonnaise Cake that Tom and I loved and ate right down to the last...
Sauerkraut Chocolate Cake And Tower Kitchen Recipe Cookbooks
So, you have to tell me the truth. Does this piece of cake: Look like it has sauerkraut in it? Does it? Well, it DOES because this week we have Sauerkraut Chocolate Cake from Recipes from the Tower Kitchen! Since 1933, when Tower Kitchen opened atop the Free...
Tuna Pie – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
This is it! This is the end! The absolute LAST tuna recipe that we tried from our recent tuna contest. Can you believe it? I barely can. I feel like I have tuna coming out of my ears. Correction. Tuna Pie coming out of my ears. This recipe is another entry from...
Halloween Party Treats Tested – Goblin Franks, Halloween Punch And Cocoa Marshmallow Bars
Happy Halloween, Everyone! Today we have a special edition of the Mid-Century Menu for you, that couldn’t wait until Wednesday. And what couldn’t wait? Well, we have Halloween Party Treats from Betty Crocker! Here is some Halloween Punch, Cocoa Marshmallow Bars...
Sweet-Sour Tuna – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
So, there was a certain point during the testing of tuna recipes for our last contest that we became confused. Baffled. Stricken with bewilderment. And it came immediately on the heels of trying this recipe. But more on the confusion later. Right now, all you need to...
Tuna Cakes With Mushroom Sauce – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Guess what, guys?!?!? It’s time for some COMPLETELY insane food. We have been pretty tame in the past two weeks with yummy desserts (Cider Eggnog Pie & Apple Cider Upside-Down Cake) so it’s time to delve back into the horrible and the hideous. And what better way...
Savory Spaghetti Casserole
Consider the casserole! Was there ever any more enjoyable eating wrapped up in one dish? -From Campbell’s Wonderful Ways With Soups, 1958
Apple Cider Upside-Down Cake–A Mid-Century Recipe Test
Okay, okay. I know. Apple cider AND desserts two weeks in a row. It’s unheard of here on the Mid-Century Menu, where everything is supposed to be scary all the time. But, it's Apple Month, so I couldn’t help myself! I was so disappointed with the lack of cider...
Cider Eggnog Pie – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
It’s Fall! I love fall. It’s the season of pumpkins and Halloween. The season for butternut squash, fresh chestnuts and bushel baskets of tomatoes. But, most importantly, it’s the season for apples. And even more important than apples? Apple. Cider. Oh yes. Apple...