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Fried Bananas For Soup, 1934 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
It seems cruel to make someone test recipes while they are sick, and this week Tom had the flu. So I made him a nice bowl of hot chicken noodle soup. With Fried Bananas on top! This was one of those crazy topping ideas I got from a 1941 book entitled, Easy Ways To...
Answers To The 13 Question Mid-Century Cooking Quiz
As expected, you guys all did great at the quiz! But of course you would. We are all vintage recipe fanatics here. I don’t even need to share the answers with you, not really. All the correct answers are in the comments. But I will anyway, because I had a whole lot of...
A Mid-Century Cooking Quiz to Celebrate 13,000 Facebook Followers!
In honor of reaching 13,000 Facebook followers (yay!) and 1,000 followers on the Mid-Century Menu Facebook Group (also yay!) I wanted to do something fun and different this week. So, I decided to quiz all of you to see how closely you have been paying attention to my...
Maple Syrup Drop Cookies, 1952 – A Vintage Recipe Test
This week we have another cookie that I made for my friend Carolyn’s holiday open house. Since she made a 7-Up Cheese Gelatin I felt like it was only fair to make her lots of cookies for her sacrifice. These are Maple Syrup Drop Cookies! ...
Welcome to My New Year’s Eve Party!
I hope everyone had a great holiday! Also…it’s 2019. Jeez, 2018 was a blur. Anyway, I had some grand plans for NYE and was going to do a whole mid-century spread, but…life. Kids. You know how it is. So I ended up just arranging store-bought food to make it look...
Peanut Butter Blossoms – A Vintage Recipe Test
This week we have a fun recipe that almost everyone already has, but I thought it would be fun to feature it anyway. Because Christmas. These are Peanut Butter Blossoms! Thank you to Tom’s mom for bringing her famous version and making them...
Pat Nixon’s Chocolate Butter Cookies, 1958 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test
This week we have Christmas cookies!!! This is also the first week that I’m actually bringing you a recipe that I made in the kitchen of our new house. It’s been a long time coming, but I feel like we are finally starting to get back...
7-Up Cheese Aspic – A Mid-Century Gelatin Test
I can’t even tell you how good it feels to be writing this post! So, a quick catch-up for everyone: We are in our new house and we are (mostly) unpacked! It took forever with two small kids, but what are you going to do? It is what it is. It also is taking me a long...
Lindy’s Famous Cheesecake, 1960 – The Lost Family Supper Club Blog Party #TheLostFamilySupperClub
This is both an exciting post and a very sad one. It is exciting because this post is a part of the The Lost Family Supper Club blog party that is being hosted for the release of Jenna Blum’s new novel, The Lost Family, which is being launched on June 5th. It’s a very...
Taking A Break While We Move!
Because I know some of you worry, just letting you know that I am going to be taking a short break while we pack up and get ready to move. Tom is being relocated through his job, so we are packing up and heading to the Detroit area. If anyone is down there, hit me up...
Tom Girl, 1977 – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Hello, and welcome back to Vintage Cocktail Friday! Quite possibly the most requested and least posted blog posts on this blog! Sorry about that. This year has been kind of crazy and we just haven’t had time to post the cocktails we are drinking. Plus, it’s hard to...
Chinese Eggs, 1942 – A Vintage Recipe Test
This week I am reminded again that I have some really good friends. Right before Spring Break started, Alex brought a cold home from school. Since I am down with a fever right now, Carolyn stepped up and declared she was going to make this week’s dish for me. All Tom...
