Glistening And Jiggly Gelatin Finalist #1 –Tomato Ham Salad Loaf

by RetroRuth | Jun 6, 2012 | Best & Worst, Contests, Hello Jell-O, The WORST

This is it! This is IT! It’s finally here. Out of over 50 submissions, I’ve tested 28 gelatins and Tom has tasted every single one.  We took pictures, we made notes and we even fought about who the finalists were. So it has come down to this: Not only are we ready to...

Old-Fashioned Chocolate Icing and Filling – A Retro Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | May 9, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST

So, right now I am in gelatin up to my elbows. Mixing, stirring, molding and unmolding delicious and deliciously questionable gelatin recipes that you wonderful people sent to me for our gelatin contest. So, I decided to bring out something that was ultra-yummy and...

Black Magic Chocolate Cake Made With Condensed Tomato Soup – A Retro Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Apr 25, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST

I cannot resist cakes with weird ingredients. I just can’t. So, when I came across a recipe for a chocolate cake that had, as the “secret” ingredient, a can of condensed tomato soup, I knew I was going to have to make it. The recipe came from a recent Salvation Army...

Liver Pate En Masque – A Retro Gelatin Dare

by RetroRuth | Feb 22, 2012 | Best & Worst, Hello Jell-O, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes, Side Dishes & Salads, The WORST

I don’t know why I do this to myself. I don’t know why I do this to Tom. I don’t know why Tom let’s me do this. All I know is that when Mimi (from 1972: The Retro WW Experiment), Yinzerella (From Dinner Is Served 1972) and Lexi (from After Apple Picking) asked me if I...

Steamed Pork Buns – A Mid-Century Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Jan 11, 2012 | Appetizers, Best & Worst, The WORST

So, I suppose we should do a quick recap: Risking almost certain powdered-soup poisoning, Tom and I decided that we were going to cook a set of four appetizers from Worldly Entertaining Party Ideas From Around The World, a “worldly” cookbook that was published by...

Party Cheese Ball – A Mid-Century Holiday Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Dec 28, 2011 | Appetizers, Best & Worst, The BEST

So, here is the plan: Tom and I are going to eat a TON of vintage appetizers on New Year’s Eve. What do you think? Good plan? This plan has been…oh…several weeks in the making. Originally, I was going to post a vintage appetizer a week for twelve weeks, but when that...