by Erica | Mar 2, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Sandwiches & Pies
The mid-century kitchen wasn’t all about jello and tomato soup. Sometimes, they just made sandwiches. Tuna Fish-Apple Sandwiches – Mid-Century Recipe Guest Test Sunday Author: Linda Douglas Ingredients 1 7-oz. can tuna fish 1/2 cup red skinned apple, diced 1...
by RetroRuth | Feb 19, 2014 | Fish, Main Dishes
Who would like a nice, steaming bowl of cobbler? Crab cobbler, that is! I was actually excited to test this one out, because it had been a winner in the Pillsbury 5th Grand National. But Crab Cobbler sounded so strange to me. Not just the ingredients, but also the...
by Erica | Feb 16, 2014 | Eggs, Guest Bloggers
If you’ve been reading Mid-Century Menu long enough, you’re used to tomato soup going into cake. Not just once, but twice. But it can also be dumped on top of an omelet. SOUPER. Souper Special Omelet Author: Campbell’s Soup (1958) Ingredients 2 tbsp....
by Erica | Feb 2, 2014 | Casserole, Chicken, Guest Bloggers
A mid-century recipe is just slightly more fun with a strange name. This, for example, looks like “insane pasta chicken corn casserole,” but Del Monte’s marketing department felt that “chicken cornetti” would be a much more appealing...
by RetroRuth | Jan 29, 2014 | Appetizers, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats
This week we have a fun recipe. This is a “1970’s does 1950’s” recipe that we found in our very awesome 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection from 1977. And it’s for an Old-Fashioned Indoor Weenie Roast! The card states: What better to go with an Old Fashioned...
by Erica | Jan 19, 2014 | Bread and Pastries, Guest Bloggers, Pork
By Erica According to the advertisement, this is going to be a “man-pleasin’ main dish.” And unfortunately all I have running through my head right now is highly inappropriate jokes about sausages. Sausage Corn Bread Supper – Mid-Century Recipe Guest...
