by RetroRuth | Apr 28, 2010 | Desserts, Pork, The WORST
Holy Cow!!! We have a ketchup-covered whopper of a Mid-Century Menu for you guys today. Gah. This weekend during our thrifting trip, we stumbled on what just might be one of the craziest mid-century cookbooks ever: 57 Prize-Winning Recipes From H.J. Heinz Co. I...
by RetroRuth | Apr 21, 2010 | Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
It’s Wednesday again, and time for this week’s Mid-Century Menu! This week Tom and I decided to have a little fun and dive back into a cookbook that we found absolutely hilarious. A victim of the “Western” phase, 101 Ideas for a Quick and...
by RetroRuth | Apr 14, 2010 | Main Dishes, Pork, Sandwiches & Pies
Welcome to another Mid-Century Menu!!! This week we are again cooking out of the Bisquick Cook Book, which you all remember is the origins of the amazingly delicious Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, which was made by me and by Sara with great results. Today we are going...
by RetroRuth | Mar 3, 2010 | Desserts, Main Dishes, Pasta
Happy Wednesday, All! Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, where this week we are delving way back to the 1930’s, where Mueller’s has been “keeping faith with the American Housewife ever since the Sixties.” And yes, that would be the...
by RetroRuth | Jan 27, 2010 | Main Dishes, Pasta
Even though I try not to cook out of the same cookbook twice in a row, the Prize Winning Recipes from American Beauty Macaroni was calling to me again this week. Since the mediocre sucess that was Mexican Macaroni Casserole last week, not much has changed for this...
by RetroRuth | Jan 20, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes, Pork
Welcome to another Mid-Century Menu!! This week we are cooking out of a kind of fun little cookbook I found while on vacation this summer. It is Prize Winning Recipes (made better with American Beauty Macaroni Products) or Institutional Cooking At Home. Just...
