by RetroRuth | Jan 13, 2010 | Hello Jell-O, Salads, SPAM!
I love the Mid-Century Menu for so many reasons. Well, not for taste reasons, but there are a lot of other good reasons the Mid-Century Menu is awesome. One of them is that it gives me an excuse for my ridiculously huge cookbook collection. Another is that it gives...
by RetroRuth | Jan 6, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes
Welcome to the first Mid-Century Menu of the year! I know you all have eagerly awaiting this moment, as Tom and I both have, to see if this will be a good meal or a bad one. See, I kinda figure this is like Groundhog’s Day for the Menu, if this Menu sees its...
by RetroRuth | Nov 25, 2009 | Beef, Main Dishes
Wow, check out the piece of meat on the cover of this cookbook. Appetizing, huh? It is no surprise that this is the cookbook that I chose the Mid-Century Menu out of this week. It is 250 Ways to Prepare Meat by the Culinary Arts Institute, published in 1942. This is...
by RetroRuth | Nov 18, 2009 | Appetizers, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! I hope everyone is getting excited about the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday. I know I am. My parents are coming up to spend Thanksgiving with us and then spend a few days hanging out with us and watching movies and...
by RetroRuth | Nov 11, 2009 | Desserts, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, The BEST
Welcome to another week of the Mid-Century Menu! Honestly, I am surprised this feature has gone one as long as it has. I thought for sure that it would become too disgusting for us to continue, but Tom and I have persevered through all the stinky, nasty dishes and...
by RetroRuth | Nov 4, 2009 | Main Dishes, Pork
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! This week Tom and I picked a great recipe out of Favorite Recipes of Michigan Meats, although I am not sure if any meats, especially Michigan meats, actually do have favorite recipes or not. Hey, I don’t make them...
