by RetroRuth | Feb 14, 2013 | Vintage Cooking, Vintage Food Photography
From Better Homes and Garden’s Holiday Cookbook Frozen Valentine Rounds (pictured on the bottom) was tested in Feb 2012! You can check it out here.
by RetroRuth | Jan 30, 2013 | Contests, Hello Jell-O
Yes, we are still posting gelatin recipes! This lovely layered extravaganza was submitted to our Glistening and Jiggly contest by Kelly. Kelly writes: Hello Ruth, I am submitting my contest entry at the last minute, but am sure it’s a winner. It is an old family...
by RetroRuth | Jan 23, 2013 | MCMenu Fun, Tom
It’s been a fun year on Mid-Century Menu! We’ve had cakes shaped like lambs, spaghetti poured on sandwiches and gelatin shaped like…well…everything. But with all the crazy cooking we did, 10 posts stood out as absolute reader favorites. So, here are the most popular...
by RetroRuth | Jan 9, 2013 | Contests, Hello Jell-O
This tested recipe is STILL from our Gelatin Contest! Can you believe it? I never thought I would be dragging this thing out until 2013, but here you go. And we still have 11 tested gelatins yet to go, so if you submitted a recipe but haven’t seen it yet, don’t give...
by RetroRuth | Jan 2, 2013 | MCMenu Fun, Tom
I think that we can all agree that Tom puts up with a lot for this blog. Just this year alone he’s had to eat a lot of horrible gelatin, a liver pate where the secret ingredient was canned green beans and a sub with canned spaghetti on it. Plus, he’s had to put up...
by RetroRuth | Dec 10, 2012 | Appetizers, Vintage Food Photography
From The Beta Sigma Phi Holiday Cookbook, 1971
