by RetroRuth | Nov 3, 2010 | Desserts, Main Dishes, Side Dishes & Salads
We have a fun Mid-Century Menu this week. The recipes from this week come from Betty Feezor’s Best TV-Tested Recipes. This book was given to me by a co-worker of Tom’s, who apparently loves to see Tom eating questionable dinners because this is the second...
by RetroRuth | Oct 6, 2010 | Hello Jell-O, Salads, Vegetables
Whew! This post is ANOTHER entry from the Mid-Century Menu Worst Recipe Contest. It is the second to last one, and am I ever happy about that! You guys really came up with some doozies for us to choke down. This horrifying combo comes from Gabrielle, who writes: I...
by RetroRuth | Jul 28, 2010 | Contests, Hello Jell-O, Salads
Ohhhhhh, baby. Check this out! This week we have excitement, mayhem, craziness and canned salmon! In gelatin! Seriously! The finalist for this week’s menu is really something else. I got this horrifying recipe from Adriane L., who wrote: I’m submitting...
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 | Sep 16, 2009 | Beans, Side Dishes & Salads
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! Since we are doing Mid-Century Christmas here at the blog, I decided to do a holiday meal to fit in with the theme and get everyone into the spirit! Hubs was pretty excited when he found out that I would be making...
by RetroRuth | Mar 25, 2009 | Beans, Side Dishes & Salads
So, Hubs and I had an idea the other day. I have a TON of vintage cookbooks that I have collected over the years, and I love to dig through them and try recipes. I was talking to Hubs about featuring a recipe every week on the blog from one of my cookbooks and...
