by RetroRuth | Aug 4, 2010 | Contests, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
Holy Cow! The Worst Mid-Century Recipe Contest marches onward, and there are plenty of horrible recipes still to choose from. Finalist #3 is a peach of a recipe from Sharon, aka Charm and Poise on Flickr, and the curator of the hilariously horrible group Gee, That...
by RetroRuth | Jul 21, 2010 | Contests, Hello Jell-O, Main Dishes
Ladies and Gentlemen! Boys and Girls! Mid-Century Aficionados of All Ages! Let me present to you the first Finalist for the Worst Mid-Century Menu Contest: Miss Marwood and her horrible Summer Salad Pie! *Muted cheering. Some gagging* I know, I know. I said I...
by RetroRuth | Jun 2, 2010 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Hello, All! Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu. I have kind of a sweet tooth this week, so I thought this would be a good chance to bake from one of my more interesting cook book finds, Mail Box News, a baking and cake decorating monthly newsletter from...
by RetroRuth | May 26, 2010 | Casserole, Main Dishes, SPAM!
Hi, Everyone!! Welcome to another great Mid-Century Menu. This week Tom and I decided to go back to one of the basics of mid-century cooking. But not gelatin. We aren’t feeling crazy enough this week to go that far. We decided to pick a tamer basic. Spam....
by RetroRuth | May 19, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes
Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare to be amazed as I waive the wand of Mid-Century Magic over humble, (mostly) nutritional ingredients and turn them into something never before seen by man! What will the magic produce this time? A piece of...
