by RetroRuth | Sep 30, 2009 | Eggs, Hello Jell-O
Well, we’ve finally done it. I didn’t think the Mid-Century Menu could sink any lower, but it has. This is it people, the final 1950’s culinary atrocity. Gelatin. You heard me. I am breaking into the 1950’s gelatin salad craze, quite...
by RetroRuth | Sep 23, 2009 | Chicken, Main Dishes
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! For those of you who don’t know, this is my favorite feature on the blog, the one where I get to cook weird things out of vintage cookbooks and feed them to my husband for dinner. Delicious. In any case, this...
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 | Sep 2, 2009 | Beef, Main Dishes
Hello everyone! Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, where I pick a recipe from my vast array of vintage cookbooks and make it for dinner, forcing my husband to eat it no matter what. In all fairness, he is excited to eat the sometimes noxious concoctions,...
by RetroRuth | Aug 19, 2009 | Main Dishes, SPAM!
Happy Mid-Century Menu, everyone! Oh, wait. I guess I mean, happy Wednesday. Wednesday has pretty much become Mid-Century Menu day around our house. And what is the Mid-Century Menu? Take one vintage cookbook, add one man who will eat anything and you have the...
