by RetroRuth | Dec 2, 2009 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Happy Wednesday, All! So, for this Christmas I decided I was going to give Tom a break from the Mid-Century Menu for dinner for a month. I decided it would be a nice change to do something GOOD for a while. Besides, with Thanksgiving past and done my mind has...
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 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...
by RetroRuth | Oct 28, 2009 | Fish, Main Dishes
Rice, rice, rice, rice! This week on the Mid-Century Menu, we dive into the field of rice recipes and rice preparation. The book on the left is 75 Glamorous Rice Dishes Economical, Too published by the Louisiana State Rice Milling Company, Inc., makers of Water-Maid...
