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 23, 2010 | Desserts, Hello Jell-O, The WORST
Oh God. You know we are going to make something truly terrible when we recieve a mid-century recipe from reader that has fascinated and horrified them for months, but also freaks them out too much for them to make it! Thanks to reader Miss Marwood, who sent us 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 | Jun 17, 2009 | Main Dishes, Pork
Hello everyone! Welcome to this week’s mid-century menu. This week I tried a recipe from one of my new cookbooks that I recently bought at the Midland Antiques Festival. I was lucky enough to find a whole pile of these little cookbooks for pretty cheap at one...