by RetroRuth | Aug 23, 2017 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
For quite some time I’ve been wanting to do a series of desserts made with meat or meat drippings. This were very common, everyday “make do” recipes that lots of housewives would make for every day desserts, especially during tough times. I’ve...
by RetroRuth | Jun 8, 2016 | Desserts, Pie
It’s that time of year again! It’s time for Pieathalon! Thanks again to Yinzerella from Dinner is Served 1972 for hosting the Pieathalon for the 3rd year in a row! This is always a fun vintage recipe swap. In the past I have gotten (sort of) lucky with an...
by RetroRuth | Jul 22, 2015 | Casserole, Main Dishes
This week I decided that everyone needed some pie. But because this is Mid-Century Menu, the pie is mostly corn. This is Corn Pie! Corn Pie Author: Calvary Cookbook, 1963 Ingredients 3 Tbls butter 1 chopped onion 1 green pepper, cut in julienne strips 3/4 cup tomatoes...
by RetroRuth | Dec 18, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
In preparation for the upcoming Five Days of Fruitcake here on the blog (starting on Friday, 12/20!) I thought I would pull this unusual, and somewhat controversial, fruitcake from our archive! Pork cake made us laugh and it made us cry, but the one thing that it...
by RetroRuth | Oct 2, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
My obsession with weird-ingredient desserts continues. This week we are making a cake with a fun addition: Pinto Beans! It’s called, unsurprisingly, Pinto Bean Cake. I found this recipe in a stash of newspaper clippings from the 1970’s that I recently bought on eBay....
