Here is a perfect punch for Valentine's Day (or anytime a pink-colored punch is needed} which I came across in a 1967 newspaper. According to the article, a lot of readers write in to the paper inquiring about festive love day themed punches around this time of the year. This recipe was the answer to … Continue reading 1967 Valentine’s Day Pink Punch
Category: Vintage or Retro Recipes
1962 Christmas Cookies Buffet
I always try to do a cookie recipe this time of the year because you know Christmas cookies are a thing that people like to do. So when trying to find what cookie recipe that should be, I found a photo of a cookie buffet in the 1962 A Treasury of Holiday Treats: Fabulous Foods from the … Continue reading 1962 Christmas Cookies Buffet
The History of Peanut Blossom Cookies
This is a cookie that I am quite familiar with and not because Peanut Blossoms were made a lot in my family. It is more that whenever cookies were gifted to us, these cookies inevitably made an appearance. As a kid, these cookies were the best of both worlds as you got a cookie and … Continue reading The History of Peanut Blossom Cookies
1939 Thanksgiving Menu: The Dessert
As I mentioned in the introduction post to this menu, the original pie recipe did not work. It was supposed to make two pies but there was enough filling for three. The filling was so liquidy the crust just could not bake resulting in a soggy or really raw bottom. There was either a huge … Continue reading 1939 Thanksgiving Menu: The Dessert
1939 Thanksgiving Menu: The Main Course
Seeing as there were no starters for this menu, let us get right down to the main course. In case you didn't read yesterday's post, I made a Thanksgiving meal from a 1939 menu I found in a newspaper. On the menu were turkey, dressing, giblet gravy, orange sweet potatoes, creamed onions with cream cheese, … Continue reading 1939 Thanksgiving Menu: The Main Course
1939 Thanksgiving Menu
Last year I followed a Thanksgiving Menu from the 1970s and the year before a Thanksgiving Menu from 1963. Seeing this is now a tradition on my blog, I decided to do it again. For the past two years, I picked menus from cookbooks which were Southern Living: Holiday cookbook and Better Homes and Garden Birthday and Family Celebrations. This year I … Continue reading 1939 Thanksgiving Menu
The Gelatin Diaries: Ruby Cranberry Ring
This is the continuing saga of me trying to figure out the popularity of gelatin recipes from the 1920s to the 1970s. Each month, I randomly pick a recipe from a jar filled with the good, the bad and the savory gelatin recipes to see which ones were worth it and which ones should stay … Continue reading The Gelatin Diaries: Ruby Cranberry Ring
Jimmy Carter’s “Plains Special” Cheese Ring
Jimmy Carter served as the 39th president of the United States. He was also a state senator as well as the governor of the state of Georgia. He was born and still lives in Plains, Georgia hence the name "Plains special". Carter is also a prolific author and a philanthropist who is a frequent volunteer … Continue reading Jimmy Carter’s “Plains Special” Cheese Ring
1930s Witches Donut Delight and Cauldron Punch
Like I promised yesterday when I gave a 1930s doughnut recipe, here is a super-easy way that a 1939 newspaper article offered up to give a doughnut a special twist on Halloween plus a 1930s punch recipe. Also if you want to read about Halloween and the doughnut the blog post is right here. First up is … Continue reading 1930s Witches Donut Delight and Cauldron Punch
1930s Doughnuts Recipe
Last year I wrote about Halloween and the Doughnut. If you are interested in reading it I will link it here. Basically, it talks about how the doughnut was quite a Halloween tradition from at least the 1930s. I didn't include a doughnut recipe last year because of the crazy year that was 2020 and just … Continue reading 1930s Doughnuts Recipe
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