I first had a dump cake at a work potluck. I had never heard of it before but looking back I find that weird. If my mother had known about dump cakes, the recipe would have been one of her go tos. It was a low effort but a high reward recipe. Those were what … Continue reading The History of Dump Cake
Here is the last part of the Christmas buffet and if you want to read the first two posts click here and here. I have been creating the Christmas buffet out of a 1956 Christmas booklet called A Merry Christmas at Your House. This is a bit delayed but I do have a reason for … Continue reading 1956 Christmas Buffet: Part Three
Yesterday I talked about the the first part of this buffet which was the cookies and candy. Like I said in that post, I am following a 1956 Christmas buffet they called "The Open House Snack Table". This is from a little booklet called A Merry Christmas at Your House. Today I will be talking … Continue reading 1956 Christmas Buffet: Part Two
So there is this little 1956 Christmas booklet that I acquired at an estate sale. It is called A Merry Christmas at Your House. It looks to be a booklet that a company could buy and put their name on to hand out to employees as a "Christmas card". This one was given out by … Continue reading 1956 Christmas Buffet: Part One
I have been working my through a 1970s Thanksgiving menu from the Southern Living: The Holiday Cookbook. The last part of the menu of course is dessert. Unlike the dessert part of the 1963 Thanksgiving menu I did last year which consisted of mincemeat pie, hard sauce and coffee, this one was just simply a … Continue reading 1970s Thanksgiving Menu: The Dessert
So now we are on to the main course portion of the menu. I talked about the appetizer portion here if you are interested. This is a Thanksgiving menu from the Southern Living: The Holiday Cookbook. On the menu was turkey, harvest apple salad, dressing, sweet potato topped apples, corn soufflé, and Parmesan green beans … Continue reading 1970s Thanksgiving Menu: Main Course
So as I mentioned here, I made a 1970s Thanksgiving menu from the Southern Living: The Holiday Cookbook. Today I will be talking about the appetizers or starters, if that is more your jam. On the menu was originally smoked salmon, cream of pumpkin soup and hot spiced vineyard cup. Like I mentioned in that … Continue reading 1970s Thanksgiving Menu: Appetizers
Last year I followed a Thanksgiving Menu from the 1963 Better Homes and Gardens Birthdays and Family Celebrations. I had quite a bit of fun and decided that I would do it again. So early this year I had picked a menu from the 1950s but with everything going on this year it was not … Continue reading 1970s Thanksgiving Menu
I don't think most of us nowadays immediately think of doughnuts and Halloween. Though, many of us who grew up in the eighties and nineties have fond memories of the Dunkin Donut's Munchkins at school birthday parties. It is not that doughnuts are not an important part of fall (I see you apple cider doughnut) … Continue reading Halloween and the Doughnut
This is not a salad I grew up with at all. I actually did not even know three bean salad existed until I moved to the South in my teen years and saw it on the shelves in grocery stores. My mother was known for her macaroni and potato salads which were often requested for … Continue reading The History of Three Bean Salad
