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. 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 the … Continue reading 1939 Thanksgiving Menu
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 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
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
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
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: Gelatin Cookies
I weirdly remember exactly how I learned about Green Goddess dressing. It was during an episode of Rachel Ray's 30 Minute Meals though for the life of me I can't remember what else was made in the episode. I do remember her talking about it being popular in the 1970s and it was not unusual … Continue reading The History Of Green Goddess Dressing
Shirley Booth is probably most known for her role as a live-in maid on the 1960s television sitcom Hazel but she had an amazing career before that point. She got her start in 1925 on Broadway in which she had a long career on stage acting in The Philadelphia Story, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Come Back, Little … Continue reading Shirley Booth’s Pumpkin Bread
I had some leftover homemade Thousand Island dressing from The History of Thousand Island Dressing post and I decided to try a sandwich that kept popping up in 1970s newspapers during the research. So I did a quick search for the catchy named "Lucky Seven" sandwich which is aptly named due to the fact it uses seven … Continue reading The Lucky Seven Sandwich
1968 1969 1969 1970 Here are some Campbell's advertisements featuring the merchandise you could send in for. Did anyone own any of these items or still do? I personally have the M'm! M'm! Good! record. I found it at a thrift store for one dollar and it made me giggle so I bought it.
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