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Shirley Booth’s Pumpkin Bread

October 1, 2021October 1, 20211 Comment

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

The Lucky Seven Sandwich

September 24, 2021June 30, 20222 Comments

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 … Continue reading The Lucky Seven Sandwich

Vintage Campbell’s Soup Ads Featuring Merchandise from the 1960s

September 17, 20211 Comment

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. 

The Gelatin Diaries: Blueberry Deluxe Salad

September 10, 2021September 8, 2021Leave a comment

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: Blueberry Deluxe Salad

History of Thousand Island Dressing

September 3, 2021September 4, 20213 Comments

So did I grow up with Thousand Island dressing? Well yes and no. My brother quite liked it and would get it for his salads the special occasions my mother would take us kids to a restaurant. I will admit I was way more of a Ranch kid. It also was not a salad dressing … Continue reading History of Thousand Island Dressing

Minnie Pearl’s Corn Light Bread

August 27, 2021September 14, 20216 Comments

HOWW DEEE! Before there was "You might be a redneck", "Here's your sign", "Git-R-Done" or "Tater Salad", there was Minnie Pearl. Pearl was the stage persona of comedian Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon. Known for her straw hat with the hanging price tag, Minnie Pearl was a regular on the Grand Ole Opry stage since 1940 … Continue reading Minnie Pearl’s Corn Light Bread

The Gelatin Diaries: Coconut Mounds

July 30, 2021September 14, 2021Leave a comment

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: Coconut Mounds

Rose Marie’s Dream Cake

July 23, 2021August 28, 20211 Comment

Rose Marie is without a doubt most known for playing Sally Rogers on the Dick Van Dyke Show but in her long career, she was doing so much more from singing, acting to comedy. I just found out that she started her career at five years old in 1929 as a child singer called Baby … Continue reading Rose Marie’s Dream Cake

The History of Harvey Wallbanger Cake

July 16, 2021July 16, 2021Leave a comment

I did not grow up with this cake. As a kid the name thoroughly confused me, I never understood why someone would eat something called Harvey Wallbanger. Actually both my parents who became tweens in the early 1970s did not grow up with this cake either. They both hail from working class blue-collar families so … Continue reading The History of Harvey Wallbanger Cake

Carol Burnett’s Raspberry Riches Cake

April 23, 2021May 5, 20213 Comments

Carol Burnett is probably most famously known for, depending on your age, The Carol Burnett Show or the movie Annie. This funny lady has had a career that has lasted seven decades and she has done it all from writing, acting, and singing with projects in television, film, and Broadway. She has been on The … Continue reading Carol Burnett’s Raspberry Riches Cake

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So #retroroulette What’s Cooking prompt this week is one of my favorites. Anything that has to do vintage recipes, kitchens and cookbooks I am hear for! Here is many pictures of my vintage cookbook collection from all through the 20th century. Also my Instagram as well as my blog Quaint Cooking is dedicated to vintage cooking! I love delving into the origins of old recipes or flipping through an old recipe box filled with handwritten recipes cultivated from someone’s life! #vintagecookbooks #vintagecookbook #vintagerecipes #booklover #bookcollector #vintage #1920s #1930s #1950s #1960s #1970s #secondhand #bookstagram #quaintcooking
I will admit that I am not a fan of coconut but I could overlook it for this cake. It is delicious and easy to make yellow cake with a simple broiled coconut frosting. Lazy Daisy cake has been a cake that has had its followers from the 1930s through to the 1970s. If you want to know the history and the origins of the slightly different but very similar version from Quaker Oats while seeing some old advertisements check out my blog. Both recipes are on Quaint Cooking as well! Also let me know if remember or was this a favorite? #lazydaisycake #vintagecakes #classiccakes #cakesofinstagram #bakestagram #coconut #easyrecipes #1930s #1940s #1950s #1960s #1970s #quaintcooking
Bob Newhart is an actor and comedian. Depending on your age, you may know him by his 1960s comedy albums, either of his tv shows The Bob Newhart Show (70s) or Newhart (80s), the movie Elf or from his guest appearances on The Big Bang Theory. On my blog Quaint Cooking, I shared his recipe or rather his wife Ginnie’s recipe for a carrot mold. Don’t worry there is no gelatin anywhere near this for those who run that even the slightest mention! This is baked and has a texture like a corn pudding. Ginnie finished it off with some peas but it could easily be update with lightly dressed mixed greens.
So picture it. It was the mid 1970s in America and Bicentennial fever was starting to take over. There were special coins, stamps, tv programs and museum displays. All around the country, towns and cities celebrated the 200th birthday of the United States. So like any good capitalists nation, brands started using Americana and red, white and blue in their packaging and advertising. One such instant was the McCall’s Great American Recipe Card Collection created to celebrate this occasion with a very 70s-centric view of popular national and regional dishes. On my blog I explained how you could acquire such set in the 1970s as well as old ads from newspapers. Also, if you want to see all the different sections, check out my stories. #1970s #seventies #recipebox #mccalls #americana #bicentennial #recipecards #mccallsgreatamericanrecipecardcollection #vintagerecipecards #vintagerecipebox #kitsch #retro #foodblog #quaintcooking
Today on the blog I posted about cookbook author Grace Zia Chu. She was one of first to teach Americans about Chinese cooking. Starting with classes in New York City and then traveling to do cooking demonstrations around the country. Two cookbooks were published as a result of those classes, The Pleasures of Chinese Cooking (1962) and Madame Chu’s Chinese Cooking School (1975). This was all accomplished after turning fifty and highlights that you can pivot to other opportunities later in life! Check it out on my blog Quaint Cooking. Link in the bio. #graceziachu #thepleasuresofchinesecooking #madamechu’schinesecookingschool #1960s #1970s #chinesefood #chinesecuisine #chinesecooking #vintagecookbooks #quaintcooking
On Quaint Cooking, I posted about the origins of pineapple upside down cake. Check it on out to see some cool old advertisements. As a side note, man did I have so much trouble getting this picture. First somehow I forgot the egg. Luckily it fairly worked out just had more of a crumble to the texture. Then, even though I have made this cake before, this time it wanted to stick. Of course this all happens when I didn’t have an extra can of pineapple to make another cake and of course I was not going to leave the house for one ingredient. Plus I grabbed the blue platter instead of the white one. Though if that is the worst thing for me today then I think I am in pretty good shape. Eventually I will redo it all just not today! #pineappleupsidedowncake #pineapple #maraschinocherries #midcentury #vintage #retro #kitschy #easydesserts #classiccakes #fruit #sweettreats #quaintcooking

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