As I talked about in yesterday's post, I created a menu from 1931 and both recipes given below hail from The Silent Hostess by General Electric. Today I will be talking about the appetizers for this menu which were shrimp cocktail, stuffed celery, and ripe olives. Ok, well it was actually supposed to be just … Continue reading 1931 Thanksgiving Menu: Appetizers
So here is my annual Thanksgiving tradition of following a vintage menu. A little late but here nonetheless. Ok so in case you didn’t know, I have done menus from 1963, 1970s, 1939, and 1958. This year I wanted to do an easy menu because shopping for groceries this year has been WILD. Y’all saw … Continue reading 1931 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 Gelatin Diaries: 1932 Crimson Crystal Dessert
This is a cake that I see sooooooo often in community cookbooks and it has been on my "To Bake" list for what seems like forever. How could it not be? It is a cake made with mayonnaise. (Spoilers I know!) Either way it turns out you have a great story. Though seeing as it … Continue reading The History of Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake or the $100 Cake
What ingredients are in Tamale Pie? Though this post is about tamale pie I would be remiss not to quickly mention the inspiration which is the tamale. The tamale is a traditional Mexican dish that dates back to the days of the Aztecs. It is a dough made of masa that is usually stuffed with … Continue reading The History of Tamale Pie
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
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
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
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
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