Phyllis Diller was a comedian who one of the first female standups to be a household name making many appearances on such shows as Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In and What's My Line?. Her self deprecating and eccentric stage persona was known for her crazy hair, clothes and her exaggerated laugh. She had a long career that … Continue reading Phyllis Diller’s Stuffed Mushrooms
Monday I talked about Poppy Cannon and the inspiration behind her most popular cookbook The Can Opener Cookbook. Today and Friday I will be talking about the recipes you can find in the cookbook. Most recipes in the book use a convenience product to cut down the time it takes to create a meal. It … Continue reading Poppy Cannon and a Can of Corned Beef Hash
The day finally came..... Today is the day that I picked a savory gelatin salad out of the jar. Luckily (...sort of I guess) it was a simple salad that just mixes some raw veggies into the gelatin mixture that is flavored with vinegar and grated onion. So no crazy deviled egg or seafood gelatin … Continue reading The Gelatin Diaries: Vegetable Salad
The next recipe I am making from my recipe box collection is Apple Pudding Pie. It hails from a Syndicate Manufacturing Company box that has bright blue and yellow flowers with accents of green. This particular recipe was cut out of a newspaper and glued on to an index card. Unfortunately there is no indication … Continue reading Recipe Box: Apple Pudding Pie
In Peg Bracken's Appendix to The I Hate To Cook Book, there is a dessert recipe simply titled "The Cake". No descriptors or cute names just The Cake. It sat there in the back of my mind wondering about this cake recipe. It uses a box cake mix that she doctors up with some instant … Continue reading Peg Bracken’s The Cake
Besides collecting old cookbooks, I also LOVE vintage metal recipe boxes. I now have fifteen in my collection. The best part is that I have been lucky to find all but one full of handwritten recipes or clipped snippets from magazines, newspapers and the back of boxes. My favorite thing to do is to flip … Continue reading Recipe Box: Ham and Broccoli Casserole
Chicken a la King was extremely popular in the 50s and 60s. So popular that you would think it was created during that time period but it was actually created in the late 19th century. It was such a prevalent dish during the mid century that writer Calvin Trillin was wondering where its whereabouts … Continue reading The History of Chicken A La King
The next installment in my gelatin journey was out of a 1950s Joys of Jello. This time I filled a jar with a whole bunch of different gelatin recipes to be chosen at random. I won't lie my heart was pounding a bit wondering if this will be the time I choose a chicken mousse … Continue reading The Gelatin Diaries: Ring Around The Fruit
