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
In the mid-1970s, Bicentennial fever swept the nation which celebrated the 200th anniversary of the United States becoming an independent nation. There were special quarters, half dollars, and dollar coins minted between 1975 and 1976. Cities around the country had celebrations and fireworks. Museums such as the Smithsonian had special exhibits. Even Queen Elizabeth and … Continue reading McCall’s Great American Recipe Collection
If you follow my Instagram, then you might be aware that for Christmas at my sister's house, I brought a cheese ball and 7-Up Jell-O salad. I decided not to share these last month because I will admit I attempted too much for both the blog and Instagram during the holiday season. I kind of … Continue reading Pimento Cheese Party Ball
Today we are going to delve into the 1920s just one more time this week. I didn't realized that the Baby Ruth ad I posted on Monday was from the 1920s. I had done an exhaustive search way before Christmas looking for holiday centered ads and then scheduled them to post in advanced. It was … Continue reading Betty Crocker’s Gold Medal Box
Next up on the week of cookies is a recipe for sparkling ginger cooies I chose this recipe because you can tell it was one of the previous owner of the recipe box tried and true recipes. The card is far from clean with age and use signs all over it. This recipe is definitely … Continue reading Sparkling Ginger Cookies
All this week, I am going to post a cookie recipe that I have tested from my recipe box collection. Baking is a huge part of December and cookies are probably on the top of that list for most people. I will admit I always have great intentions of being like the "Cooky Lady" and baking … Continue reading Strawberry Meringue Bars
I have a collection of vintage metal recipe boxes. Sixteen to be exact with all but one full of handwritten recipes and clippings from newspapers and magazines of the past. My favorite thing to do is to flip through the curated recipes of someone's time in the kitchen. The problem is I rarely cook from … Continue reading Recipe Box: Pumpkin Cookies
I have a collection of vintage metal recipe boxes. Sixteen to be exact with all but one full of handwritten recipes and clippings from newspapers and magazines of the past. My favorite thing to do is to flip through the curated recipes of someone's time in the kitchen. The problem is I rarely cook from … Continue reading The Recipe Box: Apple Butter Bread
My next recipe box recipe is for carrot cookies. It comes from a black Chinese themed recipe box and it is a recipe that was typed on an index card. My favorite part of the card is that by the end of typing it, the writer was completely over it and was not about fixing … Continue reading Recipe Box: Carrot Cookies
Today's recipe box recipe comes from a vintage Bisquick box that amazingly still has the original dividers and recipes that came with it. This is not one of those such recipes but instead a recipe giving to the owner by a Ms. Ruth Schwartz. It most likely is a recipe card from the 70s but … Continue reading Recipe Box: Cheese Cookies
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