Well, I managed to do it. It is hard to admit but I think everyone has figured it out, already. I put too much on my plate. I went to the super buffet and loaded it up because I forgot that I could take seconds. Each item on my plate brings me tremendous joy (most of . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Ode to Saran Wrap (c. 1956)
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 One comment - (Comments are closed)  Cooking from Scratch, Theatrical Thursday, Vintage School Films, home economics  freezer cooking, Once a Month Cooking Photo Courtesy of MikeZ on Flickr The Man of The Place loved good things to eat…Trying to make him think I was a wonder of a wife I gratified this appetite, until at last, when planning the dinner for a feast day, I discovered to my horror that there was nothing extra I could cook to . . . → Read More: Restaurant Quality? No Thank You. He’ll Take Home Cooking Yesterday, I shared with you how we used to make styrofoam Christmas ornaments, amongst other things, when I was a child. Like many other families, we also used to make and decorate cookies. It is a tradition I still try to maintain with my nieces and nephews. One year, we made candy cane cookies. I loved those . . . → Read More: Candy Cane Cookies
Okay, so the title has “menu” in it but I’m only giving you a recipe for fudge. But it is the Christmas season and I can’t let it go by us without offering up the recipe for “Remarkable Fudge.” I am not absolutely positive, but I am pretty sure that this is the . . . → Read More: Menu Monday: Remarkable Fudge Are you tired of turkey, yet? I bought a pasta salad at the school cafeteria, yesterday, and discovered that the meat on the top of it was turkey and not chicken like usual. It made me wonder how old it was! I decided that I would share a pork chop recipe with you today instead of . . . → Read More: Tuesday Tasting: Pork Chop Escallop I’ve been in the kitchen on and off today preparing for tomorrow’s dinner at my sister’s house. It is a mess. I’m making up a recipe for sausage dressing/stuffing as I go along. I’ll let you know how it turns out. And, apparently my 9″ pie plates have all shrunk because it took three of . . . → Read More: From the Archives: What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers Comments are closed Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe, updated vintage recipe Thanksgiving leftovers Pumpkin Pecan Pie by Mrs. Myron Leitz I love pumpkin pie. Well, homemade pumpkin pie. I usually end up disliking the pumpkin pies that I order at a restaurant. And the frozen pies? *phhht* Why bother? My Honey loves pecan pie. He tells me not to bake any pecan pies for him because it would be too . . . → Read More: Pumpkin Pecan Pie From the Desk of…Grandma Lois About a month ago, my mother asked me to help her sort through her cookbooks. She was correct in her belief that I wouldn’t want most of them but thought I might like a couple. Most of the cookbooks were fairly recent (meaning, less than 10 years old) and have been . . . → Read More: Grandma Lois’ Tuna Casserole 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe recipe card box, tuna casserole After our friend Deborah Laux had mentioned that she was the keeper of a family recipe for Chocolate Mayonnaise Cake, I begged her to send it to me so that I could share it with the Modern Retro Woman community. In her email she writes, My childhood was littered with Chocolate Mayonnaise Cakes – the only cake . . . → Read More: Chocolate Mayo Cake 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, Vintage Recipe chocolate mayonnaise It’s autumn, my favorite time of year! And, even though it means triple digit temperatures caused by winds off of the desert where I live now, all of those years of living in locations with four seasons has changed my DNA so that I start craving a good homemade soup. So, in honor of the Autumnal . . . → Read More: It’s Autumn and that Means Soup! One comment - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, updated vintage recipe vegetable soup |
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