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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 . . . → Read More: Menu Monday: Remarkable Fudge 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 . . . → Read More: From the Archives: What to do with Thanksgiving Leftovers  Comments are closed  Cooking from Scratch, updated vintage recipe, 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 . . . → 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 . . . → Read More: Grandma Lois’ Tuna Casserole 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe recipe card box, tuna casserole In yesterday’s post, I mentioned that the Thanksgiving menus from 50 years ago were much smaller than today’s over-abundant meals. Today, we get to see one of those meals in action. In this film from 1951, young children are taught table manners and how to behave at a Thanksgiving meal so that everyone enjoys themselves. . . . → Read More: Theatrical Thursday: Dining Together (1951) 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 . . . → Read More: Chocolate Mayo Cake 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, Vintage Recipe chocolate mayonnaise Recipe Card #20: Ways With Peppers Inspired by the book/film Julie & Julia, I’ve decided to work my way through one or more of my vintage cookbooks. But which one(s)? As I was rooting through the closet turned cookbook bookshelf, I came across a plastic orange box filled with Betty Crocker recipes that my . . . → Read More: Ways With Peppers Like a lot of people, I love fried chicken. Despite my family raving about my chicken, I always thought that it was a little dry (especially if I cooked it without the skin and bones) or that the crispy coating was a little too burnt. My basic “go to” recipe was an oven fried variation from the . . . → Read More: Take That, KFC! The fun of having “too many” vintage cookbooks is that I can try out similar recipes from different sources. Last April, I took Strawberry Petal Pie with me to Easter dinner at my brother and sister-in-law’s house. In July, I made strawberry pie using a recipe from my World War II era Betty Crocker cookbook. . . . → Read More: More Strawberry Pie Experimentation Over on Facebook, Ellen wanted to know what she could do with a head of cabbage–none of her “go-to” recipes were thrilling her this morning. For Ellen, I want to share one of my new favorite salads: Carrot-Raisin Salad from 1963 McCall’s Cookbook. It is different than traditional carrot salads because it incorporates cabbage. It . . . → Read More: Carrot-Raisin Salad |
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