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I loved going to my grandparents’ house on Saturdays. My siblings and I would watch cartoons–in COLOR–on their television set. But color TV wasn’t the only treat. My grandmother always had a fresh batch of chocolate chip cookies available for our enjoyment. And we did! I found this neatly typed recipe card in my . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Chocolate Chip Cookie-Bars {Vintage Recipe} Annette Funicello and Frankie Avalon. I was saddened to learn about Annette Funicello’s passing last week. My first memories of her were from her beach movies with Frankie Avalon. For me, summer doesn’t begin until I’ve had a chance to watch them in all of their campy glory. Later, the Micky Mouse Club . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Beach Blanket Beverage {Vintage Recipe} Until I read the notation in my grandmother’s cookbook that Hot Cross Buns were a Good Friday tradition, I never made the connection between the crosses on top of the buns and the symbolism of Good Friday. The buns are delicious and fairly quick and easy to make thanks to Rapid Rise yeast. Instead . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Hot Cross Buns {Vintage Recipe}  2 comments - (Comments are closed)  Baking, Cooking, Recipe, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe  Good Friday, Vintage baking Like many Americans, I had my first taste of corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day. But here’s the deal, it is really more of an Irish-American dish rather than a true Irish meal. No matter its origins, I love, love, love corned beef (I will never turn down a Reuben sandwich) and . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Corned Beef and Cabbage {Vintage Recipe} 5 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Monday Menu Madness, Recipe, Vintage Recipe cabbage, Cooking, Corned Beef, St. Patrick's Day meal I’m always on the lookout for fruit based desserts. This recipe is from the same recipe clipping notebook as the lasagne recipe. This dessert recipe is by Mrs. G.L. Holms of Bergenfield, NJ. It was published in the February, 1948, issue of Better Homes and Gardens. The recipe calls for drained fruit cocktail. But . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Lush Mush {Vintage Recipe} 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Monday Menu Madness, Recipe, Vintage Recipe Cooking, dessert One day I was in an upscale thrift store when I saw a “United States Government Manual” cloth covered notebook. Intrigued, I took a look and had trouble containing myself at my discovery. The notebook contained about 15 years’ worth of magazine recipe clippings spanning the World War II years up until the late . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Friday Lasagne {Vintage Meatless Recipe) 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Monday Menu Madness, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe Lent, Meatless meal This recipe is from my grandmother’s well-worn-held-together-by-librarian’s-book-tape 1950s era cookbook. And, these really are as good as they sound. And look. They go fast in our house. And, yes, I’m the guilty party. I use powdered baking cocoa instead of melted baking chocolate. Just follow the directions on the side of the canister. One . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Chocolate Pinwheel Cookies This is a tailgating, football watching testosterone extravaganza recipe. We especially enjoyed it while watching the San Francisco 49ers rout beat the Green Bay Packers. To tell you the truth, I almost didn’t try this recipe because it didn’t appeal to me and I wasn’t sure The Mister would like it, . . . → Read More: Monday Menu: Chili Con Wiener 4 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Recipe, Vintage Recipe Chil, Super Bowl party, Tailgating Food Hoppin’ John is a traditional soup served in the South on New Year’s Day to bring good luck in the coming year. There are about as many versions of Hoppin’ John as there our regions in the South. This recipe is adapted from two New Year’s Day recipes in the United States Regional Cookbook, . . . → Read More: Hoppin’ John {Vintage Recipe} One comment - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe Cooking, Ham and Bean soup, New Year's Day Recipe There is just something soothing about the fragrance of mulled cider in Autumn. This recipe comes from a 1939 New England regional cookbook and has become my husband’s favorite Autumn-time hot drink. The original recipe calls for 7 whole allspice but I can’t seem to find it anywhere. I substituted the equivalent . . . → Read More: Menu Monday: Mulled Cider {Recipe} 2 comments - (Comments are closed) home economics, Monday Menu Madness, Recipe, Vintage Recipe Thanksgiving menus |
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