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Dear Friends, Like many people from large families, we draw names for Christmas gifts and put a $20-25 limit on how much we can spend on the gift (either for the actual gift or the supplies for said gift). This past Christmas, my youngest sister drew my name. When I was spending a couple of . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Pizza Rustica Mystery Salad recipe found in my grandmother's green recipe box. Personal collection. Dear Friends, Unearthing old family or magazine recipes can be fun. But they often cause consternation because they use measurement terms that aren’t common anymore. For instance, if you use the recipe in the title, you will end up with 27 gallons . . . → Read More: Just Add One Firkin of Lemon Lime Soda to One Runlet of Cranberry Juice When we left my bread making adventure the other day, we wondered whether the bread would continue to rise enough for us to have it with dinner that night. It didn’t. Around 6:00, the dough had finally risen. Punched down and shaped before resting for 15 minutes.
Dough cut into four . . . → Read More: Let Us Make Bread Together (On Our Knees) Part 2  Comments are closed  Baking, Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, home economics, Vintage Recipe  Hand cranked bread maker, ideal 1950's housewife I’ve mentioned before that music is the gateway to my soul. I grew up surrounded by church music and singing in youth choirs. There are times an old-time hymn will start playing in my head to bring me comfort and reassurance, especially on days like today when I’m feeling frustrated by this holding pattern that . . . → Read More: Let Us Make Bread Together (On Our Knees) Part 1 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Baking, Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, home economics, Vintage Recipe Hand cranked bread maker, ideal 1950's housewife We will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the United States next week. This Turkey Glace recipe was originally published on December 9, 2008. It really is a great “what do I do with all of these leftovers” recipe. And it is easy to tweak, too, depending upon the amount of leftovers you have. Enjoy! The . . . → Read More: From The Archives: The Ultimate Turkey Leftovers Recipe: Turkey Glace 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Recipe, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe Cooking, turkey leftovers, Vintage cooking This vintage recipe for pumpkin pecan pie was originally posted exactly two years ago, November 11, 2009. 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 . . . → Read More: From the Archives: Pumpkin Pecan Pie {Vintage Recipe} Comments are closed Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, home economics, Vintage Recipe Cooking, pumpkin pecan pie, Thanksgiving menus This post is part of a series on being a hostess with the mostess using Successful Entertaining at Home: A Complete Guide for Informal Entertaining written by Carolyn Coggins and published in 1952 by Prentiss-Hall. For Thanksgiving dinner no one would wish to other than old-fashioned. There are no short cuts…The more each person in . . . → Read More: Just Say No to Dinner in a Box 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking from Scratch, Entertaining, home economics Thanksgiving menus I found this recipe in an international meat cookbook published in 1967. I’ve discovered that starchy food and I don’t get along but I sure miss my pizzas! This beef roll has all of the flavor of my favorite pizzas without all of the after effects. It hits the spot for dinner and it pretty . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Polpettone alla Siciliana (Sicilian Beef Roll) Comments are closed Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, Vintage Recipe meat loaf, meatloaf, pinwheel meat roll I was looking through my vintage cookbooks for a fun Halloween dessert (that didn’t involve a pumpkin) when I came across these adorable guys. Using oranges instead of pumpkins, you create little jack-o-lanterns using cloves, licorice, and maraschino cherries and fill them with lime sherbert.
Goblin Frosties Ingredients 4 medium oranges . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Goblin Frosties 4 comments - (Comments are closed) home economics, updated vintage recipe, Vintage Recipe dessert, Halloween, recipes In case you didn’t see my comment last week, the meeting on Friday went well (I think). They asked for more information, which I take as a good sign. Unfortunately, that also means I’m still distracted from my blogging endeavors for a few more days. In the meantime, enjoy this soup recipe, originally posted on . . . → Read More: From the Archives: It’s Autumn and that Means Vegetable Beef Soup! {Recipe} |
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