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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 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 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 . . . → 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 . . . → 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 . . . → 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 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? . . . → 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 . . . → 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 . . . → 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 That's my Grandma Lois in the corner. Doesn't she look like she should be a grandmother? Dear Friends,
I know I’ve shared this recipe with you before. However, it is one of The Mister’s favorite casseroles and as I prepared it for dinner Sunday night, I decided I should share it with . . . → Read More: Modern Retro Recipe: Grandma Lois’ Tuna Noodle Casserole 6 comments - (Comments are closed) Cooking, Cooking from Scratch, Recipe, updated vintage recipe Tuna Noodle Casserole Dear Friends, I chuckled to myself as I sat down to write to you. The irony that I’m sharing a cake recipe just two days after Jack LaLanne told us to go easy on the sweets is not lost on me. The truth is, I baked this cake on Sunday and I think Mr. . . . → Read More: Peach Upside Down Cake |
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