by Erica | Jan 19, 2014 | Bread and Pastries, Guest Bloggers, Pork
By Erica According to the advertisement, this is going to be a “man-pleasin’ main dish.” And unfortunately all I have running through my head right now is highly inappropriate jokes about sausages. Sausage Corn Bread Supper – Mid-Century Recipe Guest...
by RetroRuth | Jan 17, 2014 | Appetizers, Beverages, Cocktails
Are you ready for a Friday cocktail? Because Tom is ready to drink some Boston Milk Punch! Boston Milk Punch Author: The Merry Mixer, 1940 Ingredients Nutmeg 1/2 spoon sugar 1/2 jigger of Golden Wedding 1/2 Bacardi Gold or Amber Label Rum Instructions Grate nutmeg in...
by RetroRuth | Jan 15, 2014 | Desserts
Ever wondered what to do when you only have a cup of cream, a blob of ketchup in the bottle and three eggs? Personally, I would just make scrambled eggs and have a cup of coffee, but it turns out that with those ingredients you can also make a quick dessert! This is...
by RetroRuth | Jan 13, 2014 | Best & Worst, Vintage Cooking
2013 was a pretty crazy year for Mid-Century Menu! We tested about 75 vintage recipes, most of them gelatin and not enough of them cocktails. We took about 3000 pictures of food, spent hundreds of hours editing and writing and in the end our blog tripled it’s...
by Erica | Jan 12, 2014 | Cake & Cupcakes, Guest Bloggers
Buzz and I both like babka, which is a traditional Jewish dessert from eastern Europe with cinnamon or chocolate braided throughout a sweet bread-cake. There’s another related dessert called baba, which is essentially the same cake but with fruit or chocolate...
