Spicy Party Waffles, 1963 – A Vintage Recipe Test Re-Run

by RetroRuth | Sep 7, 2016 | Best & Worst, Breakfast, The BEST | 1 comment

I pulled this week’s recipe from the archives because ’tis the season for yummy fruit here (blackberries, last of the peaches, start of the apples, pears and so on) and pretty much all fruit tastes amazing when served on these waffles. Make sure to smother...

Party Pancakes, 1959 – A Vintage Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Mar 2, 2016 | Breakfast, Main Dishes | 9 comments

It’s time for pancakes! And since Alex asked really nicely, this week we are going to have a pancake party. These are Party Pancakes! 4.5 from 4 reviews Print Party Pancakes Author: Aunt Jemima, 1959   Ingredients 1 cup pancake mix (the kind you have to add milk, oil...

No-Fry Doughnuts, 1976 – A Mid-Century Halloween Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Oct 29, 2014 | Best & Worst, Bread and Pastries, Breakfast, Halloween, Holiday, The BEST | 18 comments

Happy Halloween! This week we are celebrating with one of the most traditional of mid-century Halloween Foods: The Homemade Doughnut! And because I hate standing around frying things, this is a No-Fry (aka Baked) Doughnut! 4.7 from 3 reviews Print No-Fry Doughnuts...

Spicy Party Waffles, 1963 – A Vintage Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Sep 10, 2014 | Breakfast, Desserts | 5 comments

This week we were in the mood for waffles! Print Spicy Party Waffles Author: Better Homes & Gardens, 1963   Ingredients ½ cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1½ cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder ½ tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice ½ tsp cloves...

Wham Spam Pie – A Vintage Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Jul 17, 2013 | Breakfast, Main Dishes, SPAM! | 13 comments

So, this is a Spam pie. A Wham Spam Pie. Which might be the best name for a recipe pretty much ever. Yeah, let’s just…you know…look at it for a while. Wham! It’s a pie. Made of Spam. And it doesn’t just have Spam in it. The pie itself is actually LIQUID Spam baked...

Bacon Muffins – A Mid-Century Church Cookbook Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Apr 17, 2013 | Bread and Pastries, Breakfast | 7 comments

It’s bacon muffin time! This week we are cooking out of a lovely little book called The Queen’s Book, a collaborative cookbook from the Saginaw, MI area that was published in 1967. I picked this book up recently at a thrift shop, and when I was paging through it this...