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Ham chunks glazed with spicy pie cherries, topped with parkerhouse biscuits make a great way to use leftover ham. A pretty Christmas supper, ready in about an hour and a quarter. Serve with a green vegetable and a tossed salad. From Pillsbury’s Meat Cook Book, 1970 « Previous Cheeza Corned Beef – 1969 Next » Ham Mousse Imperial – A Mid-Century Gelatin Test
Well, we’ve brought you some amazing vintage Christmas cookies these past few days so now, in true Mid-Century Menu fashion, it’s time to bring you some cookies that aren’t so great. We’ve saved the “best” for last and are now happy to bring you: Christmas Snowballs! It would be unfair to say these cookies are bad, because they aren’t. They just aren’t as amazing as the cookies we featured on previous days. These have all the makings of a great {Read More}
Yum! Today we have a fun bar cookie that is a cross between a brownie and a piece of fudge. Add to that the fact that it is stuffed with candied cherries and topped with Cherry Chip Frosting, and you just might have the richest cookie we tested! This recipe is from Our Best Cooky Recipes, which was put out by Swift & Company, who made Swift’ning Shortening and Swift’s OZ Peanut Butter. This book was published in 1952, and {Read More}
Hooray for gelatin!! Today we have another recipe that was submitted for our Gelatin Contest, but I have to admit that this is one that I was very excited to see because I have been dying to try this recipe for ages. These adorable little things are Glazed Tea Cakes. And yes, they ARE covered with gelatin. This recipe was submitted by Cat from Michigan, who also sent in the recipe for Barbecue Salad, which we ended up turning into {Read More}
Guess what? It’s time for cookies! Fun, bright cookies made with a package of Jell-O. Yep, that’s right. Jell-O. It turns out that not all gelatin dishes are meant to be put into a mold. This was sent into us by P’Gell, who also sent us an interesting looking recipe for a pie that I am still planning on making when I find some spare time. But these cookies just called to us. I mean, come on. Cookies made with {Read More}
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