Crab Puffs – Vincent Price Treasury Cookalong

by RetroRuth | Nov 4, 2015 | Appetizers, Cocktail Party | 7 comments

This week we have a very exciting recipe installment from the Master of Horror himself, Vincent Price. These are Crab Puffs! Bwahahahahah!!!! That’s…supposed to be an evil laugh. Not nearly as good as Vincent’s! 5.0 from 2 reviews Print Crab Puffs Author: A Treasury...

Canned Grapefruit-Canned Crabmeat Cocktail, 1959 – A Mid-Century Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | May 6, 2015 | Appetizers, Cocktail Party, The WORST | 33 comments

This week I made a parfait out of canned grapefruit and canned crabmeat. And topped it with sauce. This is Canned Grapefruit-Canned Crabmeat Cocktail! Print Canned Grapefruit-Canned Crabmeat Cocktail Author: Mary Margaret McBride Encyclopedia of Cooking, 1959...

Crab Cobbler – A Mid-Century Recipe Test

by RetroRuth | Feb 19, 2014 | Fish, Main Dishes | 11 comments

Who would like a nice, steaming bowl of cobbler? Crab cobbler, that is! I was actually excited to test this one out, because it had been a winner in the Pillsbury 5th Grand National. But Crab Cobbler sounded so strange to me. Not just the ingredients, but also the...

Frozen Crabmeat Cocktail – 1932

by RetroRuth | Jun 22, 2012 | Appetizers, Hello Jell-O, Just Recipes, Vintage Cooking, Vintage Food Photography | 2 comments

Cereals and fish, fowl and fruits, vegetables and cheese, a little of this and a bit of that, and left-over foods disappear, and are replaced by delightful combinations, well-blended by the Kelvinator cold. From Cooking with Cold, published by the Kelvinator Sales...

Molded Sea-Food Salad – Glistening And Jiggly Finalist #3

by RetroRuth | Jun 20, 2012 | Appetizers, Best & Worst, Contests, Hello Jell-O, The WORST | 9 comments

Congrats to Michelle, the third finalist for the Glistening and Jiggly Contest in the “Worst Gelatin” category! Michelle sent us this weird thing, which was both very exciting and very disgusting. This is Molded Sea-Food Salad. It is exciting for many reasons. One...