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Tuna Pizza – Tuna Contest Finalist #2

Tuna Pizza – Tuna Contest Finalist #2

There is a first time for everything, even here on the Mid-Century Menu! And this post has the honor of containing two firsts: The first time we have had the same exact same entry from two contestants AND the first time we have featured this: Yes! *Enthusiastic head...
Baked Beans ‘N Burgers: A Mid-Century Recipe Test

Baked Beans ‘N Burgers: A Mid-Century Recipe Test

Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, a fun feature where Tom and I make a mid-century recipe chosen from our vast collection of vintage cookbooks. This week we pulled a recipe from one of our “newer” books that we recently found for 10 cents at a recent rummage...
The Archive – Salmon Egg Casserole

The Archive – Salmon Egg Casserole

This fantastic Mid-Century Menu was original posted in October of 2009, and contains TWO traumatic moments: a disgusting can of salmon, and chirping hard-boiled eggs. Awesome. This is why I need to have a cooking show! Twenty minutes of me screaming over hard-boiled...
The Archive – Salmon Egg Casserole

Salmon Egg Casserole

Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, the special portion of my blog where I choose a hilarious or crazy recipe from my vintage cookbook collection, cook it exactly as the recipe tells me (no matter how horrible), and then serve it up for dinner. My husband...
Meatloaf Nests Filled With Creamed Peas

Meatloaf Nests Filled With Creamed Peas

Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, where I find the strangest mid-century recipe I can and I cook it up and serve it to my husband, who will eat pretty much anything.  And most of the time it is even edible. This week’s recipe comes from Warm Weather...