by RetroRuth | Nov 27, 2013 | Holiday, Side Dishes & Salads, Thanksgiving, Vegetables
Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone has a nice big, traditional meal planned this year! Because I don’t. Well, I guess we are having turkey, Vincent Price’s Pumpkin Pie and Mystery Pecan Pie, but in my family we don’t normally make bread stuffing or sweet potatoes...
by RetroRuth | Nov 23, 2013 | Vintage Cooking, Vintage Cooking Kitsch on eBay
Welcome to another week of eBay kitsch! This week we are going to learn that the way to a man’s heart is through vintage cooking! Vintage Men's Esquire Cook Book 1955 Lesson: The Way To A Man’s Heart is Through Cuteness VTG 1940s Mary Lee Taylor's...
by RetroRuth | Nov 20, 2013 | Desserts, Holiday, Pie, Thanksgiving
The biggest cooking day of the year is coming up! Are you ready for Thanksgiving? I am already starting to plan for T-Day, so I thought I would pull this recipe from the archives since I am planning on making this again this year. This pie is fun to make and tastes...
by RetroRuth | Nov 15, 2013 | Beverages, Cocktails
Hooray for Friday and alcohol! This week we are mixing it up a bit (pun intended) and making a drink in the blender. I recently came across a fantastic book from the Oklahoma Peanut Commission from the 1970’s that tries to put peanuts in EVERYTHING. So I was very...
by RetroRuth | Nov 13, 2013 | Desserts, Pie
Most of you know by now that I have a weakness for weird ingredients in desserts. Tomato soup? Bring it on. Sauerkraut? Hello. Pork fat? Done it. Pinto beans? Please. But this week I picked something a little unusual. The mystery ingredient this week is peanut butter,...
