by RetroRuth | Apr 20, 2011 | Desserts, The BEST
This week we have a fun Mid-Century Menu for you! We are cooking out of Better Living Thru Good Cooking with Prudential Wares, published in 1953. For those of you who are in the dark about Prudential Wares (like I was), it was a cookware company that made mostly pots...
by RetroRuth | Apr 13, 2011 | Fish, Main Dishes
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! This week we are trying Tuna Barbecue, a strange recipe that comes from Fish and Shellfish Over The Coals, which was published by National Marine Fishery Service in 1977. This cute little book contains basically what the title...
by RetroRuth | Apr 6, 2011 | Main Dishes, Pasta, The WORST
Welcome to another fun episode of the Mid-Century Menu. This week we picked a recipe from The Day Before Cookbook, which was published in 1968. We picked this recipe because, well, it looked pretty weird. Not to say the whole book was weird. The cookbook is based on a...
by RetroRuth | Mar 30, 2011 | Desserts
This post dates way back from March 2010 here on the MCMenu. It is an embarassement of noodles, and all of it really not that good at all! Enjoy! Happy Wednesday, All! Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, where this week we are delving way back to the 1930’s, where...
by RetroRuth | Mar 23, 2011 | Main Dishes, Pasta
Hello, All!!! We have a fun recipe to try out today. This week we are cooking from Food From Famous Kitchens: The Brand Names Cook Book, which was published in 1961. Everyone who collects vintage cookbooks or has ever seen any vintage cookbooks in their life knows...
