by RetroRuth | Jun 8, 2016 | Desserts, Pie
It’s that time of year again! It’s time for Pieathalon! Thanks again to Yinzerella from Dinner is Served 1972 for hosting the Pieathalon for the 3rd year in a row! This is always a fun vintage recipe swap. In the past I have gotten (sort of) lucky with an...
by RetroRuth | Jun 1, 2016 | Best & Worst, Desserts, The BEST
It’s been hot around here lately, so this week we decided to make a frozen treat. This is milk sherbet. From Food for Home and Trade, Girls' Trades and Technical High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1942 [cooked-sharing] This recipe comes from a book that I received for...
by RetroRuth | May 25, 2016 | Best & Worst, Hello Jell-O, The BEST
I was digging through the archives this week for a yummy gelatin to whip up for a Memorial Day picnic, when I came across this post from August of 2013! Since I am making it again, I thought I would give you guys a re-run of it as well. Enjoy! This week we have a...
by RetroRuth | May 18, 2016 | Desserts
Since I am hip-deep in rhubarb right now in Michigan, I thought I would do a mini-roundup of great rhubarb recipes from the blog archives! And I know I’m posting this during fresh rhubarb season, but I’ve also made these all successfully with frozen rhubarb as well!...
by RetroRuth | May 11, 2016 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Here in Michigan it is now rhubarb season, so we are going to make a rhubarb dessert that is not rhubarb meringue pie! Here we have “Rhubarb Custard Dessert” From Tom's Mom's Recipe Box [cooked-sharing] This recipe is a little different from our normal...