by RetroRuth | Sep 7, 2013 | Vintage Cooking Kitsch on eBay
It is a fun one this week! We have syrup bottle insanity, seductive wine manners, marshmallow fluff sandwiches and drunken gelatin! Vintage Mrs. Butterworths Crafts and Recipe Calendar Why I Want This: What is this. What. Is. This. Was this a trend that I...
by RetroRuth | Sep 6, 2013 | Cocktails
It’s Friday, so you know what that means: Alcohol! This week we picked a drink that is almost entirely straight alcohol for Tom since he had to eat a crazy gelatin this week. Granted, that gelatin ended up actually tasting good, but he still deserved it for being...
by RetroRuth | Sep 2, 2013 | Hello Jell-O
It’s finally here! Welcome to the Retro Gelatin Dare Part II, known more playfully as Knoxapocalypse II. I can’t believe I was up for this after the total and utter disaster that was Liver Pate En Masque from the first Gelatin Dare. It was a dark, dark day for gelatin...
by RetroRuth | Aug 31, 2013 | Vintage Cooking Kitsch on eBay
So many great, fun cookbooks this week! Pull up a chair and let’s get to it because we have some great recipes and books to show you, including hollowed out bread filled with peas, “pizza” made with buns and ketchup, terrifying clown cake, really pointy gelatin and...
by RetroRuth | Aug 30, 2013 | Beverages, Cocktails
It’s Friday and you know what that means! Time for vintage cocktails! This week we are making a cocktail with absinthe, perhaps Tom’s favorite drink. Well, it’s a toss up between that and Courvoisier. Absinthe Frappe Author: Here’s How, 1941 Ingredients 1...
