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Frosted Chicken Loaf – A Vintage Recipe Guest Post
Welcome back to the blog, and welcome to 2021. In true 2021 spirit, I didn't make anything this week. But don't worry. Thanks to reader Jessica, we still have a post! This is Jessica's Frosted Chicken Loaf! I'm just going to let Jessica...
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Top Five Tested Vintage Recipes From 2020
Well, even though 2020 was a trash-can fire of a year, I still had a lot of fun doing recipes for the blog. Admittedly, I didn't get as many recipes done as I wanted to, but that was pretty much the theme of everything this year. Besides some really fun recipe tests,...
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Overnight Hot Dog Sandwich – A Retro Hot Dog Recipe Test
I hope that everyone had a happy holiday. And I also hope you are all ready for a hot dog sandwich! This is Overnight Hot Dog Sandwich! Honestly, this is less of a sandwich and more of a strata. And instead of ham or peppers or bacon or...
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Cranberry Cold Cake, 1941 – A Vintage Recipe Test
Today we have a fun idea that changes cranberry sauce into a dessert! This is Cranberry Cold Cake! I always love the red-speckled white cranberries. They look like they could be beautiful bird's eggs. This came together really easily, even...
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Cranberry Candle Salad – A Vintage Hellmann’s Recipe Test
Welcome to Thanksgiving 2020, the one where we had to stay home and make our own fun. Or, have someone make our fun for us. My crazy friend Carolyn made me something for the holidays, and it is my pleasure to share it with all of you. This slumped pile is Cranberry...
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Buttery Apple Squares – A Vintage Recipe Test
Okay, you guys. It's apple pie time. Oh wait, I mean apple bar time. These are Buttery Apple Squares! These are from a Kellogg's promo recipe book which looks like it is for schools and institutions to make in a lunchroom sort of situation....
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Pineapple Nut Puffs – A Vintage Recipe Test
This week we are going to make a super-easy recipe because other things in life are really hard right now. These are Pineapple Puffs! Now, this recipe was once again chosen by the lovely Patrons from our Patreon. And most of them chose it...
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Hallo-Weenies, 1960 – A Retro Halloween Recipe Test!
Oh, I'm sorry, what was that? You can't muster up the energy to be scared this Halloween? Well, then I have someone I want you to meat. I mean...meet. These are Hallo-Weenies! I almost forgot to make a Halloween Treat for the blog this...
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Milk-Baked Chicken – A Retro Recipe Test
Today we are going to make a chicken dinner! This is Chicken Baked In Milk! First, a quick shout out to the lovely patrons of my Patreon page. Thanks to them, the blog, recipe archive, newsletters, and social media channels are advertisement...
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Parisian Cocktail – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Welcome to this week's Vintage Cocktail Friday! This week our cocktail is very...blue. This is Parisian Blend Cocktail! Now, I know there is a cocktail called a Parisian Blonde, soooo...I don't know if this is the same cocktail and it was a...
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Marshmallow And Fruit Grill Out – Vintage Guest Recipe Test!
This week we have Susan to thank for this recipe test! And here is Marshmallow Fruit Grill! Now, Susan is a patron from our Patreon account, and she was very, very excited when she saw this recipe in one of the cookbooks from the Digital...
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Mushroom Buttermilk Cooler – A Vintage Recipe Test
Who is ready for a kinda creepy drink today? This is Mushroom Buttermilk Cooler! I dunno, guys. Patreon is starting to feel like an “I Dare You” game. The most recent patron poll had several perfectly delicious-looking interesting drinks in...
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