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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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Mayfair Cocktail – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Hooray for Friday! Especially when it's cocktail Friday. This is Mayfair Cocktail! Did you notice how I blurred the gin bottle in the background so you can't see how much is left? Yeah, it's been a tough quarantine. But at least we have...
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Chicago Cocktail – Vintage Cocktail Friday
It's the Friday of the first week of school. I can really use this drink! I hope that everyone is doing well out there with whatever learning path you chose for your child this year. I am not regretting my choice to send the kids back to...
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Jellied Hamburger Loaf – Vintage Recipe Test
I don't know if I even need an intro for this one. It's Jellied. Hamburger. Loaf. This is another recipe chosen for us by the lovely patrons over on our Patreon. I know I mention Patreon quite a bit, but they really are the reason why I am...
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Zero Cocktail – Vintage Cocktail Friday
Happy Friday! Who is ready for even more cocktails! This is another fun recipe from the vintage fortune-telling machine! We are about 20 down, like 500 to go of these cards to go. My trusty Cook's Mini Measure! What is your favorite thing...
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Drunken Melon – Vintage Cocktail Friday
This week we are soaking a melon in wine! This is Drunken Melon! This is another recipe chosen by our wonderful patrons over at Patreon! This week I would like to highlight our new patron, Marc, who came onboard Patreon as our first "Well...
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Peach Petal Salad – A Vintage Recipe Test
Today's recipe is a real peach! (cue collective groans) This is Peach Petal Salad! This recipe is from a really cute pamphlet from the California Cling Peach Canners. It has lots of ideas for using peaches, and the recipes are both sweet and...
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Cherry Marshmallow Fluff – Vintage Recipe Test
This was a serious week at our house. We spent a lot of it discussing what we are going to do about our school situation. So after all that mental effort, I decided we all needed some fluff. This is Cherry Marshmallow Fluff! Mini...
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Broiled Humdingers – Vintage SPAM Recipe Test
This week's recipe is once again due to the fantastic recipe choosing skills of our patrons over on Patreon. Not only are they supporting the site and totally deserve our recognition, but twice a month they are also deciding what food poor Tom has to shove down his...
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