by RetroRuth | Jan 13, 2014 | Best & Worst, Vintage Cooking
2013 was a pretty crazy year for Mid-Century Menu! We tested about 75 vintage recipes, most of them gelatin and not enough of them cocktails. We took about 3000 pictures of food, spent hundreds of hours editing and writing and in the end our blog tripled it’s...
by RetroRuth | Oct 30, 2013 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Halloween, Holiday, Pie, Thanksgiving, The BEST
Well, since tomorrow is Halloween we thought we would do things up right around here and make a recipe from Vincent Price! And yes, it is because the Vincent Price Cookalong is going to be this Monday, November 4th. We are pretty excited around here, and so we decided...
by RetroRuth | Oct 16, 2013 | Desserts, Pie, The BEST
It’s grape season here in Michigan, and this year I decided to take some of our bounty and make a grape pie! This is Concord Grape Pie from the 1966 printing of Better Homes and Gardens Pies and Cakes. There were actually quite a few grape pie recipes in my...
by RetroRuth | Sep 25, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
I think I run this post every year, but this cake is seriously that good and we make it all the time! Since it is apple season here in Michigan and I am breaking out the tested and delicious apple recipes from my collection, I thought I would remind everyone how good...
by RetroRuth | Aug 28, 2013 | Best & Worst, Hello Jell-O, Holiday, Labor Day, Salads, Side Dishes & Salads, The BEST
I hope everyone is looking forward to Labor Day! I know I am. And it preparation for all the cookouts and picnics that you will be going on, I decided to dig into our collection and pull out something I know will be a big hit on everyone’s Labor Day menu: It’s potato...
by RetroRuth | Aug 21, 2013 | Best & Worst, Fish, Hello Jell-O, The BEST
Have I ever mentioned how much I hate tuna in gelatin? I haven’t? Well, I hate it. Hate! So when Stephanie sent me a recipe (a dieter’s recipe, no less!) for this fishy gelatin salad for our Glistening and Jiggly contest, I almost gagged. Stephanie writes: Ok, I just...
