by RetroRuth | Nov 3, 2010 | Desserts, Main Dishes, Side Dishes & Salads
We have a fun Mid-Century Menu this week. The recipes from this week come from Betty Feezor’s Best TV-Tested Recipes. This book was given to me by a co-worker of Tom’s, who apparently loves to see Tom eating questionable dinners because this is the second...
by RetroRuth | Jul 14, 2010 | Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes, Pie
Okay, okay, first things first. Before we get to the corn/hot dog mess, I have to ask: Have you entered our Mid-Century Menu Worst Recipe contest yet? No? Then you should!!! The deadline for entry is TOMORROW at midnight! Email your entry to me at...
by RetroRuth | Jul 7, 2010 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
Happy Wednesday! I hope that your holiday weekends were all fantastic. Mine…was wet. Very wet. Tom and I drove to see my parents and drop off little Clark (one of the last of the foster kittens) with them, and afterwards did some camping in the UP. Ugh. I...
by RetroRuth | Jun 23, 2010 | Desserts, Hello Jell-O, The WORST
Oh God. You know we are going to make something truly terrible when we recieve a mid-century recipe from reader that has fascinated and horrified them for months, but also freaks them out too much for them to make it! Thanks to reader Miss Marwood, who sent us this...
by RetroRuth | Jun 2, 2010 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts
Hello, All! Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu. I have kind of a sweet tooth this week, so I thought this would be a good chance to bake from one of my more interesting cook book finds, Mail Box News, a baking and cake decorating monthly newsletter from...
by RetroRuth | Apr 28, 2010 | Desserts, Pork, The WORST
Holy Cow!!! We have a ketchup-covered whopper of a Mid-Century Menu for you guys today. Gah. This weekend during our thrifting trip, we stumbled on what just might be one of the craziest mid-century cookbooks ever: 57 Prize-Winning Recipes From H.J. Heinz Co. I...
