by RetroRuth | Sep 7, 2016 | Best & Worst, Breakfast, The BEST
I pulled this week’s recipe from the archives because ’tis the season for yummy fruit here (blackberries, last of the peaches, start of the apples, pears and so on) and pretty much all fruit tastes amazing when served on these waffles. Make sure to smother...
by RetroRuth | Mar 2, 2016 | Breakfast, Main Dishes
It’s time for pancakes! And since Alex asked really nicely, this week we are going to have a pancake party. These are Party Pancakes! From A News Style Show of Wonderful Eating, Pancakes "Unlimited", Aunt Jemima, 1959 Or maybe I should have named this “Mid-Century...
by RetroRuth | Oct 29, 2014 | Best & Worst, Bread and Pastries, Breakfast, Halloween, Holiday, The BEST
Happy Halloween! This week we are celebrating with one of the most traditional of mid-century Halloween Foods: The Homemade Doughnut! And because I hate standing around frying things, this is a No-Fry (aka Baked) Doughnut! From Newspaper Clipping, 1976 It is also...
by RetroRuth | Sep 10, 2014 | Breakfast, Desserts
This week we were in the mood for waffles! Spicy Party Waffles Author: Better Homes & Gardens, 1963 Ingredients 1/2 cup shortening 1 cup brown sugar 2 eggs 1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour 2 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp allspice 1/2 tsp...
by RetroRuth | Jul 17, 2013 | Breakfast, Main Dishes, SPAM!
So, this is a Spam pie. A Wham Spam Pie. Which might be the best name for a recipe pretty much ever. Yeah, let’s just…you know…look at it for a while. Wham! It’s a pie. Made of Spam. And it doesn’t just have Spam in it. The pie itself is actually LIQUID Spam baked...
by RetroRuth | Apr 17, 2013 | Bread and Pastries, Breakfast
It’s bacon muffin time! This week we are cooking out of a lovely little book called The Queen’s Book, a collaborative cookbook from the Saginaw, MI area that was published in 1967. I picked this book up recently at a thrift shop, and when I was paging through it this...
