by RetroRuth | Feb 4, 2015 | Hello Jell-O, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes, Salads, The WORST
So, talk about starting this year off with a bang. I bring you perhaps the most completely mid-century recipe we’ve made in a while. This one has it all: gelatin, hot dogs, lots of mayo and macaroni. AND it’s in a loaf. So it’s pretty much the complete mid-century...
by RetroRuth | Oct 22, 2014 | Beef, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
So, everyone’s been waiting for me to make a meatloaf with hot dogs in it, right? Right? Well, good news if you’ve been waiting. I’ve gone ahead and done it. This is Frankfurter Meat Loaf! Okay, before we get any farther into this post, I just want to say that any...
by Erica | Oct 19, 2014 | Appetizers, Guest Bloggers, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats
Hot dogs and gelatin aren’t the most photogenic ingredients out there. So I asked for a bit of kid-created art to help illustrate this week’s recipe. Let’s try a few Masked Hot Dogs! From Hot Dogs, 1955 [cooked-sharing] The recipe comes from the...
by RetroRuth | Mar 5, 2014 | Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
Soooo…I am not exactly sure what happened to this dish. All I know is that it turned out pretty hilarious. This is a pile of curled up hot dogs. Yep. This is Curly Franks! Curly Franks Author: 100 Ways To Be Original In All Your Cooking, 1964 Ingredients 1 pound...
by RetroRuth | Jan 29, 2014 | Appetizers, Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats
This week we have a fun recipe. This is a “1970’s does 1950’s” recipe that we found in our very awesome 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection from 1977. And it’s for an Old-Fashioned Indoor Weenie Roast! The card states: What better to go with an Old Fashioned...
by RetroRuth | Jul 10, 2013 | Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes
A lot of crazy mid-century recipes are tested here, and of those some of the favorite ones are of the “mix-em-up” variety. Canned spaghetti on subs. Baked beans in gelatin. Ketchup and tuna on pizza. So when I was sorting through some newspaper clippings from the...
