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 Erica | Oct 5, 2014 | Cookies & Bars, Guest Bloggers
My son is one of those kids who hates raisins. I think it is (at least in part) because they look like chocolate chips, but they aren’t. So this week we’re tasting Chocolate Raisin Bars… to see if he notices. (Second week in a row of sneaky raisin...
by Erica | Sep 28, 2014 | Candy, Guest Bloggers
Feeling festive? Here’s a quick and easy candy for your next fiesta. Well, it’s easy at least — we needed to leave them to harden overnight, so “quick” might be a misleading adjective… [cooked-sharing] From Curtin Publications, 1973...
by Erica | Sep 21, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Sandwiches & Pies
I wouldn’t have wanted to be in on the brainstorming session for this recipe. Coming up with the dish and ingredients, not a problem. But the best name they could come up with was “Frankfurters in Crust”? From Josie McCarthy’s Favorite TV Recipes...
by Erica | Sep 7, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Muffins
I didn’t expect the hardest part of this recipe to be the grocery store, but apparently all orange muffin mix nowadays is orange cranberry muffins. This is when mid-century recipe testing gets interesting: when you simply can’t get the ingredient anymore....
by Erica | Aug 31, 2014 | Guest Bloggers, Hello Jell-O, Salads
Why are so many gelatin salads so… pink? Nothing about this looks like applesauce, except perhaps the lack of cohesive structure. Applesauce Mold Author: The Seattle Times Ingredients 1 package (3 ounces) cherry flavor gelatin 1 cup boiling water 2/3 cup (6...
