by RetroRuth | May 14, 2014 | Main Dishes, SPAM!
Who’s ready for some Spam?? This week we have an awesome casserole that was make completely by opening cans. No fresh ingredients here! I give you… Gretchen’s Casserole! From Good Housekeeping's Can-Opener Cookery, 1958 [cooked-sharing] Let’s open some cans! Two cans...
by RetroRuth | Jan 22, 2014 | Bread and Pastries
Oh, Campbell’s Test Kitchen! How I love you. You’ve created so many epic mid-century dishes, like Black Magic Devil’s Food Cake and Mmm Good Fruit Cake. And now, you’ve done it again. Behold! Cheese Filled Pastries! Secret Ingredient: Cheddar Cheese Condensed Soup Oh...
by RetroRuth | Nov 13, 2013 | Desserts, Pie
Most of you know by now that I have a weakness for weird ingredients in desserts. Tomato soup? Bring it on. Sauerkraut? Hello. Pork fat? Done it. Pinto beans? Please. But this week I picked something a little unusual. The mystery ingredient this week is peanut butter,...
by RetroRuth | Oct 2, 2013 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
My obsession with weird-ingredient desserts continues. This week we are making a cake with a fun addition: Pinto Beans! It’s called, unsurprisingly, Pinto Bean Cake. I found this recipe in a stash of newspaper clippings from the 1970’s that I recently bought on eBay....
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...
