by RetroRuth | Oct 30, 2020 | Tested Recipes
Oh, I’m sorry, what was that? You can’t muster up the energy to be scared this Halloween? Well, then I have someone I want you to meat. I mean…meet. These are Hallo-Weenies! From Recipes for Holidays Round the Calendar, Home Service Department, 1960...
by RetroRuth | Feb 18, 2015 | Hello Jell-O
I’ve been thinking about summer a lot lately. Probably because it is colder than anything outside and we are covered with about 3 feet of snow. So I went into the archives and tried to find something that screamed, “summer”. Of course, I came up with a gelatin. Enjoy!...
by RetroRuth | Mar 20, 2013 | Beans, Hello Jell-O, Side Dishes & Salads
Let’s see a show of hands: Who out there likes canned baked beans? I have to admit that I do enjoy baked beans, even of the canned variety. And I can understand adding a few ingredients to a can of baked beans to perk up the flavor, which is very common in mid-century...
by RetroRuth | Jul 8, 2009 | Main Dishes, SPAM!
Oh yeah, it’s that time again! Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, where I take a recipe from my collection of vintage cookbooks, cook it, and force my husband to eat it for dinner. The catch is, we don’t pick a recipe because it looks good. ...