by RetroRuth | Sep 18, 2013 | Main Dishes, Pork, Sandwiches & Pies
Hey there! Are you ready for some BACON? Meet the Bacon Big Boy! The minute I saw this recipe in a Better Homes and Gardens cookbook called Cooking for Two from 1968, I knew I had to make these. This is one of those recipes that has been hanging out on my “too make”...
by RetroRuth | Sep 19, 2012 | Casserole, Main Dishes, Pork
Tom and I can never say “no” to a food challenge. If you dare us to eat that chocolate-covered grasshopper, we eat it. If you tell us we can’t finish that sandwich, we finish it. And if you send us a crazy vintage recipe, we make it. No one knows this better than...
by RetroRuth | Jan 18, 2012 | Appetizers
This is Fondue Au Fromage. It looks like a plate of fried cheese, but don’t be fooled. It is comprised mostly of soup and eggs. If you have been following the blog at all these last few weeks, you will know by now that Tom and I foolishly decided to cook from a Lipton...
by RetroRuth | Dec 28, 2011 | Appetizers, Best & Worst, The BEST
So, here is the plan: Tom and I are going to eat a TON of vintage appetizers on New Year’s Eve. What do you think? Good plan? This plan has been…oh…several weeks in the making. Originally, I was going to post a vintage appetizer a week for twelve weeks, but when that...
by RetroRuth | Dec 1, 2010 | Main Dishes, Pasta, SPAM!
Hello all my little Mid-Modlets! It is that spine-tinglingly, lip-smackingly exciting time again! You THINK I am going to say “Time for the Mid-Century Menu”, but I have to say it is even more exciting than that. It’s Spam time. Oh yes. And the Spam...
