by RetroRuth | Aug 31, 2016 | Holiday, Labor Day
Since it’s Labor Day is coming up, it’s time to trot out the old BBQ standbys here on Mid-Century Menu: The loaf of grilled hot dogs, the potato salad with gelatin in it, the spiced lemonade and the chocolate cake made with tomato soup. These are all...
by RetroRuth | Aug 27, 2014 | Best & Worst, Holiday, Labor Day, The BEST
Ahh, Labor Day, where everything is last minute. Last minute back-to-school shopping. Last minute gardening. Last minute vacations. But your Labor Day Cookout doesn’t need to be last minute! Here on Mid-Century Menu we have tested hundreds of vintage and retro...
by RetroRuth | May 9, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
So, right now I am in gelatin up to my elbows. Mixing, stirring, molding and unmolding delicious and deliciously questionable gelatin recipes that you wonderful people sent to me for our gelatin contest. So, I decided to bring out something that was ultra-yummy and...
by RetroRuth | Apr 25, 2012 | Best & Worst, Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts, The BEST
I cannot resist cakes with weird ingredients. I just can’t. So, when I came across a recipe for a chocolate cake that had, as the “secret” ingredient, a can of condensed tomato soup, I knew I was going to have to make it. The recipe came from a recent Salvation Army...
by RetroRuth | Nov 16, 2011 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
So, you have to tell me the truth. Does this piece of cake: Look like it has sauerkraut in it? Does it? Well, it DOES because this week we have Sauerkraut Chocolate Cake from Recipes from the Tower Kitchen! Since 1933, when Tower Kitchen opened atop the Free...
