by RetroRuth | Mar 3, 2021 | Best & Worst, Desserts, Tested Recipes, The BEST
This week, we are going to make a dessert with bananas and prunes! This is Black and White Fluff! From Prunes For Epicures, 35 Intriguing Recipes - United Prune Growers of California, 1933 Now, if you don’t recognize this book, it is the book I made California...
by RetroRuth | Oct 16, 2020 | Tested Recipes
Welcome to this week’s Vintage Cocktail Friday! This week our cocktail is very…blue. This is Parisian Blend Cocktail! Now, I know there is a cocktail called a Parisian Blonde, soooo…I don’t know if this is the same cocktail and it was a typo,...
by RetroRuth | Apr 3, 2020 | Cocktail Party, Cocktails
So, since schools here in Michigan are closed for the rest of this school year, let’s drink. This is Flapjack Cocktail! So, since this has been a heck of a day, we decided to get crazy and use maple syrup instead of just simple syrup. Simple syrup is basically sugar...
by RetroRuth | Oct 8, 2014 | Desserts, Pie
If you like sugar (and I mean really, really like sugar) then have I got a pie for you! This is Maple Sugar Pie! From From Ridgewood Kitchens, Mabel Frink, 1945 This recipe come from one of my all-time favorite cookbooks, From Ridgewood Kitchens, which was published...
by RetroRuth | Oct 3, 2014 | Best & Worst, Cocktail Party, Cocktails, The BEST
Who wants a lovely after-dinner drink? This is the Velvet Hammer! From 2-in-1 International Recipes Cards, 1977 “Whew, this smells strong.” “Does it?” “Yeah. I can smell the velvet. And the hammer.” “This is amazing.” The Verdict: Amazing From The Tasting Notes...
