by RetroRuth | Jun 1, 2016 | Best & Worst, Desserts, The BEST
It’s been hot around here lately, so this week we decided to make a frozen treat. This is milk sherbet. From Food for Home and Trade, Girls' Trades and Technical High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1942 [cooked-sharing] This recipe comes from a book that I received for...
by RetroRuth | Feb 1, 2012 | Desserts
Well, we have another dessert on the Mid-Century recipe this week because, well…I didn’t feel like making anything gross. So, you can imagine how upset I was when Tom requested rice pudding. Okay, okay. You can stop yelling. I get it. You love rice pudding. I,...
by RetroRuth | Mar 2, 2011 | Cookies & Bars, Desserts, Hello Jell-O
Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu! This week we are delving into an area we haven’t played in much in the Mid-Century Menu: Desserts. Not pies or cakes, but Jello-based desserts. Mostly the Jello here is filled with onions and celery, and hardly ever turns...
by RetroRuth | Jul 14, 2010 | Hot Dogs & Mystery Meats, Main Dishes, Pie
Okay, okay, first things first. Before we get to the corn/hot dog mess, I have to ask: Have you entered our Mid-Century Menu Worst Recipe contest yet? No? Then you should!!! The deadline for entry is TOMORROW at midnight! Email your entry to me at...
by RetroRuth | Jul 7, 2010 | Cake & Cupcakes, Desserts
Happy Wednesday! I hope that your holiday weekends were all fantastic. Mine…was wet. Very wet. Tom and I drove to see my parents and drop off little Clark (one of the last of the foster kittens) with them, and afterwards did some camping in the UP. Ugh. I...
