by RetroRuth | Aug 7, 2020 | Desserts, Salads, Side Dishes & Salads, Tested Recipes
Today’s recipe is a real peach! (cue collective groans) This is Peach Petal Salad! Peach Petal Salad - 20 Easy New Peach Recipes [cooked-sharing] This recipe is from a really cute pamphlet from the California Cling Peach Canners. It has lots of ideas for using...
by RetroRuth | Jul 24, 2020 | Main Dishes, SPAM!, Tested Recipes
This week’s recipe is once again due to the fantastic recipe choosing skills of our patrons over on Patreon. Not only are they supporting the site and totally deserve our recognition, but twice a month they are also deciding what food poor Tom has to shove down...
by RetroRuth | Aug 23, 2013 | Beverages, Cocktails
You know, for a guy who doesn’t care for whiskey, Tom has sure been drinking a lot of it lately! This is the Scarlett O’Hara, from my recent eBay score from 1941, a wooden drink book called “Here’s How”. It seriously has the BEST illustrations. And as soon as I pick...
by RetroRuth | Apr 28, 2010 | Desserts, Pork, The WORST
Holy Cow!!! We have a ketchup-covered whopper of a Mid-Century Menu for you guys today. Gah. This weekend during our thrifting trip, we stumbled on what just might be one of the craziest mid-century cookbooks ever: 57 Prize-Winning Recipes From H.J. Heinz Co. I...
by RetroRuth | Apr 14, 2010 | Main Dishes, Pork, Sandwiches & Pies
Welcome to another Mid-Century Menu!!! This week we are again cooking out of the Bisquick Cook Book, which you all remember is the origins of the amazingly delicious Hot Fudge Pudding Cake, which was made by me and by Sara with great results. Today we are going...
