by RetroRuth | Jul 28, 2010 | Contests, Hello Jell-O, Salads
Ohhhhhh, baby. Check this out! This week we have excitement, mayhem, craziness and canned salmon! In gelatin! Seriously! The finalist for this week’s menu is really something else. I got this horrifying recipe from Adriane L., who wrote: I’m submitting...
by RetroRuth | Jun 30, 2010 | Contests
Well, I think this contest has been inevitable, don’t you? Only a matter of time until we sent out this request: Tom and I want to hear from you guys, and we want the most creative, bizzare, weird, nasty, ugly, retch-inducing recipe you have. In short, we are...
by RetroRuth | Jun 23, 2010 | Desserts, Hello Jell-O, The WORST
Oh God. You know we are going to make something truly terrible when we recieve a mid-century recipe from reader that has fascinated and horrified them for months, but also freaks them out too much for them to make it! Thanks to reader Miss Marwood, who sent us this...
by RetroRuth | May 19, 2010 | Beef, Main Dishes
Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, Ladies and Gentlemen! Prepare to be amazed as I waive the wand of Mid-Century Magic over humble, (mostly) nutritional ingredients and turn them into something never before seen by man! What will the magic produce this time? A piece of...
by RetroRuth | Jan 13, 2010 | Hello Jell-O, Salads, SPAM!
I love the Mid-Century Menu for so many reasons. Well, not for taste reasons, but there are a lot of other good reasons the Mid-Century Menu is awesome. One of them is that it gives me an excuse for my ridiculously huge cookbook collection. Another is that it gives...