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Hit The Spot

Hit The Spot

Welcome, welcome to the new Mid-Century Menu site!  This blog is all about mid-century cooking and recipes, and the testing of said recipes. And the sometimes hilarious and horrible results. This week we chose a recipe from Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers:...
Seafoam Cantaloupe Pie

Seafoam Cantaloupe Pie

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...
Hawaiian Frankabobs

Hawaiian Frankabobs

Hello!  Welcome to the Mid-Century Menu, the feature on my blog in which I pick an unusual, interesting or strange recipe from my vintage cookbook collection, cook it, and then serve it to my husband for dinner!  Poor Tom, the human guinea pig.  This week’s pick...
Ginger Beans with Spam

Ginger Beans with Spam

Oh yeah, it’s that time again!  Welcome to this week’s Mid-Century Menu, where I take a recipe from my collection of vintage cookbooks, cook it, and force my husband to eat it for dinner.  The catch is, we don’t pick a recipe because it looks good. ...
The Egg “Penguins”

The Egg “Penguins”

Happy Wednesday, everyone!  Time for the Mid-Century Menu, where normally I make something horrible from one of my vintage cookbooks and force my husband to eat it.  However, this week I decided to post a cute recipe just sent to me by Sablemable, which I just made...