This recipe comes from The Hawaiian Homemaker’s Favorite Island Recipes, published in 1956. 1/2 cup chicken or pork, finely diced 1 can mushrooms 1 qt. cold, cooked rice 2 tbsp. peanut or salad oil 1-1/2 tbsp. onion, finely chopped 2/3 tbsp. shoyu 1 egg, well beaten pimento, green pepper Fry meat lightly in oil, add [...]

Woo hoo!  Now that is a fine retro illustration!  A drunk pig, wow, way too cool!  This recipe & illustration comes from the ever cool Cutco Cook Book, published in 1961. I mean, how many times do you see a drunk pig in cookbooks today?  My guess would be “never”. I can’t say I’ve had [...]

This recipe is also from the 1967 Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook, and is a perfect addition to the Speedy Baked Beans I added yesterday!  Again, not a bad looking recipe… but nowhere near as good as my BBQ’d ribs recipe with my ho’made sauce and ever tasty dry rub!  Anyhoo… this one goes for more of [...]

This recipe comes from Cooking For A Man, and is a play on meatloaf, only with ground smoked ham, which I’ve never seen. Mmmm… it also has irradiated evaporated milk in it!  I LOVE food that has been exposed to radiation!  What a modern world we (continue to) live in.  Anyhow… howzabout that Easy Ham [...]

This recipe is from The Art and Secrets of Chinese Cookery, published in 1949 for La Choy brand Chinese food. Cooking time: 15 minutes  •  Yield: 4 large portions 1/4 cup butter or shortening 2 cups (1 lb.) lean pork, cut in thin strips 1 cup onions, cut fine 1 teaspoon salt 1/16 teaspoon pepper [...]

[I know, I could have cleaned up this scan of the various pork chop cuts, but conveying the original old stained cookbook page is too cool.] Here we have a diagram of four pork chops cuts from the Good Housekeeping Cookbook, this edition being from 1955. As some of you might note, I’ve added a [...]

This recipe is from the How to Enjoy Speed Cooking cookbook published around 1949.  What a perfect fall meal if you update this recipe with local, pastured pork, and locally grown acorn squash! Ingredients 2 tablespoons shortening, fat, or salad oil 6 – 1 inch thick pork chops Salt 12 cloves 12 prunes 6 apricots [...]