You say you don’t have a potato salad recipe for your 4th of July celebration? Well here you go, a classic from the 1955 Holiday Cookbook. Wash, cut into halves and cook covered in boiling salted water to cover 6 medium-size (about 2 lbs.) potatoes Cook about 20 minutes., or until potatoes are tender when [...]

Yammy Apples! Have YOU ever had Yammy Apples?!  Wow, this looks like a good one, actually, and the name is just fab! The name alone is yammy, I mean yummy! This recipe comes from the ever groovy Betty Crocker’s Dinner in a Dish from 1965. 4 medium baking apples 1 can (8 oz.) sweet potatoes, [...]

This recipe is from the 1967 Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook, and actually looks like a fairly okay & quick recipe… with lots of pork! 6 slices bacon, diced 1 cup minced onion 3 cans (1 pound 3 ounces each) baked beans (with pork) 1-1/2 teaspoons prepared mustard 1/3 chili sauce Heat oven to 350°. Cook [...]

This recipe is from the James Beard’s Menus for Entertaining, and is part of An Easy Luncheon or Sunday Night Supper for 4. “I keep a jar of good prunes in my kitchen the year round, preserved in Marsala, port or sherry.  Sect about 2 to 3 pounds of dried prunes of good quality, place [...]

This one is from The Holiday Cookbook from 1955. Combine in a small saucepan and heat to boiling: 1 cup sugar 1 cup water 1 3-in. piece stick cinnamon 1/8 teaspoon salt Boil uncovered for 5 min. Add: 2 cups (about 1/2 lb.) cranberries, washed and sorted. Continue to boil uncovered without stirring, about 5 [...]

There are a bunch of fast, basic, and easy “one-pot meals” in Outdoor Cookery, and dag nabit… I’m gonna post ‘em! Here is the first in a series of one-pot meals. Ranch Style Baked Beans 1 can pork and beans 1 can chili seasoned beans 2 tablespoons molasses 2 tablespoons bacon drippings 1 minced onion [...]

This fine recipe is from the New Nestle’s Tested Recipes.  Great illustrations!  The recipe, well I have yet to try it. But if I re-did it, it would have fresh organic milk and a nice organic sharp cheddar cheese in place of the instant milk and American cheese. Ingredients 2 cups squash, cooked and mashed [...]