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 [...]

Yet another fine recipe for the Holiday’s from the Storz Brewing Company Cook Book from 1956.  A wild rice stuffing “for Wild Duck, Pheasant, Squab, and Similar Game”.  This is also paired with the Roast Wild Turkey recipe from the same cookbook. Wash thoroughly in several waters desired amount of wild rice.  Cover with boiling [...]

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 [...]