My kids looked at this meal and were making gacking noises, but when they tried it..it wasn't that bad. One of them actually liked it. Your mind thinks of mac and cheese, but there is no cheese. And there probably hasn't been a recipe like this since 1945, when war rationing finally ended. This vintage… Continue reading WWII Ration Recipes: Scrambled Corn and Macaroni
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Vintage Recipes: Swiss and Bacon Squares
The inspiration for this recipe came from a vintage recipe card: Figuring out when the recipe came out? Not so easy. Finding the booklet it came out of, "The Bisquick No Time to Cook Summer Recipe Book, Volume III," isn't easy to find, though I saw remarks of a 1980 edition; maybe the mid to… Continue reading Vintage Recipes: Swiss and Bacon Squares
Baking Bread : Swiss Sensation Loaf
Vintage recipes are always "interesting" to try out. The biggest is the little information you get from the tiny recipe card companies published long ago. This was brought to you by SARAN WRAP (must be in all capitals, right?). As always, I muddled my way through the recipe, using my years of baking skills to… Continue reading Baking Bread : Swiss Sensation Loaf
Vintage Recipes: Yum Yum Cake
In my husband's family they have a Yum Yum Cake I have made before (I dubbed it War Cake when I remade it to be sugar-free in the last version). The first time I made it was in 2011. I revisited it in 2015 as well, using higher end plant-based ingredients. The cake recipe is… Continue reading Vintage Recipes: Yum Yum Cake
Vintage Recipes: Country Kitchen Piggies
This recipe comes from Riceland Rice Cook Book, Arkansas Rice Growers Cooperative Association. From when? That I don't know. Maybe from the 1952 edition? It would fit that era. It's another vintage recipe that claims to serve 4 to 6 people....on 1½ cups of cooked, not raw, rice. Let's be real....that is ¼ cup cooked… Continue reading Vintage Recipes: Country Kitchen Piggies