I like to make Christmas special with fancy punch and appetizers. To that end, when I was planning this year’s menu, I turned to my 1967 Good Housekeeping Complete Christmas Cookbook. As always, I found plenty of ideas. Not anything I would actually make, of course. Or even eat, for that matter. But it’s fun to [...]
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A Vintage Christmas Menu.
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, Vintage Stuff, tagged funny vintage food, funny vintage recipes, scary food, vintage food, vintage recipes on December 20, 2010 | 7 Comments »
What’s For Dinner, Mommy?
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, tagged alarming food, funny food, funny retro food, lima beans and bologna, Random, vintage food, vintage recipes on October 12, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Let me walk you through a typical evening at my house. Kid: What’s for dinner, Mommy? Me: Hmmm … How about lima beans and bologna? I know it’s your favorite! Kid: Yay! There’s nothing that can’t be improved by adding lima beans! Me: You’ve been really good today. I think I’ll put some pineapple on [...]
Can Meatloaf Have ADD? Why, yes. Yes it can.
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, Vintage Stuff, tagged funny vintage food, vintage food, vintage hot dog, vintage meatloaf on May 5, 2010 | 4 Comments »
I got a Good Housekeeping magazine from January 1966 because, quite honestly, I love them. It’s a good thing they are cheap (when you can find them). I also love to try new recipes out of vintage magazines. Recipes like … say … Golden Fruited Meat Loaf. No, it isn’t staring at you. Those are [...]
Flaming Cabbage.
Posted in Food, Recipes, tagged flaming cabbage, retro food on March 9, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Have you ever been invited to a potluck and didn’t know what you should take? Well, this recipe I am about to share with you will solve that problem for you forever; because one of two things will happen. Either you won’t be invited to another potluck or everyone will love your flaming cabbage so much [...]
One Disturbing Chicken.
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, tagged disturbing chicken, Random on February 27, 2010 | 4 Comments »
This is what I had for dinner tonight. It’s Chicken Stuffed with Shrimp Etouffee.* (This is a photo from the chicken website. I wish I had those green dishes!) Doesn’t it look delicious? I will say this – it totally was. I bought it from my local Future Farmers of America for a fundraiser back in [...]
Why I’m Glad I Wasn’t Around in the 60′s. Part 1.
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, tagged funny food, funny vintage recipes, vintage cookbook on January 24, 2010 | 13 Comments »
I am often asked why I’m glad that I wasn’t alive in the Sixties. In fact, I’m asked so often that I’m going to have to write a yet-to-be-determined-part story on it. Okay, I’ve never been asked that but my mother gave me a set of 15 old Good Housekeeping Cookbooks which I believe aptly illustrate [...]
How About a Cake Wreck? And Some Scrumptious Cupcakes.
Posted in Food, tagged USA cake, USA cupcakes on July 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Here’s the cake I made for Independence Day. It didn’t turn out quite like I was hoping it would … I guess it isn’t really a true cake wreck since I did manage to spell USA correctly. And I’m not a professional by any stretch of the imagination. My cupcakes turned out much better. Don’t [...]
Why, Easter Bunny, What Nice Eyes You Have!
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, tagged Humor, Random, scary Easter candy on April 3, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Occasionally I worry that I will run out of things to blog about. Then I do something like visit Dollar General and all my fears are laid to rest. That’s where I found this hollow chocolate Easter bunny … Hollow … as if to symbolize the fact that he doesn’t appear to have a soul [...]
Misadventures in Cooking
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, tagged bad cooking, Humor, Random on March 26, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’m just a chatty chat chatter tonight, huh? It might have something to do with the 6 glasses of sweet tea that I’ve consumed this evening! When I came across “baking soda” in that last recipe I was typing, I was reminded of some of my misadventures in cooking. Now keep in mind, I was [...]
He Looks Like a Deranged Easter Bunny
Posted in Food, Funny, Funny Posts, tagged Easter candy, Humor, Random on March 20, 2009 | 7 Comments »
I think my all-time favorite scene from A Christmas Story is when Ralphie comes down in the Easter Bunny outfit that his Aunt Clara sent him and his father says, “He looks like a deranged Easter Bunny.” That’s all I could think of when my mom gave me this little marshmallow bunny the other day. [...]
