Valentines Questions

I wonder if Jo ever got this pattern back?





Who wouldn't love the sub/strawberry heart cake combination?

Merry Christmas

Have a Festive Holiday!

Don't Forget the Cookies

Enjoy!

Comfort Food

Betty Crocker's Good and Easy Cook Book, 1954

Main Dishes

Pot Roast
Pepper Steak
Pork Chops
Barbecued Beefies
Chicken and Biscuits
Tuck-away Meat Loaf
Salmon Rarebit Pie

Barbecued Beefies are individual meat loaves with BBQ sauce on them.

Sugar Overload

Better Homes and Gardens Junior Cook Book, 1963.

Tutti-frutti-ice Sparkle
"Tall tingling sparklers with colorful cubes-you'd better be ready with lots of refills"

1 1 oz. package each: orange, lime, cherry "summer drink powder" aka Kool-aid
Sugar
Waer
Chilled lemon-lime carbonated beverage aka 7Up

Mix up each Kool-aid put it in ice cube trays - go play.
When frozen mix-up the ice cubes in glasses and a pitcher and pour in the 7Up.

I made this lovely beverage when I was a kid - this is from my first cook book.

Happy Thanksgiving

Retro Happy Hour by Linda Everett, Collectors Press, 2003.

Have a very warm and happy Thanksgiving.


Betty Crocker's Party Book, 1960

As Thick as Pea Soup

Carnation Cook Book, 1937.

Cream of Split Pea Soup

1 cup dried split peas
2 quarts cold water
Small piece of fat salt pork
1/2 small onion
4 tbsps fat
3 tbspd flour
1 1/2 tsps salt
1/8 tsp pepper
1 cup Carnation Milk diluted with 1 cup water

Pick over peas, cover with cold water and soak overnight. Add the cold water, pork and onion. Simmer 4 hours, or until soft. Press through sieve or potato ricer. Meanwhile, melt the fat and add flour, stir to smooth paste. Add pea pulp, salt, pepper and milk. If too thick, add more milk. Garnish with croutons and toasted almond slices.


Julia Child with a potato ricer.

Now you can use a blender or food processor instead of a sieve or ricer.