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Saturday, August 9, 2025

Pudding away the rice

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I wasn't sure whether I would bother writing a post for National Rice Pudding Day. The problem isn't a lack of recipes; I've got...
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Wednesday, August 6, 2025

Frozen "delicacies" to show off your fridge

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 What could be better than owning an electric refrigerator in the (probably) late 1920s or early1930s? 52 Recipes for Frozen Delicacies  (fr...
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Saturday, August 2, 2025

Harvest the oranges and cranberries! It's August

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Cooking by the Calendar  (edited by Marilyn Hansen, 1978) muses that "The steady golden hum of August is upon us with its humid heat an...
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Wednesday, July 30, 2025

Some Dahnke Salads

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I had better hurry up and get to Marye Dahnke's Salad Book  (1954) before summer slips away! (Yeah, I know it's only late July, but ...
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Saturday, July 26, 2025

A Saturday Morning "Treat"!

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It's Saturday morning! You are a 1950s mom who is occasionally in the mood to cook and surprise the family with a special treat, so you ...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Observing the unwatched pot

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The cover of The Unwatched Pot: A Crockful of Recipes for Electric Slow Cooking (Paula Franklin for Hamilton Beach, 1975) looks like the coz...
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Saturday, July 19, 2025

Pepper prepper

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I adore bell peppers! I will throw at least a few bits of bell pepper into pretty much any savory thing I'm cooking-- some green for the...
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