1970s
Jell-O Waldorf Wheel (1979)
This molded gelatin recipe is Jell-O’s take on the classic Waldorf Salad — a turn-of-the-century hotel menu item that featured apples, celery, nuts with a creamy dressing on top.
This molded gelatin recipe is Jell-O’s take on the classic Waldorf Salad — a turn-of-the-century hotel menu item that featured apples, celery, nuts with a creamy dressing on top.
This Jell-O salad is a gelatin version of gazpacho. It’s also dished up cold, but has the veggies and Worcestershire sauce suspended in a bouncy lemon Jello base.
Starting around the end of the 19th century, there was a war that was fought not with guns and sharp knives, but with food coloring and butter knives. It was the great battle of Butter vs Margarine.
This Toll House cake is really a different and glamorous cake, with all the lightness and delicacy you always look for – plus whole Morsels of Nestle’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate scattered through and through it.
Grandma’s one-bowl applesauce cake recipe. It’s especially versatile. It’s the perfect snack almost any time. Bake it as squares, a ring, a loaf or cupcakes. Glaze it or not. Offer it for special flavor at brunch, lunch, or nightcap breaks.
Desserts made out of candy? Kids growing up in the late ’60s and early ’70s probably could hardly believe their good luck when this Snickers bar chocolate rice pudding recipe showed up.
Texas Two-step Chicken Picante The bold taste of Pace, a touch of tang, and a little something sweet come together for a lip-smackin’ new way
No other kitchen comes with as much fun stuff as the Fisher-Price All-In-One Kitchen Center!
Young Brooke Shields on the cover of American Home magazine Brooke on the Thanksgiving issue – November 1975 Young Brooke Shields for Colgate (1975) Young Brooke Shields
Do you ever hanker for the charm of old-fashioned brick kitchen floors? How friendly they were, gleaming after their morning scrub! Get a white brick linoleum floor that’s easy to keep clean.
Imagine, up above the clouds enjoying a cheeseburger from McDonald’s for lunch or dinner. McDonaldland cookies for dessert. There’s even a McDonald’s sausage biscuit for breakfast.
From the late 1970s: Bumble Bee. You can tell it’s the freshest-tasting tuna. And you know something? Kids can tell, too.
Here’s a little tasty twist on the classic Thanksgiving dessert: Pumpkin Dutch Apple pie, featuring several of the season’s best flavors!
The New Dodge Caravan: We thought of everything. 34 more cubic feet of nooks, niches, cubbyholes, crannies, conveniences, comforts, cupholders and cargo room.
Make this sweet sweetheart cake – the loveliest cake you ever baked! Make it for a bridal party or for a birthday, for a wedding anniversary,
Make honey-cornmeal biscuits — either cut-out or drop biscuits — and smooth, sweet honey butter with these recipes from 1987.
Cottage pudding goes to town — glorified with Baker’s Chocolate! “How can anything economical taste so divine?” marveled my ritzy Cousin Sophie. Chocolate Cottage Pudding
Toll House Kookie Brittle recipe A delicious variation on America’s favorite cookie treat Ingredients 1 cup margarine 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla 1 teaspoon salt 1 cup
Grandma’s peanut butter molasses cookies recipe – a recipe that’s simple, you’ll be glad to make them whenever the children ask!
Like ice cream and cake at your house? Here’s a delightful new way to serve it!
One bowl brownies! Finally, a scrumptious homemade brownie that’s easy. Guaranteed.
Radioactivity. It’s been in the family for generations. In fact, scientists can tell us just how our remote ancestors are by measuring the radioactivity still
A New Year wish you can make come true! To bake the most luscious New Year’s cakes you ever tasted, follow the easy recipes here.
Check out some vintage baby gear from Cosco, along with some of their other products – including folding tables, serving carts and more.
In 1976, Kojak actor Telly Savalas took a little time out to pose for a few ads for Gillette razor blades. Here’s how it went, baby.
A holiday house — or Christmas cottage — made from Rice Krispies is easier and faster to put together than most conventional gingerbread houses!
On this 1972 TV special, Jack Lemmon led a delightful salute to George and Ira Gershwin. Also starring Fred Astaire, Robert Guillaume & Ethel Merman.
Take the advice of the ol’ master of relaxation, Bing Crosby… take a comfort break in a La-Z-Boy Reclina-Rocker.
Recipes for Philly Pleasures: Truffles, torte, PB&J pie & banana pudding These luscious new recipes all begin with Philadelphia Brand cream cheese, which actually has half
Cookies made without butter? This vintage recipe uses vegetable oil instead.
Now’s the time for Jell-O salads! Don’t let a week go by without serving one. Recipes below: 1. Jellied Potato Salad 2. Carrot and Apple
Paula gives mother-in-law her comeuppance! “That little flibbertigibbet!” I thought the minute I clapped eyes on my son’s bride coming down the Pullman steps. “can’t
There’s magic in the rich, chocolate moistness of Duncan Hines’ brownies — and in how deliciously they disappear. Mint magic brownies recipe Ingredients 1 Duncan
Lollipop cookie recipe Ingredients 1 cup (2 sticks) Challenge Butter, softened 1-1/2 cups firmly packed brown sugar 2 eggs 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour 2
After an outdoorsy afternoon, bring the party inside. Settle down to something warming. Any of these delicious dishes will do fine. They’re super easy because you make them with onion soup mix.
Ideal for displaying plants in any room, the Aladdin Folarium gives plants a healthy indoor environment.
Brown sugar pinwheel cookie recipe Swirls of cocoa punctuate the brown sugar flavor of these pinwheel cookies. Ingredients 1 cup firmly packed Domino Light Brown
Give Uncle Ed a reason to stay awake after his Thanksgiving turkey dinner Caramel apple cheesecake recipe Prep time: 15 minutes Ingredients 1 can (21
Goody for you! Who can resist Chocolate Refreshers, made with Nestle’s semi-sweet morsels? They’re chewy rich goodies everyone loves! Full of nuts and dates and
Though many have tried, no cook has ever been able to improve upon the taste of traditional pumpkin pie. Carnation’s famous pumpkin pie recipe is a Thanksgiving classic – and we have the ’50s recipe right here.
Ice cream scooped into a sweet cookie crust — perfect for parties!
Pumpkin Cake Wonderful twist on Thanksgiving tradition! A light, appetizing treat for stuffed tummies! Pumpkin CAKE! Made excitingly high and downy textured — with real
Baker’s Broomstick Brownies recipe A Halloween treat so good, it’ll scare you. Ingredients 4 squares Baker’s Unsweetened Baking Chocolate 3/4 cup butter or margarine 2
If you’ve never thought of putting luscious, ruby-red cranberries into a pie, hurry and find out how royally delicious this Ann Pillsbury creation really is!
Your guests will hope for more as they taste the super-goodness that honey brings to this glorified pumpkin pie — the pumpkin chiffon honey pie.
Never before a banana cream pie so light, so tender. Light in calories, too. The secret is ‘Magic Crystals’ that burst into fresh milk flavor, without heavy fat.
This vintage recipe for a chocolate pie features a filling of ice cream blended with pudding, then studded with bittersweet chocolate and poured into a graham cracker crust.
A little Dole pineapple makes it amazingly simple to bring a bright new flavor to anything you make — as you’ll see by trying these tasty
How to turn your angel into a tiger with Karo Syrup You can create a lot of fun faces this Halloween. It’s easy with Karo
Introducing the first kids’ cereal even mothers will love New Cabbage Patch Kids brand Cereal is the one cereal both moms and kids can feel
Use Best Foods for moister, richer spice cakes… the best you’ve ever tasted. Amazin’ Raisin Cake Recipe Ingredients 3 cups unsifted flour 2 cups sugar
A bouncy new baby is wonderful fun – but quite a burden, too! This practical safety crib will make Baby even more fun, because Trimble’s Kiddie-Koop makes baby care easier for you… safer for Baby
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