6 classic gooseberry preserve recipes
These classic gooseberry preserve recipes show you the old-fashioned ways to prepare and preserve these rare summer fruits.
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12 traditional holiday recipes with walnuts (1950s)
Delicious Christmas and holiday recipes with walnuts, including Chess pie, Walnut nuggets, Plum pudding, Walnut stuffing, Scotch trilbies, Panettone, and other delights.
Perfect turkey gravy: An easy vintage recipe from 1976
Want to know how to make the perfect turkey gravy? Here’s a great classic recipe that eliminates the possibility of greasy gravy and lumps of flour.
Creamy cottage cheese dip: Vintage recipe from 1972
Cottage cheese — like that used in this creamy cottage cheese dip recipe — is a little lower in fat and calories than sour cream, and just as delicious.
6 simple salad dressing recipes from the fifties
These 6 simple salad dressing recipes from the fifties are easy to make, and might just be the old-fashioned taste you’re looking for to perk up the flavor of your green salads.
Check out these retro Cheez Whiz recipes from their Idea Book (1974)
Get some retro Cheez Whiz recipes for fondue, casserole and other cheezy dishes like ham & rice roll-ups, Mexican bean dip and more.
Honeyscotch ice cream topping: An old-fashioned recipe from the ’50s
Save this vintage Honeyscotch ice cream topping recipe to whip up again and again! It’s honey-smooth and honey-sweet – but not too sweet.
What is tutti-frutti? Find out, and learn how to make it
A perfect way to preserve summer fruits for year-round enjoyment is to do as your ancestors did and make some tutti-frutti. What’s that? Find out!
12 vintage elderflower and elderberry recipes
Here, get old-fashioned elderberry recipes for wine, elderberry jam & jelly, cobbler, pie and more delicious vintage-style treats!
20 delicious classic homemade cranberry sauce recipes
Cranberries, like the turkey, have become traditional for Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners – and these 20 classic cranberry sauce will add the ruby-red jewel to your feast.
How to make real old-fashioned homemade jam & jelly
Now is the season when fruit is abundant, cheap and in the best condition for making jams, preserves and jellies. Preserves mean fruit that is cooked with sugar, equal weight, and left whole or nearly so.
Traditional sauces and sides to serve with meats (1899)
Meat is the foundation of a dinner, and vegetables, sauces, jellies, preserves and relishes help to make the whole complete. Here are several traditional sauces and sides to serve with meats.
Make a cheddar-brandy almond-covered cheese ball (1982)
This classic brandy-tinged almond-covered cheese ball is so easy to make – and only takes a few minutes to mix and shape. Here’s how!
8 vintage recipes for Miracle Whip dip from the ’80s: Onion, shrimp, spinach, BBQ, cheese dips & more
“Hey, Andy, look at this. Onion dip with Miracle Whip.” There’s only one thing better than homemade onion dip. And that’s homemade onion dip made with the
How to make DIY vinegar: Recipes for 16 flavored homemade vinegars, including raspberry, strawberry, tarragon & celery (1910s)
Here are some homemade vinegar recipes for making your own special fruit and herb vinegars, using things like raspberries, strawberries, cherries, pineapple, mint, onions, celery, tarragon and other foods.
How to make old-fashioned spiced peaches & homemade preserves with these vintage recipes
If you think peach jam is good, wait until you try these vintage recipes for homemade sweet, warmly-flavored spiced peaches and preserves made from fresh peaches.
Thanksgiving desserts with fifties flair: Pumpkin pie, pumpkin chiffon & orange-pumpkin chiffon pie
Three glamorous 1950s pumpkin pies: A baked golden pumpkin pie, pumpkin chiffon pie with corn flake crust, and a no-bake orange pumpkin chiffon pie recipe with gingersnap crumb crust
Serve a ’70s style retro Cranberry Wobbler gelatin mold this Thanksgiving
This Thanksgiving, when they come home for turkey dinner, give your dinner some bounce – a retro Cranberry Wobbler gelatin mold for a holiday side dish!
15 old-fashioned apple recipes from Fannie Farmer (1913)
Fannie Farmer’s old-fashioned apple recipes by Fannie Merritt Farmer The wholesome apple in cookery (from 1913) Scandinavian legends affirm that the apple was the favorite food of
17 wild & wonderful watermelon recipes (1972)
It’s surprising what you can do with watermelon — cook it, chill it, pickle it — for a side dish, salad, dessert, drink, relish or topping. Here are some great watermelon recipes for you to try!
3 classic banana recipes: Banana cookies, country banana bread & cranberry-banana marmalade (1985)
Give gifts from the heart this holiday — Homemade preserves. Loaves. Cookies. All made with delicious Chiquita bananas! Find recipes for Banana cookies, Country banana bread & Cranberry-banana marmalade
Fried green tomatoes & more: 11 recipes for green tomatoes (1912)
What can you make with green tomatoes? Here’s an old-fashioned recipe for fried green tomatoes, plus 10 more ways to use them!
Make cranberry sauce cutouts shaped like little turkeys
Serve 7 turkeys for Thanksgiving! (1942) One on a platter, and six made from cranberry sauce! There’ll be oh’s and ah’s aplenty when you bring on the
Two different ways to make an old-fashioned Cranberry-Pumpkin Pie
For flavor effervescence, the combination of fresh cranberries and pumpkin is a rare treat — and one all will relish.
Zesty horseradish dip: Vintage recipe from 1972
This zesty horseradish dip recipe gets its zing from both radishes and horseradish, smoothed into a savory sour cream and beef soup mix base.
Recipe for the best-ever barbecue sauce (1973)
The best-ever barbecue sauce is great for hot dogs, hamburgers, broiled chicken, grilled ham slices and steaks — or add a couple of tablespoons of it to a can of baked beans for some taste magic!
Have a summer spree with Lipton Onion Soup Mix (1966)
Lipton summer salad topping recipe & Lipton Chili Con Carne recipe No other soup — canned or mix — gives your recipes this special flavor California Dip: Blend
Dress up your BBQ chicken with some fresh, savory jiffy barbecue sauce & a tangy dressing for your salad (1955)
Give your barbecues a real headstart to compliments with this classic recipe for fresh, savory jiffy barbecue sauce! The recipe is easy and delicious.
20 classic salad dressing recipes (1901)
The following 20 salad dressings and sauces are, without exception, easily made, and of such variety that it is possible to have a desirable change with nearly every salad made.
Retro Thanksgiving side dishes from the ’80s: Thanksgiving turkey team-ups
Any way you carve it, the big bird will taste even better with these sensational Thanksgiving side dishes
6 ways to preserve raspberries (1919)
6 different ways to preserve fresh raspberries Raspberries are such a perishable fruit that they should be preserved as soon as possible after their arrival from market;
Superb salads with Imperial dressing (1962)
Salad Superb! The dressing secret is Del Monte Catsup Imperial Dressing recipe Pineapple distilled vinegar accents the ripe tomatoes and zesty seasonings in Del Monte Catsup makes
Make this chicken dinner with your blender (1962)
Osterizer Spin Cookery What’s spin cookery? It’s modern menu-making for palate-pleasing entrees like this Chicken Encore prepared from left-over chicken or turkey, with savory-smooth sauce. It’s also
Devilish corn sauce recipe (1964)
Del Monte cream style corn … is a real satisfier. Rich corn cream crammed with tender golden kernels. Full of natural sweetness, hearty flavor. Your kind of
