I am living for the Smirnoff Vodka magazine ads from the 1970s. Today’s drink is The Smokey Mary. We never dreamed when we first launched the Smirnoff Bloody Mary it would become a global classic. That doesn’t mean, however, that most folks know how to make a really good one, or even care to bother.Continue reading The Smirnoff Smokey Mary (1977)
Welcome to the 8th Annual Pieathalon! You all know the deal–the Pieathletes send me pre-1990 pie recipes and I randomly assign them to another Pieathlete. We make ’em! Then share ’em! My assignment is courtesy of Dr. Bobb of Dr. Bobb’s Kitschen. He submitted two different recipes and this is the one I chose, fromContinue reading Pieathalon 8: Mahogany Pie (1978)
We’ve come to the end of the Summer of Franks! And let me tell you, it couldn’t come soon enough. Bring on fall! And bring on dishes that don’t include cylindrical-shaped foods! For the very last Wiener Wednesday, I turned to Click Americana and One-Dish Frankfurter Meals. I was feeling a little spicy, so IContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Mexican Franks & Eggs (1965) and Montezuma Bloody Maria (1974)
Hello there! After so many weeks of weenies, it’s a surprise that I had not yet featured a dish from this cookbook, the 1983 reissue of Mettja C. Roate’s New Hot Dog Cookbook. I’m in. I want new and exciting ways to make hot dogs! The cover art is a bit of a let downContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Hot Dog Round-Up Sandwiches (1983)
It’s another Wiener Wednesday, people! This week I recreated an 1956 hot dog ad from Pinterest which features a recipe called New Swank for the Frank. Note: the dictionary definition of swank is: stylishly luxurious and expensive. Just keep that in mind as we delve into these dogs. Done up brown, with extra flavor sizzledContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: New Swank for the Frank (1956)
Yet another Wiener Wednesday dish that I chose because of the name. The Babysitter’s Favorite. This is from Crock-Pot Cooking by Marilyn Neill. As someone who was only a babysitter for a single summer because I disliked it so much, I can’t really speak on what would make this a babysitter favorite; so instead IContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: The Babysitter’s Favorite (1975)
It’s another Wiener Wednesday and another Dinner is Served 1972 card!!! I apologize that this dish looks super-similar to Pine Valley Red Hots from seven weeks ago (OMG I cannot believe that I have been doing these for nearly 2 months). Compare the Deviled Hot Dogs above to the Pine Valley Red Hots: Strikingly similar.Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: 207. Deviled Hot Dogs
Howdy ho, partners! It’s Wiener Wednesday! It is also 3 days to the 5th Annual Cowboy Day Cookalong hosted by our friends at Recipes4Rebels. So today’s post is in celebration of both hot dogs and cowboys. And Elvis. LOGIC: Elvis played a cowboy in multiple movies. In the film Loving You he sings–I shit you not–a songContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: The Elvis Dog (Cowboy Day!)
Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! Time for another delightfully named hot dog dish, Pig-in-a-Poke! This recipe is from Better Homes & Gardens Barbecues and Picnics (1963). Do you know what a pig in a poke is? I didn’t know what a pig in a poke is, so I took to the internets. A pig in a poke isContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Pig in a Poke (1963)
Today’s recipe, Frosted Franks, was submitted by DiS1972 reader Diana. I applaud her for finding it. Ah, Frosted Franks! A sane person may imagine that Frosted Franks is much like 174. Frosted Meatloaf–a little meat wrapped in mashies: That sane person would be wrong. Very wrong. I am sure that you’ve seen this recipe floatingContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Frosted Franks
By now we all know that Vincent Price was a beast in the kitchen, yes? You definitely do if you’re a regular DiS1972 reader. His recipes appear on the blog numerous times (including a Wiener Wednesday!). Todays dog dish, Hotchpotch of Curly Kale, is from Vincent and Mary Price’s Treasury of Great Recipes (1965). ItContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Vincent Price’s Hotchpotch of Curly Kale (1965)
It’s Wiener Wednesday, bitches! I found today’s recipe at the retro treasure trove Click Americana in a 1955 issue of Woman’s Day magazine: Although I am always down for new ways to dish up frankfurters, I really want to find out how to build a sailboat for $65. Today’s pick is Herbed Franks: No, notContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Herbed Franks and Rolls (1955)
Greetings and salutations, it’s another Wiener Wednesday! This week’s recipe is from Good Housekeeping’s Hamburger & Hot Dog Book (1958). I was ecstatic when I found a copy. It has HOT DOG in the title! If the tagline “Novel Uses for America’s Favorite Meats” isn’t enough to get you excited, the acknowledgements at the startContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Frank-Stuffed Cabbage Rolls (1958)
Happy Wiener Wednesday! The #SummerOfFranks rolls on with a selection from a recent acquisition, The Family Circle Meat Cookbook (1954). That is a broiled sirloin steak if you were wondering. The cookbook is divided into 12 chapters: The Meat in Your Menus Beef Veal Lamb Pork Ham Sausage Bacon Variety Meats Quick-Fix Meats Sauces MeatContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Pine Valley Red Hots (1954)
Wiener Wednesdays are back, baby! Hot dogs, weenies, frankfurters, Coneys, footlongs or red hots–whatever you call ’em, I’m gonna be serving them up for the next 14 weeks from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Move over, #HotGirlSummer–this is #HotDogSummer! I declare Summer 2021 the SUMMER OF FRANKS! To kick it off, I consulted Pillsbury’s MeatContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Hot Dog S’mores (1969)
This is the runner-up in the you-decide-what-ground-beef-dish-I-should-cook poll. I actually made it the day after Baked Stuffed Cheese-Burger (can’t waste that ground beef!), but have not gotten around to posting it until today. You see, I’ve had a lot going on. Actually millions of things going on; I live in Maryland, which is ground zeroContinue reading 142. Meat Loaf Mexicali
Last week you voted and the winner is 129. Baked Cheese-Burger! Looks pretty simple. And I didn’t have to buy a damn thing. I appreciate that the 1973 dinners are pared down considerably from the original DiS1972 set–so many of the cards are multi-hour affairs, but a good number of the 1973 dinners only takeContinue reading 129. Baked Cheese-Burger
FUN FACT! May is National Egg Month!!! Honestly, it seems like Egg Month should be April because; Easter. But perhaps the Egg Council of America people missed their chance to claim it. Speaking of Easter, I had leftover dyed eggs from my Easter Braid that I needed to kill, which is why I decided toContinue reading Burda International Cuisine Festive Menus: Stuffed Eggs (1978)
