Welcome to Wiener Wednesday! DiS1972 reader Dana is a good friend of the blog and submitted this recipe (with a boatload of other hot dog gems) for my consideration. I picked this recipe because of the adorable illustrations and the whimsical name, Snow Caps (although it was tough to pass on something called 20th CenturyContinue reading WIENER WEDNESDAY! Cutco Cookbook: Snow Caps (1956)
Happy Wiener Wednesday! This week I’m taking a stab at Frankfurter Cheese Boats! I chose this recipe because the ad promises me “a boat load of good eating!” “Hot Dog,” you’ll say, “I’m glad we made ’em with Kaukauna Klub” To bring you distinctively flavored Kaukauna Klub, we take the finest of natural cheddar cheeseContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Kaukauna Klub Frankfurter Cheese Boats (1954)
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)
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)
In my last post (Wiener Wendnesday Pine Valley Red Hots), I mentioned that there was a recipe for a Pine Valley Cocktail in my Pap Pap’s 1958 copy of Here’s How! By Stouffer’s cocktail booklet. I love this book. It insists on absolute exactness in measurement, the selection of Grenadine to achieve properly colored drinks,Continue reading Pine Valley Cocktail (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)
To refresh your memory, here is 187. Fillet Roll-Ups: When I posted that earlier this week I did not include an Avocado & Grapefruit Mold, which was part of the menu. Card 187. did not include a recipe for the salad, so I was left to my own devices. When I googled “Avocado and GrapefruitContinue reading BH&G Salad Book: Avocado-Grapefruit Souffle(1958)
Last night Mr. Sauce, Esq. and I watched the new Netflix movie Deadly Illusions starring Kristin Davis (a.k.a. Charlotte York from Sex and the City). It’s a doozy. Plot: Charlotte York is a famous novelist who is about to start her new book. To free up time she hires a nanny (played by Frasier Crane’sContinue reading Cocktails and Snacks: Frankfurter Rolls & Cocktail Cheese Mold (1953)
It’s game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Pittsburgh Penguins vs. The Nashville Whatevers (seriously, what is their name?) Anyway, although tonight’s game is taking place in Nashville, I’m making a tasty nibble inspired by the original home of the Pittsburgh Penguins–the Civic Arena. You may remember it from the 1995 Jean-Claude Van Damme film,Continue reading Igloo Canapes (1950)
I received a copy of the Esquire Cook-Book as a Christmas gift last year (thanks, mum!) Now, mine didn’t have it, but here is the original book jacket: So, yes, being Esquire, it is directed to men. To teach them the basics of cooking and entertaining, not much different than the The Playboy Gourmet (1977)and Playboy’sContinue reading Esquire Cook-Book Romaine Salad (1955)
When I was asked to make a pasta dish in support of San Giorgio’s #PastaForGood campaign, I had to go retro. I mean, it’s my schtick. So I took to the interwebs and, on the Curly Wurly blog, found images from a 1950s cookbook published by San Giorgio back in the 1950’s called Try ItContinue reading Mrs. Ezio Pinza’s Spaghetti with Chicken
FINALLY! After weeks of teasing yinz guys, I finally threw my Mad Men Party featuring recipes from The Unofficial Mad Men Cookbook by Judy Gelman and Peter Zheutlin in honor of the end of the show. My shindig was just one part of an entire virtual Mad Men party with other bloggers from around theContinue reading How We Partied like Mad Men for the End of Mad Men
Hors d’Ouerves Week continues with a party classic, Deviled Eggs. This recipe is from the very cool Cookindex (1959) card set that I received from the very lovely Susan Marks, the author of the book Finding Betty Crocker: The Secret Life of America’s First Lady of Food and the accompanying Betty-themed blog. She is also a filmContinue reading Hooray for Hors d’Ouerves: Deviled Eggs
Us at Dinner is Served (and by ‘us’ I mean Brian and me) want to wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving. And really there is no better way to do so than this little gem of a video, the Thanksgiving episode of The Liberace Show (1954). For no other reason, you want to watch itContinue reading Liberace’s Thanksgiving
In this entertaining Q&A with Jay R. Ferguson, a.k.a. Mad Men‘s Stan Rizzo, Ferguson talks about a memento he stole from the set when they disassembled the creative lounge to make way for The Computer (damn you, Harry Crane!). So out of everything in the lounge what did he choose? An advertisement for Log CabinContinue reading Stan Rizzo Loves Bacon Logs
Logically, it seems as though Kentucky Derby Day should be Mint Julep Day. But I guess since the Derby is on a different day every year…? Anyway, according to our friends at Foodimentary, it’s Mint Julep Day! I think I’ve only ever had a proper julep once. When I lived in Richmond, VA. There isContinue reading Happy Mint Julep Day!
So for the last snow day that I had, I had already exhausted all of the rum (actually, I take that back–I still have some dark rum in the cabinet above my fridge. Speaking of which, is that where everyone keeps their booze? Or was that just my parents–and now me?) But I digress. TheContinue reading Beverage Bonus: Tom Collins (Vodka Collins)
