In the words of Mrs. Kasha Davis: THERE’S ALWAYS TIME FOR A COCKTAIL! So here we have another cocktail courtesy of whoever did the advertising for Smirnoff in the 1970s. Here’s the original text for The Sunstroke: The Sunstroke (Sometimes less is more) For a long time we clung to the notion that longer daysContinue reading Smirnoff Sunstroke (1974)
I’ve been waiting for a good reason to bust out card No. 167 Picnic Beef Roll. And I found the perfect occasion–it’s International Picnic Day! (OK, yesterday was technically International Picnic Day–but I totally forgot to post this. Sue me). Of course I’d want to share this with the world! Look at it! Granted, itContinue reading 167. Picnic Beef Roll
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)
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
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
Look at that! DiS1972 giving us a pretty straightforward recipe. However, I did fiddle with the recipe to work with what I got. I had 100% of the ingredients but I substituted pork tenderloin for the lamb because: 1. lamb is really expensive. 2. I made pork and sauerkraut for new year’s day (it’s lucky!!!)Continue reading 155. Country Skillet
Happy National Scotch Day! In honor of the holiday I have prepared two different cocktails for you. Think of the Scotch Smash as a Mint Julep-Lite. This had less sugar, less mint, and less booze than the last julep I made: View this post on Instagram Mint Julep from 2-in-1 International Recipe CardContinue reading 2-in-1 International Recipe Card Collection: Scotch Shoot & Scotch Smash (1977)
Greetings and salutations! To those of you who are here because of my stellar appearance on Chopped– Welcome to Dinner is Served 1972! After reading about the show I hope you’ll stick around a bit and peruse the site–eight years of cooking up food from the past–both delicious and disgusting! And then maybe you canContinue reading I Was Chopped!
So, it turned out that I didn’t make all 12 the Bisquick Impossible Pies from The Bisquick “No Time To Cook Recipe Book” (1983) like I thought I did. I don’t know how I missed one, but I did–Zucchini-Tomato Pie. I love me an Impossible pie. I say this to Impossible Pies: That is, except forContinue reading Bisquick Impossible Pies: Zucchini-Tomato Pie
So, in episode 4 of FEUD: Bette & Joan, Pauline sits down for a Pepsi-centric lunch with Mamacita at a Howard Johnson’s. OK, maybe it wasn’t a Howard Johnson’s. They didn’t serve Pepsi; they had HoJo Cola. But that is neither here nor there. What does matter is the bit of conversation that goes on betweenContinue reading Jack Warner’s Broiled Salmon–Vegetable Medley
It’s here! It’s finally here! I don’t know how you plan on spending your election day, but after work I’m shutting down everything that could possibly tell me anything about the election until the morning after. So tonight I will sit, glass (bottle) of wine in hand, luxuriating in blissful radio silence. But that doesn’tContinue reading Smirnoff Election Punch (1971)
It’s been a while, hasn’t it? The last time I treated you to tales of my dating woe was The DejaDate back in March. I know how much you love hearing about my OKCupid dates, so I opened my good ol’ datebook and looked back to see what I’ve been up to since then. Now weContinue reading Oh Hell NOKCupid
Oh, what a wonderful day to be alive! Who doesn’t like a good peanut butter sandwich? Aside from those allergic to the peanut, of course. I actually brought peanut butter and jelly into work today to make a PB&J for my breakfast. I’m celebrating in style! Here is today’s sandwich: And of course, it wouldn’tContinue reading Happy PB&J Day!
Darlings, I feel like I’ve been away from you for so long. And perhaps I have been. In lieu of writing I’ve been out doing–Honfest, the gym, art shows, food truck rallies, and parties, and dates, and a trip to DC to see NKOTB(!). But I’m back. For a bit, anyway. I’m totally broke soContinue reading The Joys of Jell-O: Rainbow Cake
If you are a regular reader of DiS! I think I’ve made it pretty clear that I’m a big RuPaul’s Drag Race and Sharon Needles fan. So for this season there was no doubt who I’d be rooting for–ALASKA! She’s not only from Pittsburgh, she’s Sharon’s boyfriend! And although she was read earlier in theContinue reading A Dessert Fit for a Queen: Baked Alaska
OK, let me apologize for not having an actual weenie dish for you this week. I blogged the hell out of April and I am a bit tired. And it’s hot here. It’s supposed to hit 90 today in Baltimore. Which is disgusting and disconcerting–it’s only April, Mother Nature! But since it is Wiener Wednesday,Continue reading Wiener Wednesday: Fantasy Weenie Roast
It’s Wiener Wednesday and I am writing this from the comfort of my own couch, in my pajamas, watching the new Ricki Lake show–I just watched someone get a 20 minute boob job–amazing! It’s a snow day here, although there is no snow. Baltimore is in the pink part of the radar map. I don’tContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: World’s Longest Hot Dog & World’s Biggest D*ck
Oh. My. Gawd. What does one do when National Jell-O Week collides with Wiener Wednesday? Well, if I had known that this was National Jell-O Week, I would have a frankfurter mold for you right now. But instead I have this dish, the selection of which was a happy accident. From the Joys of Jell-OContinue reading Wiener Wednesday: Banana Wobbler
