Low fat, but truckloads of sugar. No doubt an influence from the static electricity from all that polyester clothing. (Orange clothing. And not the safety vest kind.)
I have a Fanny Farmer and a Joy of Cooking from the late ’40s. My mom gave me the FF when I moved out if the house. It has the best pumpkin pie filling ever. Bith have many recipes for croquettes.
I doubled the amount of chocolate and halved the amount of sugar in my mom’s brownie recipe. She got her recipe from her mom and she had doubled the chocolate and halved the sugar in that recipe Gramms’s recipe was from the late 1800s early 1900s.
Jonathan Lemon creator 12 months ago
Anything tastes good with a tin of Spam and a Jell-o mold.
seanfear 12 months ago
those are treasures
samuli creator 12 months ago
We’ve recently tried some recipes from the 90s and even those are showing their age.
Batteries 12 months ago
You should see the Weight Watchers recipe cards/books from the 70’s. Gross
pat sandy creator 12 months ago
my mom was really into Peg Bracken’s “The I Hate To Cook Book” in the 60s…
Brass Orchid Premium Member 12 months ago
Everything was Harvest Gold and Avocado, too.
some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member 12 months ago
There’s a website (Mid Century Menu) that used to try recipes from the 50s. I remember they had a chocolate cake made using a can of tomato soup.
goboboyd 12 months ago
Low fat, but truckloads of sugar. No doubt an influence from the static electricity from all that polyester clothing. (Orange clothing. And not the safety vest kind.)
Teresa Burritt (Frog Applause) creator 12 months ago
Your angermemnon doesn’t seem as angry today.
ericlscott creator 12 months ago
Old recipe books from church ladies are always a fun read.
R.U. Kidding 12 months ago
Hey! I represent that remark!
CeceliaWD Premium Member 12 months ago
Don’t knock it. I believe those were the first days of green bean casserole with French’s fried onions
sergioandrade Premium Member 12 months ago
Cook books from the ’50’s often list sour milk.
Mike Baldwin creator 12 months ago
Yum, sounds like disco bar food.
willie_mctell 12 months ago
I have a Fanny Farmer and a Joy of Cooking from the late ’40s. My mom gave me the FF when I moved out if the house. It has the best pumpkin pie filling ever. Bith have many recipes for croquettes.
davewhamond creator 12 months ago
You don’t really need cookbooks anymore. You can just look up all your favorite recipes online and print them all out.
Mr. Impatient 12 months ago
His one big eye is kind of creepy.
itsacatsworld Premium Member 12 months ago
Ahaaaah! 1977…a Banner Year ;=)
crazeekatlady 12 months ago
I doubled the amount of chocolate and halved the amount of sugar in my mom’s brownie recipe. She got her recipe from her mom and she had doubled the chocolate and halved the sugar in that recipe Gramms’s recipe was from the late 1800s early 1900s.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 12 months ago
Anything ‘healthy’ was dry and tasteless. Everything tasty was loaded with all the stuff that’s bad for you.
tammyspeakslife Premium Member 12 months ago
I grew up in a hamburger helper and kool-aid home. Poor and cheap
Melki Premium Member 12 months ago
My mother considered opening a can of Chef Boyardee to be cooking. She didn’t need no stinkin’ books.
Zebrastripes 12 months ago
I have made an old recipe for decades! A chocolate cake with no eggs, etc. its my family’s fav!
Boots at the Boar Premium Member 12 months ago
I heard that drugs were big in the 70’s. I don’t know if that’s true or not, but it does explain so much.
mistercatworks 12 months ago
Sounds more like a variety of hangover cures.
BeeLBC 12 months ago
Is it The Good Cook series from Time-Life books? Those are spectacular!