I will say going through some of these old books has me needing to go through the ones used in my infantile stage blog entries. I'm a lot more comfortable with my writing than I was and I skipped a lot of pictures.
Here are the books from which I gathered some of the information:
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Foodarama Party Book, 1959 |
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Better Homes and Gardens Holiday Cookbook, 1959 |
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How could I not do a holiday themed blog post? It combines two bad things about holiday cooking: Fruitcake and ring molds. |
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Mustard salad molds. Keeping the colors of red green and blah yellow consistent. This reminds me of Flarp or something my kids would play in and smear everywhere. |
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Calories and fat don't count this time of year. Besides, there are prunes in this to wash away the fat before it becomes fatty stools and stomach cramps. |
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I don't drink. But if I did, I would want to swig on some Glögg this time of year. If just for the sake of saying I was drinking Glögg from those kinky brass knuckle handled glasses. |
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This decorated and prepared to the point that I need to know if the fruit is sliced with the ham and eaten with the ham or if it is just discarded and ignored? This is a Ham's Ham. |
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Usually when I am making a pudding, the first ingredient I would add after sour cream is pasta. It just makes sense. |
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Looks like a steamed pile of something.. |
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I'm all for homemade gifts. However if it looks like a cup of purple nit water, I don't think anybody's going to want it. Did anybody else scratch their head without realizing it? |
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And what a Merrie roast of beef it is! Fat five inches thick and a tree monster with no mouth to stare at you while you eat. |
OMG! Hot creamed ham, oyster & mushrooms! Boy, that's really something to look fwd. to!
ReplyDeleteAs my witty son would say, mom, if you don't make me eat this, Santa can have this Christmas off, lol
I need to try that tactic next year!
DeleteI swear my mother made that fruitcake jello mold thingie.
ReplyDeleteI bet I would probably actually enjoy that Christmas Pudding. Looks like an interfaith version of noodle kugel!
ReplyDeleteSo....how do you make frozen fruitcake salad?
ReplyDeleteHello, would it be possible for me to get your permission to utilize on these photos in an article? It would be for a piece on Tastemade's national Snapchat channel and would be gone within 24 hours.
ReplyDeleteThank you!
Tessa