As I Blog While Starving (And A Chicken Is Baking In My Oven And Our Whole House Smells Like Lemony Garlicky Deliciousness)

And as my stomach growls...

Boy howdy, this blog is going to be a favorite of mine.  I can just tell.

I've been toying with the notion of actually making some of the vintage recipes that cross my path, kind of like what I did with The Salad of '75 (remember?).

Then I would photograph the results and give you my review.

What do you think?

I love the condescending quotation marks.  Isn't that cute of that homemaker, to actually think that she's a chef?  Whatever will her pretty little head think up next?

From 1954: When Someone Barfs On The Table And Calls It "Supper"

Women's Day

March 1954 

It's the little lemon slices that make this dish elegant!

From 1958: Back When You Could Say "Beef Balls" Without Having Someone Snicker

I love old recipes.  This is a terrific double-clicker and we might just have all four of these dishes over the next couple of weeks.

I Got Me A Case Of The Vintage Hungries: Ripe Olive Susan To The Rescue!

And look at them yummy Deviled-Ham Rollwiches!

It's still hotter than Billy Be Damned here in Hell, Arizona, and one thing that always tastes good when the temperatures are still 193 degrees are sammiches!

Be sure to note the radish bouquet.

From Eudaemonius' most excellent photostream on Flickr

From 1960: It's The One With The Velvet Texture

It's 1960. By all means, dip those delicious fruit slices in a big vat of mayonnaise! It's sure to be a hit with the rest of the girls at the next meeting of your bridge club!

I especially love old food ads that include recipes, such as this one.

(a FANTABULOUS double-clicker)

From 1968: Meatloaf Magic

I guess the "frosted meat loaf" could be considered a variation on shepherd's pie. And look, someone let a Bundt cake do the talkin'...with meaty goodness!

A fantastic double-clicker.

The Housewife's Guide To Mmm! Mmm! Good! (Now With Bonus Reactionary Stereotypes!)

Double-click to learn all about The Wonderful World Of Campbell's Soup. For instance, did you know that "men like beef and vegetables"? Or that "a prize steer" was used to make every can of beef soup? Or that the only way to adequately illustrate Pepper Pot was to borrow Aunt Jemima's sister?

There is something about that cow's head that cracks me up. I don't know why. He was likely contemplating his rather unhappy fate. Or perhaps not. Perhaps he was just merely thinking about some tasty cud.

From 1958: Behold, The Creamery Grainy Splendour Of Minute Rice And Cheese Sauce

FANTASTIC double-clicker!

Two bonus vintage recipes for those of you who like that sort of thing (like me!).