During a July 2016 trip to a local thrift store, I found the 1981 edition of My Great Recipes. I think that’s what it’s called. I’ve found similar on Ebay, but (so far) not the exact collection. Based on the musty smell that wafts from each card, this was stored in a basement. Some cards…
Maids of Honor Tarts
At first I thought this recipe from Cross Country Cookery was for cookies. Then I read the recipe for Maids of Honor and figured out they were tarts. And THEN I researched a little and learned the history of these purely English tarts. I think the recipe below is missing one pretty important step. Instead…
Roast Turkey and Apricots
On the Texas Chocolate Sheet Cake recipe, reader Jason asked for a long lost family favorite: roast turkey with an apricot-tarragon glaze. I seem to have lost my recipe card for a turkey dinner that my family and I really enjoyed. It was the apricot tarragon glaze (gravy) instead of the traditional gravy. My brother-in-law…
Which Pork Dish Is It?
Every so often I get an email from someone who’s lost a beloved family favorite from My Great Recipes. Epsy wrote: Hi, I’m looking for a recipe from the My Great Recipes Collection. I *think* it was the blue ribbon edition. If I remember correctly, it was a “Delicious Pork” category card (category #7). The…
Crispy Cauliflower Slaw
Card 34 in the “Salads and their dressings” category of My Great Recipes sounds like it just might be keto-friendly. I have no idea. What do you think? It’s cauliflower, cider vinegar, sour cream, dry mustard, pepper – and not much else. And it sounds like it would work with yogurt instead of sour cream…
The German and Viennese Cookbook 1956
The German and Viennese Cookbook is a pamphlet from the Culinary Arts Institute and was published in 1956. It’s #120 in the “Cooking Magic” series. There were twenty-four pamphlets in this series, and I have two of them; I’ll show you the Italian Cook Book sometime later. The Culinary Arts Institute of Chicago was one…