Why I Have A Nail Clipper Collection Hanging In My Hallway
[The Short version - I once made a mistake, and my children have spent more than a decade laughing at this mistake.]
Vintage Green Bean Casserole - From The Campbells Test Kitchen
Dorcas Reilly, who worked in Campbell’s test kitchen, created the recipe in 1955. Reilly’s dish was originally called the “Green Bean Bake,” and it gained its popularity when Campbell began printing the recipe on its mushroom soup cans.
“As one of the first full-time members of Campbell’s Home Economics department, Dorcas created ‘the mother of all comfort foods’ by simply combining two things most Americans had on hand in 1955: green beans and Campbell’s Cream of Mushroom Soup.”
Libby's Pumpkin Pie - The Tried & True Vintage Classic
Created in a test kitchen in 1929, the Libby's Pumpkin Pie Recipe created by Mary Hale Martin is still the classic no fail recipe that most use today. The recipe has been on the can label continuously since the 1920s, with a very few small changes. Read more of the history below [and see some of the vintage labels and ads] but first, here's the recipe:
Sourdough Discard Crackers
Making Crackers with unfed, or "sourdough discard".
Many sourdough bakers discard part of their starter each time they feed it. You can use that "discard", in so many recipes - crackers being one of the most popular. As I work my way through my sourdough recipe collection, these are the Sourdough Discard Recipes I had saved. I'll update the post as I try each recipe, and decide which methods, and flavors, are my favorites.
Demon Cake - A Very Vintage Recipe
Demon Cake - A Vintage Recipe for a Ginger Molasses Cake
"The Oldest Cake Recipe From The Oldest House In New York"
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