Bad Vintage Recipes

Part of the charm of the old cookbooks for me is how awful some of the recipes are. Even the ones that I do like, I have to adapt and cut out a lot of grease, add more spices or completely remove the aspic aspect of it. (sorry if you guys like it, but...eugh!)

I thought it would be fun to add a list of the worst recipes we've encountered.

I remember a particularly bad one my mom used to make with pork chops, ketchup and american cheese slices. Those were all the ingredients.

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Permalink Reply by MTippingAtelier-Admin on August 26, 2010 at 10:06am

Pawsome! I sent your blog on to a friend of mine who is a real mid-century afficionado--he's going to LOVE it!

Kind of a twist on "Julie and Julia", eh? HA!

I love to cook and often have dinner parties and I have been wanting to cook a 1950's themed dinner! But I want to make "normal" recipes (I assume there are some;). Growing up my mother made "for company" an appetizer salad composed of cottage cheese and canned pineapple rings on a bed of lettuce topped with grated cheddar cheese and a maraschino cherry--the dressing was mayonnaise (Hellman's, of course) and the pineapple juice. I remember it was actually pretty good:)

M.
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Permalink Reply by Aralis Bloise on August 26, 2010 at 11:38pm

MTippingAtelier, This is a good website for dinner party ideas and a bit of food history.

http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodfaqindex.html

Permalink Reply by MTippingAtelier-Admin on August 27, 2010 at 7:25am

OH my gosh!! Thank you SO much for the foodtimeline link--this will be absolutely invaluable to me, especially for menu planning!! Tuna-potato chip casserole, anyone--now there's a winner, eh? BWAHAHAHAHA!

M.
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Permalink Reply by COBAYLEY on October 9, 2010 at 11:57pm

I have been a follower of your blog for quite awhile and I love it...it makes me smile, laugh and remember some really good times from when I was a child...keep it up...

NoPatternRequired said:

Thanks, guys! Glad you liked it!

If anyone is wondering about the outcome of the contest, the Jellied Tongues won, and no surprise there. :)

http://www.nopatternrequired.com/?p=10056

Surprisingly, "bad" cooking is a lot of fun. We make a terrible vintage recipe every Weds, and once you get over your fears it is actually a pretty great time.

If anyone wants to make a bad vintage recipe and do a guest post on my blog, email me at ruth@nopatternrequired.com. And we have another recipe contest coming up in Nov!

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