Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Jun 26, 2018 1:32:52 GMT
I'm scanning my great-aunt's recipe box and slowly posting recipes on my vintage cooking blog. I put up two peculiar carrot-based salads tonight. Scary Salads. |
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 26, 2018 1:35:25 GMT
Whoa, that first one is scary! I would try the second one, though. I do like carrot salad.
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Post by snyder on Jun 26, 2018 1:36:36 GMT
Different, but do look edible.  |
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Post by mimima on Jun 26, 2018 1:37:05 GMT
The first one made me wince, but I'd also eat the second.
I have my Grandmother's recipe box.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 26, 2018 2:00:00 GMT
Peanut butter, and marshmallows and bananas, that sounds good.
And that is where I would stop on that recipe.
I knew that mayo and pineapple would be in the next recipe. Ew and gross.
My mother started eating peanut butter and mayo sandwiches.... I have 3 theories about this. She was crazy, it was the one thing that she was sure of not being spoiled or it insured that nobody in my brother's lazy assed family would ask her to fix them lunch.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 26, 2018 2:03:35 GMT
But nothing is scarier than some jello salads that I’ve seen! Did your grandmother have some recipes from the 40’s when some foods were rationed? I’ve always been interested in that. There are quite a few British recipes online from that time, if you are ever curious.
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Post by Zee on Jun 26, 2018 2:27:21 GMT
Omg not the mayo/MW "salads"...the good old days, indeed. Blecch
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Post by DawnMcD on Jun 26, 2018 3:06:04 GMT
The second one I would probably try. I love carrot/raisin salad.
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Post by vi on Jun 26, 2018 3:51:11 GMT
Interesting salads for sure! I love your blog and now have it bookmarked. Thanks for sharing it.
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Post by MaryMary on Jun 26, 2018 4:35:23 GMT
Holy crap, that first salad made me dry heave.
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Post by auntkelly on Jun 26, 2018 4:40:07 GMT
But nothing is scarier than some jello salads that I’ve seen! I agree! When I saw "scary carrot salads" I immediately thought of my grandmother's jello-shredded carrot salad. She'd add shredded carrots to yellow jello and let it set. Once it set, she'd slice the jello into squares and serve each square on a salad plate atop a leaf of lettuce. She'd then top each jello square w/ a dollop of mayo. My grandmother was a great cook, but her jello salad was one of the few recipes I have no interest in trying to recreate. Mystie, your blog is fun! |
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Post by valincal on Jun 26, 2018 5:17:20 GMT
What the what?! 😳
The second one is pretty standard for the day, I think. 😄
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Post by lucyg on Jun 26, 2018 5:39:10 GMT
I have this book of American WWII recipes Grandma's Wartime Kitchen you might be interested in. They have used copies listed separately for a lot less money. also I agree with the others, the second recipe doesn't sound half bad. Thanks for the link to your blog. I hope you'll continue to post here when you have new posts. |
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Post by anniefb on Jun 26, 2018 5:40:11 GMT
Whoa, that first one is scary! I would try the second one, though. I do like carrot salad. Same here. |
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Post by gillyp on Jun 26, 2018 9:13:56 GMT
I don't know about the salads but I love your blogs!
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Post by pilcas on Jun 26, 2018 11:17:34 GMT
How interesting. Never in my life would I come up with these combos! I’m not sure I am about to replicate the recipes though!
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Post by carhoch on Jun 26, 2018 13:00:00 GMT
That’s hilarious and you will excuse me if I don’t try to make them  |
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Post by rrp23 on Jun 26, 2018 13:13:20 GMT
Ew!
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 26, 2018 13:16:56 GMT
I was just looking at your post on the cookbook from 1942; very cool photos!
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Post by anniebygaslight on Jun 26, 2018 15:27:29 GMT
Gosh!
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Post by jenr on Jun 26, 2018 16:25:13 GMT
Ewww!!
What is the deal with mayonnaise in salads? Ick.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 26, 2018 17:17:32 GMT
I might try the second recipe, too- but the first one? strange!! I love old recipes (I used to collect vintage cookbooklets) so I will have to check out more of your recipes. thanks for posting!
(I do like my mom's apple salad recipe which includes mayonnaise, pecans, and grapes-- kind of like pecan chicken salad but without the chicken, lol. It was a staple at holiday dinners.)
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Post by ~Susan~ on Jun 26, 2018 17:29:12 GMT
I love all kinds of salad, but I don't think I could ever bring myself to eat any of those  |
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Mystie
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Post by Mystie on Jun 26, 2018 17:35:09 GMT
But nothing is scarier than some jello salads that I’ve seen! Did your grandmother have some recipes from the 40’s when some foods were rationed? I’ve always been interested in that. There are quite a few British recipes online from that time, if you are ever curious. I am also in the process of scanning a stack of magazines from the WW II years and posting them on that same blog. I have four issues up so far. The recipes from those days are...interesting. Lol. My great-aunt's recipes are from more recent years...I would guess the 1950s to 1990s. But a lot of those weird salads and casseroles have hung around for an amazingly long time, esp. in more rural areas. |
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Post by Mystie on Jun 26, 2018 17:37:11 GMT
I have this book of American WWII recipes Grandma's Wartime Kitchen you might be interested in. They have used copies listed separately for a lot less money. also I agree with the others, the second recipe doesn't sound half bad. Thanks for the link to your blog. I hope you'll continue to post here when you have new posts. I have that book, too! I just love reading about food history. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Jun 26, 2018 18:54:36 GMT
ooh, I think I read that one! I have a really interesting one that I picked up YEARS ago back in Minnesota-- some obscure university press title, I think. Anyway, it's sort of a memoir mixed with recipes, all about Depression Era cooking-- eggless, sugarless cakes, and other similar recipes. I need to find it again-- it might be packed in a box. I have quite a few cookbooklets that were sponsored by the company / product-- a whole cookbooklet with peanut recipes put out by the Planters company, a cookbooklet with banana recipes by the Dole company, Meat for Health Defense (a war era one), etc. There are some pretty weird recipes in them! (I just like them mainly for the graphics... I don't think I've EVER made one of the recipes, lol.) |
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Post by RedSquirrelUK on Jun 26, 2018 22:18:25 GMT
Please, please, if anyone tries that first one, come back and let us know? I'm wildly curious, but not brave enough to try it. It sounds as if someone turned over 2 pages of a recipe book by mistake:
p47. Banana, marshmallow and peanut butter
p.51. Grated carrot, celery and mayonnaise
What happened to page 49?
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