Here's Red Roses' 1936 recipe for Egg Nog.
Beat separately the yolks and whites of 6 fresh eggs. Add 1/2 cup sugar to the yolks while beating, and 3/4 cup sugar to the whites after they have been beaten very stiff. Mix the egg whites with the yolks. Stir in 1 pint of Four Roses Whiskey and 1 ounce Jamaica rum. Stir thoroughly and serve very cold with grated nutmeg on each glass. This recipe makes 5 pints of egg nog.
Click here for a retro recipe for Irish Coffee.
Via Charm and Poise
Here's the recipe for Salad a la Russe as it appears in a 1939 recipe booklet from Mazola Oil.
3 cups finely shredded cabbage
1 cup bright colored vegetables — cooked peas and string beans, grated raw carrots, diced firm raw tomato
Well-seasoned French dressing (see link at bottom of this post)
Thin slices salami or other sausage
Anchovies or boneless sardines
Pimiento strips
Ravogote Mayonnaise (see recipe below)
Combine vegetables, marinate with French dressing and chill. Serve from salad bowl or use individual service, garnishing with sliced meat, fish and pimiento slices. Pass Ravigote Mayonnaise separately.
Ravigote Mayonnaise
1/4 cup vinegar
1/4 cup Mazola
2/3 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 egg yolk
1 teaspoon dry mustard
1/2 teaspoon salt
Few grains cayenne
1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar
1 teaspoon finely minced capers
1 teaspoon minced parsley
1/2 teaspoon onion juice
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/16 teaspoon cayenne
Place first 7 ingredients in order given in a pint jar. Fasten top of jar firmly and shake vigorously for one or two minutes. Chill, then add 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar, 1 teaspoon finely minced capers, 1 teaspoon minced parsley, 1/2 teaspoon onion juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt and about 1/16 teaspoon cayenne.
Click here for a recipe for French dressing from a 1920s recipe booklet.
Via Millie Motts
Any pie made with sweetened condensed milk is nummy-delicious.
Trust me on this.
Here's Eagle Brand's 1935 recipe for Lemon Meringue Pie.
1 1/3 cups (1 can) Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk
1/2 cup lemon juice
Grated rind of 1 lemon or 1/4 teaspoon lemon extract
2 eggs separated
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Baked pie shellBlend together Eagle Brand Sweetened Condensed Milk, lemon juice, grated lemon or lemon extract, and egg yolks. Pour into baked pie shell. Cover with Meringue made by beating egg whites until stiff and add sugar. Bake until brown in a moderate oven (350˚F). Chill and serve.
Click here to see a couple more lemon-y retro desserts.
Via jbcurio
This recipe has always had me baffled.
Apples are cheap and plentiful, so why would
you need a replacement for them?
Apparently, apples were indeed hard to come by for mobile American pioneers heading West in the 1800s. It was they who first replaced apples with crackers in their pie recipes — certainly preferable to the alternative.
Ritz came up with its own Mock Apple Pie recipe in the 1930s. Though I was born much, MUCH later, I remember the recipe appearing on boxes of Ritz Crackers throughout my childhood.
Here's the Mock Apple Pie recipe as it appeared on the back of Ritz Cracker boxes in the 1970s:
Pastry for two-crust 9-inch pie
36 Ritz crackers
2 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
Grated rind of one lemon
Butter or margarine
Ground cinnamon
Roll out bottom crust of pastry and fit into 9-inch pie plate. Combine water, sugar and cream of tartar in saucepan, boil gently for 15 minutes. Add lemon juice and rind. Cool. Pour syrup over crackers, dot generously with margarine or butter and sprinkle with cinnamon. Cover with top crust. Trim and flute edges together. Cut slits in top crust to let steam escape. Bake in a hot oven (˚425 F) 30 to 35 minutes, until crust is crisp and golden. Serve warm. Cut into 6 to 8 pieces.
Click here to see a 1952 recipe for Banana Cream Pie.
Via JasonLiebig
I'm guessing this vintage ad is from the late 1920s or 1930s. The illustrations are lovely. The dessert recipes look good. The savory ones, not so much.
Here's a closeup of Jell-O recipes from the past — Cardinal Salad, Peach Whip, Jell-O Cake Pudding and Chicken Mousse:
Click here for a spectacular video of Jell-O as you've never seen it before.
Found at genibee.
According to Wikipedia:
Rice Krispies Treats were invented in the 1920s or 1930s by Mildred Day and the staff at the Kellogg Company home economics department as a fund raiser for Camp Fire Girls.
Here's a closeup of the Rice Krispies Treats recipe from this 1950 ad:
