Hey, my mom used to make that!

Retro Shock and Awe: Frankfurter Crown Casserole

You know you want to make it.

2 slices of bacon
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/2 cup water
1/2 tsp. salt
dash of pepper
3 cups sliced cooked potatoes
1 cup cooked green beans
1/2 pound frankfurters, split and cut in half

1. In skillet, cook bacon. Remove and crumble. 2. Cook onion in drippings. 3. Stir in soup, water, salt, pepper. 4. Add potatoes, beans. 5. Pour into 1 1/2-qt. casserole. 6. Stand up franks around edge. Bake at 350˚F 30 minutes. 7. Top with bacon. Makes 4 servings.

For German-style seasonings: just add 1 to 2 tbsp. vinegar to soup.

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Retro barbecue baste

 

Here's a 1961 recipe for A.1. Butter Baste for hamburgers, steak, hot dogs, chicken and pork.

1/2 cup A.1. Steak Sauce
1 cup butter or margarine
4 oz. tomato sauce (optional)

Over low heat, melt butter in saucepan, add A.1. Steak Sauce. (If you prefer a tomato flavor, add 4 oz. tomato sauce.) Stir until blended. Keep warm. Brush on grilling hamburgers, hot dogs, steak, chicken or pork. Baste frequently as meat cooks.

Click here to see another idea for grilling hot dogs.

Retro Sweet and Sour Frankfurters

This recipe comes from a vintage Carnation recipe booklet.

Sweet and Sour Frankfurters

1/3 cup vinegar
1 2/3 cups (large can) undiluted Carnation Evaporated Milk
1 pound frankfurters
2 tablespoons melted shortening
1 cup coarsely cut green pepper
1/2 cup coarsely cut onion
1/4 cup firmly packed brown sugar
3 tablespoon cornstarch
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups pineapple tidbits (crushed pineapple) and juice

Slowly stir vinegar into Carnation. Cut franks into quarters. Brown in melted shortening. Add pepper and onion. Brown slightly; stir in brown sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add pineapple and juice. Blend until smooth. Stir in Carnation. Continue cooking until slightly thickened. Serve at once over chow mein noodles.

 Click here for a 1957 tip for grilling franks.

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How to — and why you should — spiral-cut hot dogs before grilling

Click here to watch the 49-second video on spiral-cutting hot dogs.

If you don't have a grill, click here to see my favorite way of cooking hot dogs indoors.

1957 tip from A.1. Sauce for grilling franks

This hot dog grilling tip comes from the above 1957 ad for A.1. Sauce:

Make deep diagonal cuts part way through skinless frankfurters. Brush each frankfurter liberally with think, tangy A.1. Sauce before grilling.

Click here to see a retro recipe for oven-baked corn dogs.

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1977 recipe for Cheese 'n Frank Crescents

My mother used to make these and they're still one of my favorite comfort foods.

Here's a close-up of the recipe:

Click here for a vintage recipe for oven-baked corn dogs.

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Vintage Kellogg's recipe for oven-baked corn dogs

These are awesome.

Super-easy, oven-baked corn dogs.

All the fun of a state fair with none of the glad-handing politicians.

Evidently, the above ad ran before consumer protections were tightened; be forewarned, your oven-baked dogs will not have grill marks.

Here's a closeup of the 1963 Kellogg's recipe for oven-baked corn dogs:

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