I often add prepared mustard to canned baked beans. This recipes calls for a few other ingredients, as well.
Here's the 1951 recipe for Tabasco Baked Beans.
1 1-lb. can baked beans
2 tbsp. pickle relish
1 tbsp. prepared mustard
1/4 tsp. Tabasco
4 slices of bacon
Mix beans with pickle relish, mustard and Tabasco in shallow baking dish. Top with bacon. Bake in moderate oven (350˚F) for 30 minutes. Serves 4.
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Don't let the fancy name fool you. This is a saltine and Velveeta casserole.
Here's the recipe for the Hot, Hardy Golden Puff.
Cover the bottom of a 12" x 8" baking dish with half a "stack pack" of crisp Premium Crackers. Cover the crackers with 3/4 lb. of sliced Kraft Velveeta Cheese. Top with 2 tbsp. chopped onions and the remaining crackers. Over this pour a mixture of 4 beaten eggs, 2 1/2 cups milk, 1/2 tsp. dry mustard, dash of pepper. Set the casserole aside for one hour; then pop it into a 350˚ oven for 40 minutes. Sprinkle with paprika and serve at once.
Variations: Cover Velveeta with a 12.-oz. can of corn; or 2 tbsp. chopped pimento; or 1 cup chopped ham; or 1 cup cut-up shrimps; or 1 1/2 cups flaked crab meat. Add 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce to liquid, top with Premiums, then follow regular recipe.
Whip up a very easy Welsh rabbit called Golden Rabbit. Or try a version called Ched-O-Bit Egg Rarebit.
For dessert, try the kinda-sorta English Coronation Cake.
Of course, what would an English celebration be without cocktails? I have recipes for Gordon's John Bull, Bloody Mary (named after Queen Mary I) and Pimm's Cup.
"Peaburgers" is such a terrible name. Think of these as falafel-like patties.
Here's the retro recipe for Peaburgers as seen in the above Batchelors ad.
1 can Batchelors peas
2 teacups brimful stale breadcrumbs
2 level teaspoons salt
1 level teaspoon pepper
1 tablespoon ketchup or piquant sauce
1 level teaspoon mustard
3 tablespoons thick brown gravy
Pinch herbs
1 egg (optional)
2 tablespoons chopped onionsChop and fry onions in a little fat and water until soft. Mash peas and mix all ingredients together including onions. With floured hands form into eight shapes. Fry in shallow fat for 10 minutes. Serve with potatoes and gravy.
Serves 4.
Dinner doesn't get any easier than this.
Campbell's calls this Golden Rabbit. Here's a close-up of the recipe:
Here's the 1946 recipe for Ched-O-Bit Egg Rarebit.
This is basically an easy Welsh rarebit or Welsh rabbit.
Don't worry, no bunnies are harmed in the making of this dish. It's simply toast covered with melted cheese, topped with an egg, and baked in the oven.
I'm not sure Ched-O-Bit cheese is still on the market. Substitute Velveeta instead.
Here's a close-up of the recipe:
Click here for an even easier-to-make holiday breakfast idea.
During World War II, food-related advertising was all about saving money and making the most of ration coupons.
Fast-forward to 2011. Given our poor economy, wartime recipes like this one are especially appealing.
If you've never made baked beans from scratch, have a look at this recipe. They take a long time to cook but they require surprisingly little work. And, not least important, they taste great.
I found this ad for Brer Rabbit molasses in a women's magazine from 1943.
Don't come crying to me if your mother made you eat anything that looked like this -- my mother elevated gelatin-based foods to the pinnacle of grossness when she made head cheese. Go ahead, click that link if you dare. BLECH!
Here's a closeup of the Veg-All Pie Plate Salad:
Emily over at Retro Recipe Attempts made and actually ate this stuff, as did the person behind ireallylikefood. (They're much braver than I am.)
Click here to read about Emily's experience with the Veg-All pie plate salad.
And click here to read ireallylikefood's experiment.
Via jbcurio
