Category: You Ate What?
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Avocado Trauma
The Avocado Cookbook Bauer and Logerman 1967 I can’t decide if the pictures in black and white are a good thing or a bad thing. Especially after seeing the color photos. I am a big fan of avocados! I like them cut up plain and will add them to sandwiches,…
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Jell-o Rides Again
Joys of Jell-o Gelatin General Foods Corporation 1981 We haven’t posted a Jell-o book in ages. As a Midwesterner, I can appreciate the sophistication of Jell-o cuisine. My mom would put marshmallows and fruit cocktail in ours. (Our family lived on the edge.) This book kicks Jell-o to the next…
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Hostess Helps and Recipes
Betty Crocker’s Hostess Cookbook General Mills 1973 I know that COVID-19 puts a damper on any kind of entertaining, but just in case you are preparing for that day when we are all healthy, Betty Crocker has you covered. This book truly has some retro recipes I am sure you…
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Decorative Eats
Cookie Craft No-Bake Designs for Edible Party Decorations and Favors Williams and Williams 1977 I am not a big fan of when food looks like something that isn’t food. I can appreciate some of the artistry, but no for a snack. This book is more about using common store bought…
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Futuristic Cooking with a Microwave
The New Revised General Electric Microwave Guide & Cookbook 1977 My family jumped into the crazy cutting edge world of microwaves around the time this book was published. The pitch was always about how you could defrost or prepare food in just seconds, sometimes minutes. I personally remember microwaving hot…
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Don’t hold the Mayo!
That Amazing Ingredient: Mayonnaise CPC International 1979 Who thought America needed an entire cookbook devoted to one the major food groups, I mean condiment, in Midwestern culture? It’s just so versatile! Think of the variety: macaroni salad, potato salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, etc. Let’s not forget the sandwich crowd…
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