Chicken Baked in Sherry and Cream is an elegant mid-century chicken dish, suitable for entertaining. This recipe comes to me originally from a 1949 cookbook published by the Eugene (Oregon) Welfare League, now the Eugene Junior League. Like most Junior Leaguer recipes, this dish has a distinct fancy company vibe. The ingredient list is classy……
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Vintage Spaghetti Honduras Recipe
Enjoy this vintage spaghetti Honduras recipe from 1949! This is a delightfully different spaghetti recipe from a 1949 cookbook compiled by the Eugene (Oregon) Welfare League. I found this cookbook at a used bookstore in Springfield, Oregon. I won’t forget it because it was the same day that the Oregon Ducks clobbered BYU in football. …
Vintage Salmon Stew from Finland
Enjoy this vintage salmon stew from Finland!
Vintage Chicken Casserole Recipe
Enjoy this vintage chicken casserole recipe!
Chicken Casserole Reimagined by AI
This old Chicken Casserole recipe is made with Catalina dressing and canned fruit. This recipe, or something similar, seems to show up in a lot of my old church cookbooks. Especially from the 80s and 90s. The unholy marriage of salad dressing, cranberry sauce, and canned pineapple seems to have originated from Kraft Foods. Kraft…
Lohimuhennos (Finnish Salmon Stew, 1939, adapted)
Lohimuhennos is a hearty salmon and potato stew from Finland. The name lohimuhennos is a simple compound word in Finnish. Lohi=salmon. Muhennos=stew. For a language that is largely impenetrable to non-native speakers, this is about as easy as it comes. The recipe comes to me by way of a 1939 cookbook: Recipes from “Round” the……
Spaghetti Honduras (1949, Oregon, adapted)
Spaghetti Honduras is a spaghetti dish with warm, fragrant tomato sauce. There doesn’t seem to be anything Honduran about it. This recipe is more like Mediterranean food than anything you’d find in central America. The recipe comes to me by way of a 1949 community cookbook from the Eugene (Oregon) Welfare League. In my older……
Oriental Roasted Chicken Sous Vide (1976, Boston, adapted)
Oriental Roasted Chicken Sous Vide is a vintage roast chicken recipe elevated by modern cooking techniques. The recipe comes originally from Presenting Boston…, a 1976 Junior League cookbook. Oven-baked chicken is a popular dish in my community cookbooks from the 70s and 80s, coinciding with changing dietary habits. (U.S. chicken consumption roughly doubled between 1960……
Ham with Noodles and Curry (Massachusetts, 1964, adapted)
Ham with Noodles and Curry is a quick and easy weeknight pasta for an old-school palate. As you might surmise from the titular pork product, this is not a traditional Indian dish. The recipe comes originally from Presenting Boston…, a 1964 Junior League Cookbook. The recipe probably originated much earlier. In my pre-WW II cookbooks……