Mexi-Casserole is a quick and dirty weeknight casserole with Mexican-American flavors and a flaky biscuit crust. In many ways it fits the archetype of post-war convenience food: ground meat, mixed canned goods, and a Bisquick topping. If you can brown hamburger you can make Mexi-Casserole. At the center of the dish is a packet of……
Ingredient: condensed tomato soup
Tomato Soup Cake (Oklahoma, 1970s)
This bizarre spice cake recipe has a minor cult following online, a trend that Campbell’s has embraced wholeheartedly. Campbell’s takes credit for inventing the recipe in the late 1920s and making continuous tweaks and updates to “evolve the recipe with trends in the culinary world”. I personally have no nostalgia for this cake. Condensed soup……
California Cup (Oklahoma, 1970s)
This one was puzzling . I mean, it’s just canned tomato soup and cranberry juice, served ice cold. I think this is supposed to be a chilled soup appetizer, but I’m not sure for what occasion. A Halloween party? Dinner with an enemy? And where does California come into the picture? Was this some……