Ketchup is a controversial topic in my home. I’ve got family from Chicago who insist that ketchup on hot dogs is heresy, and different kids have taken different sides in the battle. I’m firmly in the pro-ketchup camp, and even I find it hard to get excited about something called the Tomato Ketchup Recipe Collection….
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Tuna Creole, Hold The Tuna (adapted from Tomato Ketchup Recipe Collection)
If I had to distill Tomato Ketchup Recipe Collection into a single recipe it would be Tuna Creole. It straddles the line between ketchup-as-tomato-sauce recipes and unholy monstrosity, and also stands as a testament to the 1980s weeknight meal. I suppose someone must still be buying Tuna Helper, but the whole “Tuna with Sauce over……
Sunset Wok Cookbook (1989)
I have no idea how Sunset Wok Cookbook found its way into my collection. My best guess is that it came bundled with a wok – probably the one I received at my wedding. I own the coveted Special Edition Fourteenth Printing, which seems to be a promotional paperback run “compliments of Crisco Oil”, which…
Depression Era Recipes (1990)
I must have inherited my copy of Patricia Wagner’s Depression Era Recipes from my grandmother. She was in grade school during the Great Depression and had a small collection of what I can only describe as “hard times” books with titles like We Had Everything But Money. They were probably mail-ordered from a catalog or…
Peanut Soup (adapted from Depression Era Recipes)
One of the more bizarre entries in Depression Era Recipes is “Peanut Soup”. It’s probably the one that comes closest to the hardscrabble improvisation that the title suggests, and it’s a stretch to even call it a recipe: it’s just peanut butter mixed with boiling water, salt and pepper to taste, and a little……