A 19th-century Creole recipe for sliced beef tongue encased in tongue broth jelly.
Category: American History
A 1916-Style School Lunch
A sample lunch basket and recipes for three warm school lunch items from a 1916 book called “The Rural School Lunch.”
Vintage School Lunch Recipes and Menus (1916-1960)
With school fast approaching, if it hasn’t already arrived, I thought it would be fun to have a little look at the history of school lunch in the United States. I won’t be covering the historical evolution of the school lunch programs or nutritional requirements in detail, at least not right now. This is more…
Raspberry Tea Cake, 1866
A delicious Victorian-era tea cake with raspberry filling.
Hallowe’en Snack Platter (1944)
Celebrate Halloween with these WWII-era recipes for popcorn balls, spiced apple cider and peanut butter sandwiches (with five mix-ins).
Victorian Walnut Ice Cream
A homemade Halloween ice cream recipe from 1891.
Cucumber Jelly and a Cheese Sandwich (1932)
Two pleasant vintage recipes: An open-faced cheese, sausage and tomato sandwich with its accompanying cucumber gelatin relish.
Emerald Salad Ring
Originally posted on Molded Memories:
This 1950’s-era Emerald Salad recipe has been on my list for a while now, mostly because I have THREE of them. One of the recipe cards is handwritten by my grandmother and another was typed on a typewriter, probably by my great aunt Nell. My grandma’s name is written at…
Molded Memories, a Gelatin Blog
Introducing Molded Memories, a side project about gelatin.
A Collection of Odd Beverages from 1846
Recipes include Milk Lemonade, Sham Champagne, Fish Skin for Coffee and others!
