Retro Recipes

[lilbopeep]

I make Salisbury Steak. Love it. Oval burger, simmered in onion gravy, mashed potato, and veggie. Yum. Mom made them.

 

[SilverSage]

Here is Chef John's recipe from AllRecipes.

Chef John's Salisbury Steak

TV dinner-reminiscent Salisbury steak, Chef John-style. Serve with buttered mashed potatoes and green beans on a tray table in front of your TV if desired!

www.allrecipes.com

 

[SilverSage]

Chicken and Dumplings.

My mother used to make it, but her dumplings were the biscuits in a tube. Laid on top of the stew, not real dumplings. I’m not sure that she didn’t use a can of soup for the gravy either.

Mine was the real deal.

 

[QSis]

Chicken and Dumplings.

My mother used to make it, but her dumplings were the biscuits in a tube. Laid on top of the stew, not real dumplings. I’m not sure that she didn’t use a can of soup for the gravy either.

Mine was the real deal.
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LOVE!!! I'm glad to see that the "rules" allow us to update the retro recipes a bit!

Lee

 

[QSis]

I went retro tonight, too, with American Chop Suey. My father adored it, but didn't like tomatoes so we made his without. I added tomato sauce this time and it was a particularly delicious batch!

But honestly, either way, it never disappoints.

Lee

 

[SilverSage]

LOVE!!! I'm glad to see that the "rules" allow us to update the retro recipes a bit!

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I don’t think we made any rules!

 

[Sass Muffin]

I'm going to make Toad In The Hole with gravy soon, but I'd rather do it once autumn sets in.
Also I'll need to find some large potatoes to make a jacket spud or two/ two ways that I've enjoyed them in England and Scotland also.

 

[QSis]

Here's Kathleen's beautiful pineapple upside down cake,

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[lilbopeep]

I made this for a quick craving fix not too long ago (I was craving something from when I was a kid at family holidays). It's an old picture, but it always looks the same.

Ambrosia

 

[SilverSage]

I went retro - but with an update!

Remember tuna noodle casserole? Canned tuna, canned mushroom soup, handful of peas, topped with cheese or bread crumbs. Sometimes if you wanted to dress it up, you tossed in a can of mushrooms.

I made my own mushroom cream sauce, added porcini powder, sautéed fresh mushrooms, used an excellent mustard cheddar mixed with the breadcrumbs. And pole & line caught tuna.

Judy declared it excellent!

 

[QSis]

I went retro - but with an update!

Remember tuna noodle casserole? Canned tuna, canned mushroom soup, handful of peas, topped with cheese or bread crumbs. Sometimes if you wanted to dress it up, you tossed in a can of mushrooms.

I made my own mushroom cream sauce, added porcini powder, sautéed fresh mushrooms, used an excellent mustard cheddar mixed with the breadcrumbs. And pole & line caught tuna.

Judy declared it excellent!

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Wowwwwwwwwww!! My eyes declare it excellent as well!

Lee

 

[lilbopeep]

Looks fantastic!!
I was going to make that when it got a bit cooler. But I just make it with canned stuff. I do use powdered porcini mushrooms, though.

 

[SilverSage]

In the 1980s, Steak Diane was on every high end restaurant menu. You never see it anymore. So, I pulled out a JC recipe and made it for dinner. I had a couple small filets in the freezer, pounded them to about 1/2 inch thick. It’s so rich that a salad was all that was needed on the side.

 

[Kathleen]

One thing that reoccurred in my childhood home was tuna casserole. Tuna, noodles, cream of mushroom soup, peas and carrots, and potato chips on top. Momma used shells when they came out for the noodles because that was FAN-CEE! Mom would add 1/2 can of whole milk to each of the two cans of soup. Top with the crushed chips and baked at 350 degrees Fahrenheit until it was bubbly.

Here are some older photos of what I made yesterday.

 

[QSis]

Split pea soup!

Lee

 

[Kathleen]

Split pea soup!

Lee

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Yes, please!!!!

 

[Sass Muffin]

Split pea soup!

Lee

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I could dive in! Lol

 

[SilverSage]

This is something we ate all the time in the 50’s and 60’s. Mom made it for us, and when she went the hospital, it was one of the few things I could make from scratch (at 10).

Sloppy Joes! I dressed them up with some added mushrooms, just because I like them.

 

[rickismom]

Going through some cookbooks today and found my Great Aunt Wilma's 1938 Household Searchlight Recipe Book.
Here's a sample of the "Closed Sandwiches" page lol

 

[Sass Muffin]

I found this one on Pinterest.
Used to make this a lot back in the 80s and early 90s when the boys ate like horses lol

 

[QSis]

Going through some cookbooks today and found my Great Aunt Wilma's 1938 Household Searchlight Recipe Book.
Here's a sample of the "Closed Sandwiches" page lol View attachment 83626

I was recently involved in a discussion about buttering bread for sandwiches (was it here?). Many of the recipes in your book say to do that, and it's the way I grew up. I don't do it, but I miss it! Makes everything better!

Lee

 

[Johnny West]

I was recently involved in a discussion about buttering bread for sandwiches (was it here?). Many of the recipes in your book say to do that, and it's the way I grew up. I don't do it, but I miss it! Makes everything better!

Lee

We do on occasion and my Scottish bd in BC does when we’d make sandwiches for our ocean fishing trips.

 

[Sass Muffin]

We do on occasion and my Scottish bd in BC does when we’d make sandwiches for our ocean fishing trips.

We always buttered bread before making a sandwich in England.
At first, I thought it odd, but I occasionally still do it, depending on what the sandwich is.