Looking through older cookbooks is always entertaining. There are almost always lots of interesting
illustrations and the recipes themselves even have entertainment value. Betty Crocker’s New Dinner for Two
cookbook has some good recipes and some ones whose popularity didn’t last beyond 1964. The book is geared
for anyone who is a "bride, a buisness girl, career wife, or a mother whose children are away from home," so
all the recipes serve one or two, with a few large-scale ones thrown in for entertaining purposes. This is the first
edition of the book, those subsequent versions were released into the 1980s.
Perfection Salad made me laugh out loud, with a combination of pickles, pimento, celery and
cabbage, suspended in lemon-flavored gelatin and served with mayonnaise. I wasn’t tempted by that one. Peanut
Crunch Slaw and Tuna and Chips Casserole were not likely to make my mouth water, either. Strawberry
Shortcake, Ham and au Gratin Potatoes and Grapefruit and Avocado Salad all sounded fine, though, and I think that
I might even be persuaded to try the Pineapple Marshmallow cream.
Chocolate-stuffed bananas on the grill
Tyler Florence welcomes new daughter
Beware kids' menus!
