Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser
Capturing Delicious Recipes From the Past
I know, I know. Another cookie recipe. Really, though, is anyone complaining about too many yummy cookie recipes? I don't think so. It must have been my imagination. This week I’m posting a vintage recipe from 1959 for a cookie made even more special because of whom I served them to -- A very special... Continue Reading →
I couldn't let Valentine’s Day go by without posting a special vintage recipe. My Hubbie -- lucky for me – likes all kinds of goodies normally. But his current favorite treat is cookies. His favorites have always been chocolate chip and Snickerdoodles. Luckily, I found a vintage recipe that caught my eye – Chipperdoodles. Yes,... Continue Reading →
I confess, this recipe seems a little pretentious. I have never in 40+ years of cooking produced a dish that contains not one, not two, but three meats. First, I never felt a dish deserved that much cost or flavor. Mainly because my family would not have noticed the extra effort or expense. So what’s... Continue Reading →
This recipe is in loving memorial of my mother who passed away last month. We would have celebrated her 95th birthday on February 22. She shared it with our nation’s first president, George Washington, who admittedly was born much earlier in 1732. (See more on that below) As his and Abraham Lincoln’s birthday were both... Continue Reading →
Vegetables have not featured much on this blog (Check out ‘Crea-Peas' and 'Scalloped Potatoes'). That’s because, as I’ve found in looking through dozens of vintage cookbooks, recipes for vegetable are not common. Vegetables get a bum wrap, I suppose, because they are not sweet and beautiful to look at. But, on the practical side, they can... Continue Reading →
Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser 