Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser
Capturing Delicious Recipes From the Past
Labor Day – The tradition of end-of-summer picnics may not be possible in your area of the country, due to the seemingly never-ending heat. Where I live in the Midwest we have experienced a heat index for many days of 100+ degrees. Ugh! I will enjoy the three-day weekend, especially since a daughter is flying... Continue Reading →
Carrot cake may seem to be a seasonal dessert, i.e. the spring when we think of bunnies and carrots and new life. But, as carrots are readily available and affordable all year, Carrot Cake can be a year-round treat. I’ve never heard of anyone complaining that it is out of season! While Carrot Cake is... Continue Reading →
When looking for a vintage recipe that sounds delicious and one that I’ll hopefully be able to create with a delicious taste, according to today’s cooking standards, I feel like an archeologist. Digging through my treasure trove of old cookbooks, I’ve found that not every recipe sounds appealing. This week I saw a recipe for... Continue Reading →
School started around here last week. While taking an early morning walk today (6:30-7:15), I noticed students standing on the street corners at 7:00. That seemed very early! But when I asked my kids what times they had ridden buses, it was similar. Oh well. That was a while ago and my memory has effectively... Continue Reading →
This past winter I found a packet of papers in a drawer that made by day, especially with the season I’m in of posting vintage recipes. They were dozens of hand-written recipes my mom—Joan Archbold Brewer—wrote out in the early 1990s. Back then, she made copies and shared them with my two sisters and me.... Continue Reading →
I’ve had to call a halt to the zucchini in my life. I love it so much for use in cooking and baking that I feel I've overdosed after slicing, dicing, sauteing, chopping, and processing it for the freezer to the point that I’m tired of it. Enough is enough. But after shredding and bagging... Continue Reading →
Happy National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day! If that is not everyone’s favorite food, I don't know what is. Everyone loves cookies and chocolate chips thrown in a batch puts them just at the top of the food chain! Recipes for chocolate chip cookies appear in just about every vintage church/community group cookbook. I chose the... Continue Reading →
I had never made sandwich cookies in my long history of cookie-baking. They had always seemed like a lot of work with the extra challenge of making a filling. Plus the cookies have to be pretty similar in size to form a nice-looking result. Now that I use a small ice cream scoop to make... Continue Reading →
It’s Christmas in July! Before the month is over, I wanted to share a darling dessert that also qualifies as a craft. And a very cute one! Frozen Christmas Tree Dessert is light, easy to make and just the right touch at the end of a meal. I found it under the title of 'Frozen... Continue Reading →
If you have/had a loving grandma who has made cookies for you, count yourself blessed. I’ve come to realize not everyone has that blessing in their lives. I was lucky enough to have three loving grandparents in my life— Dad’s mom and Mom’s parents (above). I loved them all. I especially have good memories of... Continue Reading →
Vintage Eats of Kayleen Reusser 