# retro recipie/cooking blogs **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 6, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679 "2016-06-06T22:08:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/1 "2016-06-06T22:08:56Z")
for those that never have seen these they take old cookbooks,magaizene recipies company made recipies subscription cooking cards and the like from 100 years or so and attempt to make and eat them often with harlious results … some only do certain periods like this [http://www.midcenturymenu.com/](http://www.midcenturymenu.com/) its one of the best and the chick looks like a wildcat in pearls heh this one is funny but she goes off on weird tangents when cooking and substitutes things more than I like but she cooked a whoie card collection from 1972 [https://dinnerisserved1972.com](https://dinnerisserved1972.com) theres tons more and they all know or affiliate with each other and are of varying qualities so you can click on links for days … I wondered if anyone here had one of their own to recommend … ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2016, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/2 "2016-06-06T23:05:41Z")
Back in the 70’s and 80’s, my Mom made a beef tongue with a mushroom gravy. (It might have been Campbell’s Soup, but the consistency was different.) For the life of me, I can’t find a recipe anywhere online. If anyone has any suggestions, I’d really appreciate it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/3 "2016-06-07T00:09:05Z")
If you want some really old cooking ideas, [Jonathan Townsend](https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson) re-enacts 18th century recipes. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/4 "2016-06-07T01:06:41Z")
wow oldest recipies ive seen was like 1840- 1890 … ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/5 "2016-06-07T06:53:48Z")
The best (and original, I believe) retro-food snark is Lileks snark ([The Gallery of Regrettable Food!](http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/index.html)) and 1840? Paah. Tudor and earlier recipes can be found all over the place.[Historic Food](http://www.historicfood.com/Pie%20recipe2.htm)has crappy web design, but _so many_ cool pies. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/6 "2016-06-07T14:35:51Z")
[retrorecipe.wordpress.com](http://retrorecipe.wordpress.com) is also hilarious, similar to [midcenturymenu.com](http://midcenturymenu.com). (I love midcentury menu, her husband Tom has the most hilarious look on his face when he taste-tests something.) I get a retro recipe once a month or so, there is a big backlog of vintage recipes and always interesting to learn how something that sounds terrible might turn out not too bad! Or vice versa. It seems once a year all the vintage recipe testers hold a virtual dinner party of sorts - they all make a dish and you can click on and read a dozen vintage recipe sites. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2016, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/7 "2016-06-07T16:28:13Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > [retrorecipe.wordpress.com](http://retrorecipe.wordpress.com) is also hilarious, similar to [midcenturymenu.com](http://midcenturymenu.com). (I love midcentury menu, her husband Tom has the most hilarious look on his face when he taste-tests something.) I get a retro recipe once a month or so, there is a big backlog of vintage recipes and always interesting to learn how something that sounds terrible might turn out not too bad! Or vice versa. > > It seems once a year all the vintage recipe testers hold a virtual dinner party of sorts - they all make a dish and you can click on and read a dozen vintage recipe sites. I’m doing a retro-recipe dinner party next month. ---
**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/8 "2016-06-08T15:35:00Z")
My favorite retro recipe: [Crown Roast of Frankfurters](https://vintagerecipecards.com/2012/05/02/crown-roast-of-frankfurters/). ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/9 "2016-06-08T17:00:44Z")
[midcenturymenu.com](http://midcenturymenu.com) has just today announced the “3rd annual pie-athlon” with a retro pie recipe made, and links to a dozen other vintage recipe sites also making pies! ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/10 "2016-06-08T17:18:57Z")
> [@Omar\_Little](#): > > My favorite retro recipe: [Crown Roast of Frankfurters](https://vintagerecipecards.com/2012/05/02/crown-roast-of-frankfurters/). I had to click on that, and it looks just like what I’d expect. I’d love to see my husband’s face if I put that on the table! Although knowing him, he’d eat it heartily. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/11 "2016-06-13T16:23:55Z")
> [@Pai325](#): > > I had to click on that, and it looks just like what I’d expect. > > I’d love to see my husband’s face if I put that on the table! Although knowing him, he’d eat it heartily. Best(?) of all - it’s a **Weight Watchers** recipe. WW has sure changed in the past 40+ years/ Just the other day I made lasagna, using a recipe from a cookbook my mother had from the early 1960s. The lasagna is good - but strangely it calls for 2 teaspoons of pure MSG. I have never before or since seen a recipe that calls for MSG for home use. I have never used that myself - I just roll my eyes and skip past it every time I make the lasagna. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2016, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retro-recipie-cooking-blogs/756679/12 "2016-06-13T16:38:36Z")
the pie a -athon was funny as heck but sometimes they get too smart when they do ingredient substitutions and screw it up worse than the original recipie …like the chocolate “pie” recipie …