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Death Comes As The End – Spelt Salad with Duck - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello crime readers and food lovers! I will admit that I was not looking forward to reading Death Comes As The End. Whilst I have read a few historical mysteries, it is not my preferred genre of mystery reading. The 150 years from the late 19th century (Sherlock Holmes) to now a pretty much my
Ham Slaw Baked Potato - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello friends and welcome to a midweek quickie. Today we are talking leftovers, specifically what to do with leftover Ham Slaw. I recently, please don't laugh at this, but I only very recently learned that you could "bake" potatoes in the microwave! Combine the two and you get a super yummy ham slaw baked potato.
Sparkling Lavender Mustard - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello Food Lovers, Who doesn't love a homemade gourmet gift? And you know who has time to home-make gourmet gifts? Posh people that's who! And, as we know posh people like to eat flowers, this is not just plain old homemade mustard, this is sparkling wine and lavender mustard! Very posh indeed. And so easy
The Elsa Greer – A Roast Beef Sandwich - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello Food Lovers and Crime Readers! The Agatha Christie aficionados out there may be thinking "The Elsa Greer? But she is from Five Little Pigs and we were expecting a recipe from The Moving Finger. Has something gone horribly wrong? The complete opposite in fact. Something has gone tremendously right in that I have a
Midweek Quickie – Oeufs Caroline (2) - Retro Food For Modern Times
Welcome to another midweek quickie! I was delighted last week when the lovely Jenny from Silver Screen Suppers sent me this gorgeous photo of her dinner...or should that be supper...of Oeufs Caroline. Jenny agreed that the eggs were yummy and they certainly look very pretty on her vintage plate! If you have cooked any of
White Ladies Part Two - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello Friends, today we are indulging in a sweet treat called a White Lady. Hold up, I hear you say, haven't we already done this recipe back in March? Well, apparently recipes for White Ladies are like busses. You wait for ages for one to come along and then, all of a sudden three come
Midweek Quickie – Lilac Sweetpeas and Lillies - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello flower lovers! I was walking past the florist the other day and these lilac sweetpeas reminded me so much of the Grazier's wife that I had to buy them. They are the most gorgeous colour and they smell divine! When dinner is ready I light the candles and limit the lights in the dining room
October 2003 – The White Menu - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello retro food lovers and welcome to October 2003 where today I am using Delicious magazine to create a white menu. White food has the double reputation of being 1) boring and 2) overly processed so my aim with this menu was to try to combat both of those. But first, let's take a look
Sunday Night Ham Slaw Supper - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello retro food lovers! Today we are taking a step back into one of my favourite vintage cookbooks, Salads for All Seasons by Rosemary Mayne Wilson. I last cooked from this book way back in 2014. I chose a Sunday Night Ham Slaw Supper as I will be posting this on a Sunday. Also, because
Oeufs Caroline – Five Little Pigs - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello crime readers and food lovers. In what is starting to become a bit of a trend, today's post is dedicated to one of the main characters in Five Little Pigs, Caroline Crale. To many fans, Five Little Pigs is the nec plus ultra of the Christie novels. And it is an absolute cracker! We Today we are celebrating a beloved Christie novels Five Little Pigs. On the menu are Oeufs Caroline, my homage to Caroline Crale.
September 2003 – Birthday Party, Cheesecake, Jelly Bean, Boom! - Retro Food For Modern Times
"That's great, it starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes, an aeroplane"...so begins the fabulous REM song, "It's The End of The World As We Know It". And for me, this year actually began with a 7.6 magnitude earthquake when we were holidaying in Darwin. Last month we celebrated my birthday in absolute chaos (more
Spaghetti Diable - Retro Food For Modern Times
Greetings Friends and welcome to October. I am celebrating the start of the spookiest month of the year with some Spaghetti Diable. The recipe for our Devil's Spaghetti comes from The Australian Hostess Cookbook. This book, which is fast becoming one of my favourites, also gave us the Ginger Tingle a while back. The Life
Beauty Bean Salad and a Herb S(w)izzle - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello Yogis and retro food lovers. Today we are revisiting "Eat Your Way To Love and Beauty" by Swami Saravati. Today we are focussing on the beauty side with a Beauty Bean Salad. There is no indication as to what the Herb S(w)izzle is good for. Let's say hydration and move on. As with last
The Body in The Library – Chicken Ruby - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello crime readers and food lovers. Today we are tucking into a delicious Chicken Ruby as we read The Body in The Library. The Body in the Library didn't mention much food, so I improvised. Having said that, I am actually enjoying the improvisations as they are making me seek out recipes I may never
August 2003 – Summer - Retro Food For Modern Times
Summer Lovin' had me a blast! Hello, retro food lovers! Today as you may have guessed from the header and my musical intro we are taking a tour back to August 2003 via Australian Table. The aim is to see if that magazine can provide us with a super summer feast! Now I know that
Not Quite A Hershey Pie-Pieathalon X - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello friends and PieLovers! Welcome to Pieathalon Ten. And welcome to my Not Quite A Hershey Pie! For new readers, Pieathalon is the time of year where food bloggers all over the world, lead by the lovely Yinzerella swap recipes for all sorts of weird and wonderful pies. This year, I was sent a recipe for
Busy Bird Chicken - Retro Food For Modern Times
Memories, Iike the corners of my mind...misty water-coloured memories...Greetings Friends and welcome to a very nostalgic instance of Retro Food for Modern Times. Many of the vintage dishes I make here are not from my own childhood but from old cookbooks I own. This one is different. Apricot or Busy Bird Chicken was something we
Riceycoco - Retro Food For Modern Times
Greetings friends and welcome to Jamaica! Today, on the back of my trip to tropical FNQ (Far North Queensland), I am featuring a recipe from the Caribbean. Riceycoco comes to us via the pages of Good Housekeeping's World Cookery (1972). It also comes very high on the list of words I find pleasant to say!
N or M – Aperol Betty - Retro Food For Modern Times
Hello crime readers and food lovers. Or in this case, cocktail lovers because we are celebrating Agatha Christie's wartime thriller N or M with an Aperol Betty. N or M has few references to food. I wonder if Agatha Christie did this intentionally as food was rationed during the war. Reading about lots of food