Posted on 01/02/2022 8:22:22 AM PST by mylife
McCall’s was a monthly American women’s magazine that enjoyed great popularity through much of the 20th century, peaking at a readership of 8.4 million in the early 1960s. From 1973 through the early 1980s, the magazine created the Great American Recipe Card Collection “capturing the spirit of America through its recipes” by bringing “together the famous dishes… from the 50 states.” It was created by the editors of McCall’s and Random House.
The collection consisted of a plastic recipe card case featuring a bald eagle behind a red, white and blue shield surround by a plentiful food bounty. There are twenty four sections that each had twenty four recipe cards which became 600 cards in total. On each section divider card there is the title of the section, a little illustration pertaining to the theme in the top right corner, a full color photo on the front while on the back was a little blurb about the section’s theme. Lastly there was an index booklet that had a quick reference for all the recipes in the collection. These were available starting in 1973 all the way through the early 1980s.
There were two ways to obtain this collection. The first was to send the card found in the newspaper and McCall’s magazine to Random House. In return you would get the Bicentennial recipe card case, the 24 divider cards and the first set of twenty four cards called “Our Rich Heritage” for a free 14 day trial examination. If you liked the card and wanted to keep going, then you would pay one dollar for the initial set and then get sent the rest of the cards one by one and eventually in small groups at a charge of one dollar per set.
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I hate to say but I’m a picky eater.
The sight of a sunny side up egg sends me over the top. Watching someone eat one sends me out to spew! My wife loved SSU eggs but gave them up because I really got sick at the sight of them.
I’m not too bad a cook, most things I can do a pretty good job of cooking. I don’t lack for decent eats since she passed away but I do miss her recipes.
I can get by on beans and taters and be just fine. Throw in some corn and the occasional tomato and heaven ain’t far off.
Food has funny effects on people.
William Shatner to this day won’t eat fruit salad. When he was a struggling young actor he shared an apartment with three other young actor wannabes. The deli around the corner sold a good and cheap fruit salad. He said he lived off the stuff for nearly two years until he started getting work. Hates the stuff to this day.
You need to grate some cheddar cheese on top of that, it was a great dessert. We had a lot of Jello with shredded carrots in it. It really was quite good if you put a bit of mayo on it. The Jello itself is very nutritious.
moms cinnamon rolls were the best! unroll, slather with butter.. reroll and smile.
Where’s Crown Roast of Hot Dogs?
Yes Sir!
Frankfurters Sir! Bar S will not do!
There was another recipe collection from that time period. 12 or 14 glossy softcover books in a whole plastic holder.
Had some nice recipes
ping
YARK!
There ought to be a law!
*shudder*
That Polynesian Chicken is disgusting looking!
Looks like canned doggie food!
;)
my dawg ate grapes!
It's basically pecan pie without the pecans.
Remember my little black cat, Minette?
She would beg like a dog for spaghetti!
Clearly, the problem is that they were put together BEFORE the decade of drug use.
What gets me is the patriotic red, white, and blue case with bald eagle logo and “Our Rich Bounty” slogan, and the fact that it’s called the Great American Recipe Card Collection. Can you imagine this kind of patriotism from a women’s magazine today? It feels positively quaint and reveals how far the culture has shifted.
Well, cats do dat. :)
Good eye my FRiend
LOL!!!!
No way, get outta here. 🤣
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