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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At least you’re a good sport. They were probably better than today’s varieties, bred for shipping and not eating.
Mmm
My mom use to make lime jello with carrot and cabbage shredded in it. It was Nasty!
I would eat that.
Throw some crispy fried onion strings on top!
I am gonna be sick. I never ate any of that gross swill except the corn dog.
We had neighbors who fixed fried balogna sandwiches with ketchup when we were growing up. They even had just mayonnaise sandwiches, or ketchup sandwiches.
Our house was a peanut butter and jelly house.
I can’t eat cottage cheese because it reminds me of baby burp. Thinking about it makes me heave.
When dollars were tight I would eat peanut butter and crackers until I was full....A lot of students get by today on Raman Noodles.
We had fried baloney sandwiches with mustard. They weren’t too bad.
That is gross.
Yep....I thought with mustard was better.
I recall mom running out of butter for popcorn one time so she melted bacon grease on the popcorn. She never did that again!!!! My brother and I still laugh about that to this day.
As a kid I was forced to eat canned asparagus. Horrible.
Long story but in my early 40s I was introduced to marinated fresh asparagus at a party. Zowie, delicious. I have since discovered that FRESH asparagus can be cooked several ways and be quite tasty. It is interesting.
There is very little in American cuisine that I won’t eat. Liver in *any* form whatsoever is one thing.
My daughter came back from a year in Korea with a serious taste for kimchi and I now make it for the family. Certainly an acquired taste for most - though her mother and I liked it right off.
Curry....love curry in all colors. Even as a kid I liked it. Thai curries and Indian curries are different, but both tasty.
Koreans make a roll that is similar to sushi called kim bop and it is very yummy. Understand that sushi and kim bop are not necessarily raw seafood - most versions are not.
My mother was born and raised in Savannah, so seafood is high on my list of likes.
This thread is making me hungry.
I bet it shrunk into greasy little wet balls.
But, we have to try what we must, ha ha
I’ve probably eaten two tons of peanut butter. One of my favorite foods. I had peanut butter on crackers for a snack last night.
I’ve eaten a bit of Ramen as well.
When I was driving long haul I used to cook up rice and add some previously cooked meat. Tasty.
Hard pass on that one. LoL
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