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[@cooking_the_books]

I loved seeing how your menus turned out! This was such a fun collab. ❤

[@Jen-Chapin]

Yay! Thank you!

[@alaskafamilykitchen3203]

I can’t wait to check out your channel! 🌺 Jen

[@sankey1988]

It's so interesting to read the comments about having stand mixers, chips etc in the 50s. I'm Irish and we were a third world country in the 50s, there was a lot of houses with no electricity then especially in the country. We had mass emigration and we were still reeling from the war in the early 50s. America was so advanced then. I remember looking at films in the 80s + 90s and people had dishwashers and phones in their bedrooms. We didn't get a house phone till the mid 90s. I remember my mother went into labour with my brother in 92 and I had to run to our neighbours to use her phone to ring an ambulance 😂

[@sheilafelix113]

My son loved pineapple upside down cake. However, when he was 4 years old he asked for "Pinecone side cake"😂

[@rachelferet3941]

I completely agree about iceberg! Don't get me wrong, I like a good spring mix, but iceberg doesn't get enough love. And it should be the only lettuce used on a BLT and that's a hill I'll willingly die on.

[@lk9637]

Mother received this cookbook and a Sunbeam stand mixer as wedding gifts in 1955. Lots of special memories were made with my dear Mom. ❤

[@sandymyers1182]

I was born in 1948, so a child of the 50’s. I don’t remember my mother ever using a cookbook, but I am the 4th of 5, so she had been cooking for many years. Funny story re: pineapple upside down cake. It was my older brothers very favorite. Mother made one and left. She came home and he had eaten the whole top ..just cake left.

[@koko-ul8tu]

HA!

[@HannahMattox]

My dad was a 1948 baby too! Pineapple upside down cake was one of my favorite desserts, and I don't really care for sweets too often, so imagine my dismay when I developed an allergy to pineapple when I was 25 😂

[@russbear31]

Best advise for the leftover box of cornflake crumbs: Use them as a coating for either chicken or fish. One of my favorite recipes is for "Faked Out Fried Chicken." It oven-baked chicken covered in cornflake crumbs. It tastes like fried chicken but it's healthier since it's baked. 😊

[@barbiedoll6530]

You are such a cool MOM......always changing it up....making different things....your family is lucky they have a professional cook in the house!!!!!! Enjoy your vacation.....can't wait for the videos....this is the one you took Murphy and Milo!!!

[@kristinbecker3489]

Yes they had stand mixers in the 50s, our house was built in the 1920s and the last time the kitchen was remodeled was 1940. Yes, the cabinets are green but there are amazing divided drawers, even a pullout platform for a stand mixer!

[@tarigeorge6122]

My parents were married and 1950. They received a stand mixer as a wedding gift. Fun video, thank you.

[@user-li9dd9jz2l]

I just bought this cookbook at a used book store. My mom and ex husband where chef, so I never cooked. I have been inspired by Anna and yourself...my cooking journey begins...very excited!

[@angrypoopcow411]

I have made that pineapple upside down cake so many times. I was born in 1970 and we had that cookbook. It's what my grandpa used to teach me to cook.❤❤❤

[@BrowneyedGirlmjd]

This was such a fun video to watch! And it brought back memories of me learning to cook, and my mom having me make scrambled eggs in a double boiler. It was a much safer cooking method for a 7-year-old. I moved up to sunny side up eggs not too long after that, but only if she was able to supervise while I stood at the stove. Only problem was I actually made them better than she did so very quickly I was the egg cooker for breakfast. 🤣😁🍳. (Miss you mom ❤️)

[@mschaefer4656]

Dessert when I was a kid in the '70s and '80s was often chilled canned apricots or chilled canned plums. I loved them for dessert! I have a hard time finding either in the grocery stores around here. Will have to search them out again.

[@njerseygrl2]

Jen, they forgot to tell you to pound out that flank steak super thin before stuffing. For an even better version of this dish search for Italian Braciole, a flank steak stuffed with Italian herbs and bread crumbs, finished in a simple Italian tomato sauce! DELISH! And, the pineapple upside down cake can be make in extra large muffin tins, as single serve yumminess! A restaurant I love in Nokomis, FL makes it in single serve portions and it is AMAZING with melting vanilla ice cream! God bless, I love your channel!

[@Jen-Chapin]

I want to make braciole sometime!!

[@madelinechriston8970]

​@Jen-Chapin it's delicious! We Italians tend to make them often. I fry mine lightly, then throw them into my sauce (gravy lol), and let them simmer along with the meatballs, sausage, etc. They're a special treat at dinnertime. Everyone in my house fights over them, so make enough lol.❤ you can use either beef or pork. Some stores sell them ready made, if you don't want to stuff your own.

[@warrenjones376]

The first handheld electric mixer patent was submitted by Sunbeam Corporation in 1953 and granted in 1961. Manual hand mixer or beater was invented in 1850, this is what my Grandmother and Mother used. The first electric motorized hand mixer my Mother had was from Hamilton Beach. She passed it along to my wife, and we still have today. Our family had it's first microwave in 1976, a Tappen. The main use was to reheat leftovers or a meal in pyrex bowls. I don't remember the price, but we acquired it from Walmart (no it wasn't past on to us.) Prior to the Bicentennial we still waited for our Swanson TV dinner to heat in the regular oven for about 45 minutes. Funny it wasn't until 1986, Swanson responded by swapping their long-used metal tray for a plastic one suitable for microwaves. This soon became an industry standard. And yes Mom still popped the Jiffy-Pop popcorn on the range top. The first microwave ovens landed in restaurants, ship galleys and canteens in 1946 weighing over 750 pounds, standing almost six feet tall and costing nearly $5,000. The first residential countertop microwaves-like these models from Whirlpool brand-started selling in 1967 for just under $500. Don't get me started on our first "Mr Coffee" coffee pot and my Father installing the aftermarket 8 track tape player into our car. And Christmas 1972 the ultimate in technology occurred that elapsed everything else....... The Odyssey was manufactured by Magnavox and released in North America in September of 1972. It's considered the very first home video game console. Ralph Baer, a engineer, created a ping-pong style game. I was the coolest kid on the block, by far....lol. Your videos are a great comfort to me...keep it coming. Smashing the "thumbs up" and subscribe button. Stay way cool!

[@jbchalf1]

Yes I remember potato chips in the 50's. I'm 76

[@stillsinglestephanie]

I love Anna’s channel, awesome seeing you collaborate with her!

[@TeresaRaab-hb5co]

Just watched Anna for the first time a few days ago.

[@anitatucker8812]

My mother had this cookbook. Taking a trip back in time. 😊

[@judysiegmann1145]

I don't know about this particular recipe, but my MIL taught me a similar one in the early 1990's. Take thin round steak and pound to a thin layer. Make Stovetop stuffing. The steak should be in individual pieces so put stuffing on top and roll. I put seam side down. No need for string or toothpicks. I put salt, pepper, garlic and a splash of "W" sauce. Cover lightly with foil and bake. I serve with brown gravy and corn. Family favorite! Hope you see this!

[@doloreskrisky1670]

Yes, they had standmixers in the '50s. The Sunbeam Mix Master! My mother had one on the kitchen counter.

[@angiefagan4122]

My mother use to make “fancy potatoes “when we were young and they were the cornflakes potatoes!! I totally forgot about them lol Thanks for the trip down memory lane😊

[@Jen-Chapin]

Oh wow!

[@juliewood6513]

The recipes remind me of Sundays at grandmas. Nice job

[@suesmith5033]

You can use the cornflake crumps up by dipping ch7cken 8n butter either plain or seasoned then rol in the cornflakes and bake. I remember my mom doing this when I was growing up.

[@leslieprebyl6238]

I just discovered Anna's channel a few weeks back and have really been enjoying her channel. I have all my Mom's "vintage" cookbooks and have been looking through them and writing down some recipes to try. It will be fun to experiment with them this winter.

[@paulandbenny]

It's fun to see how popular food has changed so much over the years. (I found you from Anna's video btw.😃) Tip: Using a metal bowl for your double boiler will cook the eggs (or anything) quicker and still get the benefit of indirect heat.

[@rhiahlMT]

I've done that rolled flank steak years ago, it was good. Usually we made the upside down cake in an 8x8 pan or larger. The big stand mixer in the 50s was the Sunbeam model. I had one for years. I remember my mom's from my childhood. I loved the chocolate chip cookies with pecans. They cooked eggs in a steamer basket. Mom didn't boil hers.

[@rosalielindley3583]

I still have the Sunbeam. It was my husbands grandmas

[@KimberleyJackshaw]

My mom would do the rolled flank steak with the stuffing she called it Mock Duck.. I loved it .. she'd serve it with fried onions and mushrooms and of course beef gravy... my mom would pound the steak out a bit then fill it..

[@paulcarlachapman628]

I was born in 1950. Mother had an earlier edition of that same BH&G cookbook and I am sure many recipes were the same. And yes, she did have a stand mixer.

[@forlostnfound]

.Great collab! The PUD cake looked yummy. Don't know if anyone has pointed it out yet, but there was a flaw in your double boiler. A double boiler needs a good seal between top and bottom vessels to prevent the heat/steam from escaping.. You used a saucepan with pour spouts and much of your heat/steam escaped thru these spouts, hence why your eggs took so long to cook.

[@joyceclark8163]

I was born in 1962 and my Mom was born in 1940 and she has that same cookbook....I got in 1980 so it's not as old and doesn't have the spiral binder...and yes they had stand mixers way back when...my Grandma who would be around 125 years old if she was living and she had an old stand mixer as long as I could remember...I started cooking/baking with her when I needed a stool to stand on ...probably around 5 years old and the stand mixer had a cloth cord like the old clothes irons did😊 Jen, Loved this video!!!❤❤ Just looked and they invented the stand mixers in1908😮

[@judytieger8976]

Brings back memories. The cloth cord especially!

[@joyceclark8163]

@@judytieger8976 😊😊😊

[@glorianelson9538]

Hi Jen, I'm coming from Anna's channel. I love vintage cookbooks, so I truly enjoy watching you ladies work on these recipes. I have a nice collection but somehow, I've never made anything from these books. I think it's time to give them a try! Thank you!

[@Jen-Chapin]

Welcome!!

[@Jen-Chapin]

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[@mizsuzee]

Yahoo! Love these vintage cooking videos!! 🙂

[@hannahkayee831]

Wish my dad was still around to watch this with me.. since he was a kid in the 50s. Great video as always Jen.

[@Paula-xp7ve]

Oh my goodness the memories! I have my mother-in-laws kitchen aid mixer that she purchased in the 1940’s. I don’t use it because I don’t really bake but it is very special to me. These recipes brought back many memories since my childhood was in the 1950’s. I’m putting apricot halves on my grocery list right now! Yummmy

[@thejerseylady1]

Hello, yes we had stand mixers in the 1950s. My mom and my grandma had sunbeam mix Masters. And yes we did have potato chips too. Gloria 🐂

[@kimattaway6626]

My grandmother was my mom's HS head cook! ❤

[@anitamontelongo2232]

Luv the video ….keep them coming ….of course when you can….life is busy and challenging

[@leighdegenhardt485]

When i left home i took this very same cookbook from my mothers house. Funny story tho, i called her one snda bc i wanted to make cream gravy. She laughed and said, well if you pull out the cookbook you stole from me I'll tell you where the recipe is found! I laughed so hard!! She walked me thru it tho!

[@Cyndimrktorres]

That salad looks amazing and I love the mug you put the apricots in! I love reading old cookbooks but you’re right some seasonings are plain that are called for.

[@celestewatson4874]

Ah, flank steak. Modern preparations surpass vintage ones. But pineapple upside down cake - my moms specialty from that same cookbook - a lifetime favorite.

[@risasklutteredkitchen1293]

I have been a subscriber of Anna’s videos for almost a year now and I love her so. I was delighted that she was doing a collab with you!

[@sandragoss48]

Kitchen-aid introduced the first stand mixer in 1919. It was a 5 quart mixer & weighed 65 pounds.

[@KarenHoney39]

Oh my goodness! I love your vintage cooking ‘challenges’ you give yourself! I actually have this cookbook…I got it for a wedding gift, Ha! Telling my age. I agree that some of the things ladies used to make back then were so delicious! Like the salad dressings, simple ingredients that most folks have in their pantry with just a few oddball ingredients sometimes. Your salad looked so fantastic! I’ve never before added vinegar to deviled eggs or egg salad but I can see how it would work. I’ll give you a challenge for a future vintage video…frosting! I’m not big on cakes, but it may be because of the frostings of today. My mom made simple frostings that were so delicious! Thanks for this fun walk down memory lane. I love it!

[@kathleenkaufman6007]

This was so much fun to watch. My parents married in '52 and I have her cookbook from that year which I love to search for recipes in. Now, off to the other video!

[@lisajimenez8639]

Thanks for the link! I subscribed to Anna’s channel!

[@sherrydaugherty6144]

Jen i checked Google Yes they had stand mixer in the 1950's thanks from Oklahoma

[@BarefootFarm]

I love this! When I was a kid in the 80’s I loved looking thru my grandma’s old cookbooks and trying to make recipes…

[@Jen-Chapin]

Me too!!

[@Julia-jr7sb]

Thank you for this lovely video, Jen! I love all of your cooking content, but the vintage dinners are always special. Happy to hear you are going to do more of those 😊 Enjoy your vacation! 🏕

[@emilythompson4573]

You might be able to use the rest of the corn flake crumbs for the “healthier”/diy version of butter fingers! I’ve seen this online. The recipe usually includes peanut butter and maple syrup, too, dipped in chocolate and topped with sea salt 🤌

[@Jen-Chapin]

Great idea!!

[@kathrynyeager9470]

Jen, the 50s were not the dark ages!!! LOL There were stand mixers and potato chips!! Hahaha😂😂😂😂 P.S. you can use the cornflake crumbs to coat chicken or fish instead of breadcrumbs.

[@gramcracker1616]

LOL! I was thinking the same thing since I was old enough to be doing some cooking myself in the mid to late 50s!

[@Jen-Chapin]

I did learn today that tuna melts weren’t invented until the 60s!! I should have thought about Sterzings potato chips! They are made in iowa and have been around since the 30s. 😊

[@leem200]

Take chicken, dipin milk and egg, then roll in cornflake crumbs. Spray with butter spray or cooking spray bake at 350, until done.

[@karibourgeois8662]

I have this cookbook, was my mom's! Use the leftover corn flake crumbs on chicken, pork chops.. or on French toast!

[@leasaswartz6879]

We had New Era potato chips in a yellow can with a black silhouette of a thin woman on it in the 50s.

[@toodlescae]

I make something similar with cube steak called Steak Rollups. I originally got the recipe from a sibscription recipe card either from Betty Crocker or another company that I can't remember the name of anymore. I lost both boxes of recipe cards in a house fire in '95 but I'd made it often enough to remember the basic recipe and kibd of winged ot from there. That's also where I found the recipe for Pork Chop Scallop. That recipe I managed to find online.

[@barbarajohnson83]

Great video Jen! That was my decade, although I appreciate the more modern way of cooking. If myMom could come back, she would be Amazed at all the cooking gadgets I own. Love to you all.❤️

[@Notable2Nikki]

Your nails match the radishes! LOL!!!!!!!!!

[@debracoulter1250]

My grandma always made the pineapple upside down cake in a cast iron skillet. We make it a lot and use crushed pineapple. We had a family reunion this weekend and it was like Gma was there. I love these recipes even though they were a challenge!

[@judytieger8976]

My mother also used a cast iron skillet for pineapple upside down cake. I love that cake,

[@rosalielindley3583]

That how I do it as well

[@melissalorang3304]

Totally could hear the bugs in the background and I was so confused at first as to why they were so loud in your house 😂

[@hannahkayee831]

I remember my dad telling me that his mom would only buy margaine so it would last longer but no one ever ate it 😂 & skim milk but his dad always had heavy cream so they would just put that in the milk for their cereal 😂😂😂 the one thing I remember him telling me they didn't have ramen but they put Tabasco on evetything... apple didn't fall far from the tree on that one. I am a hot sauce person I try every new one I see, & same with seasoning! My dad was the same ❤

[@angelika_munkastrap4634]

I came over from Anna’s channel - have heard you mentioned by others KZbinrs aswell

[@sherrylg2006]

You and I are on the same wavelength lol. I made chipotle bowls right before you posted that video and this week I made egg salad 😆

[@jhage2399]

FUN!

[@darniataylor7749]

Yes, they did have Stand Mixers in the 50's. My grandmother was still using hers in the early 90's until it finally died. She had newer ones, but she said they didn't work as well. I make my egg salad with the same ingredients I make my deviled eggs with because I *love* deviled eggs.

[@tcooper659]

That looks like my mom’s Betty Crocker cook book that I now have 🥹

[@karenohlson5509]

That was fun. Thanks!

[@peggiescraftcafe7117]

Yes, definitely had chips in the '50's. I remember one time in grade school my Mom wasn't going to be home at lunch time so she arranged with a neighbor that I would go there for lunch(always went home for lunch, never stayed at school). The neighbor had sandwiches and CHIPS. I was so impressed and thought that was so special as that isn't something we ever had at home like ever. Love chips to this day. Hope you are still enjoying your vacay here in Wisconsin.

[@cindycampbell2166]

I looked in the drawer in the kitchen where the cookbooks are, my Mom still has this cookbook and the Betty Crocker one. Fun memories! Looked away when you made deviled eggs or egg salad. It makes me feel yucky to see them made. 😱

[@triciaf8261]

Love egg salad sandwiches with salt and vinegar potato chips - retro and yummy

[@jennaagee7992]

I love annas channel

[@cheryllilley5115]

I love these vintage videos! So much fun!

[@rhondablake3829]

I came over from Anna’s channel. Really enjoyed watching your videos. Definitely subscribing to your channel too 😊

[@XOXO-yr9yh]

Love vintage food videos. ❤ Thank you Jen! 😊

[@moniquebutler8572]

I have and love that cookbook. This was a fun video. Thank you for sharing!

[@ileneglenn845]

I’m 61…when my dad was the cook when mom worked evenings, he would always would coat hot dogs with ketchup, then roll in cornflake crumbs and bake. They were juicy and crispy and soooo good 🥰 comfort food for sure. You can use them on top of a tuna casserole too…talk about the 60s!!

[@Jen-Chapin]

That is so interesting about the hotdogs!!

[@gineenkucherak3349]

Hi Jen! Always love your videos as you keep it real! So first time commenting, I think? Any way you could flatten the meat with a meat mallet. This way you would be able to see the roll when the bundles are cut. Happy Cooking!

[@gineenkucherak3349]

oh! you can also use flip steaks for philly steak and cheese sandwiches. but they are much thinner and require liquid to cook. something like mushroom soup, tomato soup etc.....

[@elizabethb3769]

My mom had a bunch of old cookbooks from my grandmother. They looked alot like that. The ring binders, aged pages.

[@susantaulli6580]

My Grandmother had an old Sunbeam stand mixer in the 50’s. So yes they did exist!

[@TriciaHolle]

Love the retro recipes. Save the leftover cornflake crumbs to either coat chicken to bake or hash brown casserole.

[@whitney210]

Vintage cookbooks are my favorite! Loved this so much!❤❤

[@joyreep6834]

Maybe pound the flank so its thinner and longer and easier to roll? Ive never done it but its just a thought!

[@honeyfoxliving]

Pineapple upside down cake is one of my faves! I make it a few times a year.

[@alisummers7984]

I love when you do these kinds of videos .. they are so interesting!

[@lisazale1158]

Love it!! Thank you

[@veggielovinaccountant]

Jen, my Momma would use corn flake crumbs over her potato casseroles, like hash brown casserole. Just a suggestion.

[@journeyandjoy]

I find of you peel the eggs while warm the shell comes off easily!

[@diversekakes]

I planted a salad and salsa garden this year, so I have all the salad veggies in my yard! Going to try this

[@patsyrenew1174]

You could use the corn flake crumbs for pie crust. Just make as yoU would a graham cracker crust.

[@angeladuff2043]

I love this video. It brought back many memories. I have 3 versions of this cookbook. I think my oldest is from the 60’s. I learned to cook from these and the first recipe I made from it was peanut butter cookies for my dad. It became his favorite. I would love to find the 50’s one you have.

[@debrad5533]

I remember my mom using this cookbook when I was a kid. Good times....

[@lyndaemge3486]

I LOVE THIS!, and you are correct they added nuts to EVERTHNG! Especially walnuts, which I am not the biggest fan of, But I eat nuts now---Just to my choosing! Great Vid Jen!!!!

[@amberdawnsmith9998]

Love this video!

[@jennifersmith8640]

I've used cornflake crumbs to bread chicken ,one of my favorite recipes.

[@dreamweaver3406]

Visiting from Anna's channel! Thanks for sharing

[@Jen-Chapin]

Welcome!

[@linda11640]

my mom had that cookbook. I use corn flake crumbs for breading chicken or topping cheesy potatoes.

[@rosalielindley3583]

In the 50s most people did not have nut allergies so maybe that’s why the nuts. Also, we tend to cater to our kids more these days. When I was a kid if mom cooked something we didn’t like….too bad! We ate it or did without. Lol

[@CookingWithNeighbors]

Hi Jen. I am here from cooking the books

[@kendrafullofjoy]

Jen save your CornFlake crumbs for Holiday Cookies. Cherry Winks are pretty for Christmas and delicious!

[@Jen-Chapin]

Thanks for the tip!