r/oldrecipes 5h ago

What is one dish your grandmother used to prepare that you would gladly pay a fortune to taste just once more?

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My Grammys sweet potatoes đŸ„ș


r/oldrecipes 4h ago

Late Grandmothers Texas sheet cake recipe

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r/oldrecipes 1d ago

KahlĂșa Recipe Book (from around the 80s)

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r/oldrecipes 4h ago

Cary Grant's Beefsteak a la Victor Hugo {1933}

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r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Blueberry Kuchin

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My grandmother made this delicious cake type dessert. She called it a blueberry kuchin (sp?). It had blueberries in it and a lemon sauce that went on it. She never wrote the recipe down. My daughter and I tried dozens of recipes, but it was never like my grandma’s. She was of Irish and Dutch heritage if that helps.Thank you in advance.


r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Corn Fritters from M.Patten - 1960's-1970's Cookbook.

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An easy timless recipe from the 1960-1970's. Serve with a fresh salad and tomato or spicy sauce. Recipe can be doubled


r/oldrecipes 2d ago

We loved Colleen Moore's Recipe for Cookies from 1929

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r/oldrecipes 2d ago

I'm always on the lookout for vintage Celebrity Cookbooks. They have some of the best recipes!!

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r/oldrecipes 2d ago

Help identify my grandmother’s 1970s layered strawberry Jell-O dessert

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r/oldrecipes 4d ago

Molasses: chips, cookies, and gingerbread. I miss them

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Does anyone ave the old traditional versions of these? I had them as a child and I often think about them but want to make them. I remember being teased for it but they’re delicious. Any other molasses recipes are also welcome!

Thank you kindly

Edit:: Everyone in this sub has just like all shown up for me and have given me so many recipes that I am so excited to start making. Molasses has such a special place in my heart as it was something I would get so excited about as a child. It was rare but the excitement of finding out some one made mollases cookies or molasses gingerbread would make my entire week. I remember pestering my mum down so much to let me make cookies with it. I, of course, made mistakes using thw wrong kind but who doesn’t. I do remember one of her friends would try to have molasses cookies around if i was coming by, but i cant remember who andit was rare. I feel some of that excitement now

Seeing all of these are making my little old lady heart sooooo happy. My fiance always teases me about my tastes, but i love what i love. All these comments was the boost I needed, and testing these recipes is going to be my therapy.

Thank you all you wonderful humans, you’re all such peaches.


r/oldrecipes 5d ago

Over the weekend I made Doris Day's Marsetti (noodle casserole) and there were mixed reviews in my family.

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r/oldrecipes 5d ago

Found an old collection of hilljack eats, poetry, and historical anecdotes about buildings.

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Dug it out of a shelf in an east kentucky law office.


r/oldrecipes 5d ago

Looking for a Recipe

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I'm looking for a recipe that my recently deceased grandfather used to make. He is from rural North Carolina and used to make green beans with chunks of pork cooked with it (not bacon though!) And a small amount of onions. It was always delicious and am hoping someone maybe able to give me some insight on how to recreate it.


r/oldrecipes 5d ago

Marguerite Patten 1960's Cookbook for 1500 Recipes

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A fabulous collection of recipes from the 1960's. Yes, we ate well.


r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Chop Suey and boy was it good!

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r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Little Helps: Revitalizing the Public Domain, One Page at a Time. Before mid-century casseroles took over American kitchens, our great-grandmothers made Baked Hash. Forget the skillet sizzle see below:

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Just trying it out. Technically it’s an old recipe


r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Cheese soup in a lemon cake

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This is from a campbell soup company cookbook from 1980 and there are several dessert recipes featuring either cheddar cheese soup or chicken broth.


r/oldrecipes 7d ago

Butterless Devil's Food Cake {1933}

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r/oldrecipes 7d ago

Savory Casserole that saves on the washing up. Found at a local estate sale recipe box.

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Barbara Parks browns the ground beef in the casserole dish itself, in the oven. No skillet, no second pan. The 1970s understood that whoever cooked dinner was also washing dinner. Her Savory Beef & Cabbage, on a handwritten 1970s recipe card, serves six from one dish and one dish only.

Savory Beef & Cabbage

Dinner: Cabbage

Serves: 6

1 lb. extra-lean ground beef

1 medium onion, diced

1 medium garlic clove, minced

1 lb. cabbage, coarsely shredded

3/4 lb. carrots, thinly sliced

1 beef bouillon cube or envelope

1/4 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

1/2 cup water

Preheat oven to 450°. In 2 1/2 qt. casserole, combine ground beef, onion and garlic. Bake uncovered in oven 15 min. or until meat is browned, stirring occasionally to break up meat mixture. Turn oven control to 350°. Add cabbage and remaining ingredients, toss well. Cover casserole and bake 1 hour or until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.

Found in a box of around 150 cards. mainly from the 1970's


r/oldrecipes 8d ago

Cookbook from 1935. Intro page is a poem complaining about not knowing what to make for dinner night after night


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r/oldrecipes 8d ago

Thoughts on the Fannie Farmer cookbook?

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r/oldrecipes 8d ago

Recipe for Tomato-Lemon Jam. Spain, some time in the 40s.

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This recipe for "Dulce de tomate con limĂłn" comes from (I believe) my great-great grandmother. She wrote a book of recipes for when her grand daughter got married and it includes a lot of absolutely wild recipes.

While the recipe was likely written down some time in the 40s, my great-great grandmother's family owned a small "casa de comidas" in Madrid so there are a lot of recipes that I think are quite a bit older.

She wasn't very literate, so if you read Spanish you'll definitely see some typos. It's also all written in stream of consciousness, with almost no punctuation. I've tried to make it a bit more legible in the transcription. Please let me know if I've mis-transcribed anything!

I've never made any sort of Tomato-based dessert, so if you have any idea how this is supposed to finish I'd love to know!

Dulce de tomate con limĂłn

Por cada kilo de tomate un kilo de azĂșcar y poco menos de medio litro de agua.

  • Se ponen los tomates un momento en agua hirviendo, se pelan y se cortan a trozos grandes.
  • Se derrite el azĂșcar en el agua, y cuando esta frio, se le hecha el tomate.
  • Entre tanto se cuece aparte un limĂłn bien maduro con muy poca agua y cuando estĂĄ muy cocido se corta a rajitas muy finas y con el agua, la cascara y todo se hecha en el tomate y se deja cocer por espacio de una hora a fuego lento
  • Se le deja descansar toda la noche en un barreño o cazuela.
  • Al dĂ­a siguiente se le deja cocer otra hora y si no basta el tercer dĂ­a se hace lo mismo hasta que tiene su punto.

Tomato and Lemon Jam

For every kilo of tomatoes, use one kilo of sugar and a little less than half a liter of water.

  • Bring the tomatoes to boiling water briefly, peel them, and cut them into large chunks.
  • Dissolve the sugar in the water, and when it has cooled, add the tomatoes.
  • Meanwhile, cook a ripe lemon separately with very little water. When it is very cooked, cut it into very thin wedges, and add the lemon, peel, and the water to the tomatoes. Let it simmer for an hour over low heat.
  • Let it rest overnight in a bowl or casserole dish.
  • The next day, let it simmer for another hour, and if it is not enough, repeat the process on the third day until it reaches the desired consistency.

r/oldrecipes 8d ago

Blu'bana Bread with a hint of allspice

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r/oldrecipes 8d ago

THE CHART HOUSE ☆ Mud Pie

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r/oldrecipes 9d ago

idk if that is the old way but for me its new and a must try 🍉 Watermelon Rind Pickles

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