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Pimento Cheese Spread Recipe

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Syndicated column from week of May 13, 2013.    May seems to be a month of teas and showers. Have you noticed? No, I don’t mean rain showers, although we’ve had our share of cool and rainy days. I’m talking about baby and wedding showers. I’m talking about Mother’s day and Bridal teas. I think it’s the season for celebrating upcoming celebrations. We celebrate upcoming births with showers of gifts for the new mommy. We celebrate upcoming weddings with showers of gifts for the bride. We celebrate moms for everything they do. And at all of those showers and teas, we play games, laugh, tell stories, and eat. Yes, we eat. Girly snacks, appetizers, fancy finger foods and fluffy fun treats. Stuff that men don’t care to eat. We revel in our girly-ness and make a meal of tiny, dainty, creamy, lacking in red meat foods. We make a meal of veggie pizza, salads and cake. We toast each other with fruit punches and herbal teas. One of the snacks I see at these events is pimento cheese – either in small sandwiches or on top of crackers as a spread. This tasty treat is amazingly simple to make. There … Continue reading →

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May 7 – This Week in AFC History

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A look back in Apron Free Cooking History Since I’ve been writing on Apron Free Cooking (AFC) for two years now, I thought it might be interesting to look back in the archives and see what was happening during this week in history. This weekly feature will include links to popular or entertaining posts from 2011 and 2012. 2012 May 10 – Budget Road Trips May 9 – Trifle May 6 – Amish Oatmeal Cookie 2011 May 8 – Mother’s Day May 12 – Wedding Reception If you like this post, please use the buttons below to share it! Don’t miss an update… sign up for email notifications in the right margin! … Continue reading →

1959 The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook ~ Vintage Cookbook

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Vintage cookbooks are a fascinating trip through history. You don’t believe me? Pick up a cookbook from the 1950′s or 1970′s, page through it and get back to me. I’m constantly amazed at the changes we’ve made in our tastes, spice selections, cooking methods and even main ingredients. (I remember finding recipes for wild game in one book that included ground hog and squirrel meats!) Cookbooks from the 1970′s relied on MSG as a main spice. Today, we avoid it like a bad case of chicken pox. 1950′s cooks often used cooking methods that we wouldn’t dream of today, unless we were dealing with a power outage … think wood or coal burning stoves. 1959 The General Foods Kitchens Cookbook Hardcover, 436 pages Condition: shelf wear on cover edges, stain and watermark on cover, pages in very good condition, missing dust jacket First Edition, First Printing Price: 17.00 This book was intended to be a daily reference book for newly married women and cooks of all sorts. The book has everything you would need to plan nutritious and balanced meals for your family.  The beginning includes a paragraph that holds as much truth today as it did in 1959. “Nowadays, … Continue reading →

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