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Hamwiches Supreme
Recipes for “hamwiches” show up starting in the late 1950s. In the 1960s, they start appearing on school menus (sometime under their proper name of ham salad sandwiches) a sure sign of reaching...
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Creamed Ham, Eggs and Mushrooms
This could work at a casual brunch. A family recipe provided by Jennifer Kiel of Washington, DC, from her mother-in-law’s collection, started in Kent, Ohio. Creamed Ham, Eggs and Mushrooms Combine...
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Curried Potato Salad
If you like curry, thank the Portugese. While India has always had curry sauce-like preparations, they didn’t include chilies until around the end of the 17th century. (There’s some reason to think...
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Tuna Crunch Salad
Of course, we aren’t really talking about Chinese noodles. Not in the sense of noodles from China, anyhow. [See image gallery at www.yesterdish.com] What the recipe calls for are deep fried chow mein...
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Eggs à la Goldenrod
A Fannie Merritt Farmer original. Her version, from 1896’s The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book, had a slightly less rich sauce: [See image gallery at yesterdish.com] Eggs à la Goldenrod 3 hard boiled...
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Yesterdish’s Stuffed Calamari
It’s a good thing you don’t actually eat with your eyes. [See image gallery at yesterdish.com] I love eating calamari–especially well-prepared, tender, fresh, flavorful calamari, the kind where a kiss...
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Yesterdish’s Chopped Liver
“What am I, chopped liver?” [See image gallery at yesterdish.com] Actually, I’m quite a bit like chopped liver. I’m an acquired taste, you’re more likely to find me in a deli than you are in a sit-down...
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Mother’s Tunafish Casserole
With béchamel and canned mushrooms. From a box sold in Lyndhurst, New Jersey. Mother’s Tunafish Casserole 1 can tuna fish 2 hard boiled eggs 2 cups white sauce 1 medium size can mushrooms Buttered...
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Asparagus Sandwich
A tea sandwich with the noblest of vegetables. It’s only fitting, really. After all, tea sandwiches are associated with classy places and events, and asparagus has been associated with finer living...
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Tuna Dish
Huh, okay. A ten-cent bag of chips. I can do this. All we have to do is come up with an approximate date for the recipe, then figure out what a ten-cent bag of chips looked like at the time. Campbell’s...
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