Orange Juice Jelly (1951 Sure-Jell Ad)

Orange Juice Jelly
1951 Sure-Jell Ad

1 box Sure-Jell
2 cups water
3/4 cup (6 oz can) concentrated Bird's Eye Orange Juice
3 1/2 cups sugar

Measure Sure-Jell and water into large sauce pan, mix well.  Place over high heat, bring to a full rolling boil, boil hard for one minute, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low. Add orange juice, sugar. Stir until both are completely dissolved. (Do not boil). Remove from heat, skim, pour quickly into glasses. Paraffin.

Heavenly Peach Salad (Kraft Mayonnaise Ad 1951)

Heavenly Peach Salad

Drain a No. 2 1/2 can of cling peach halves, reserving 1/2 cup of the juice.Cut all but 2 of the halves into small pieces. Cut the 2 halves into thick slices. If  you use fresh peaches, you will need about 4 medium size.

Soften one envelope gelatin in 3 tablespoons cold water. Dissolve in hot peach juice. Cool.

Soften 1 8-oz package Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese and gradually blend in 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice and 1/2 cup Kraft Mayonnaise. (because you need true mayonnaise at its finest!)

Whip 1/2 cup  heavy cream. Add cut up peaches to cream cheese-mayonnaise mixture. Blend in cooled gelatin mixture and fold in whipped cream. Pour into 4 individual molds and chill until firm. Unmold on crisp lettuce on salad plates. Garnish with maraschino cherries and the peach slices.

Beef n Vegetable Casserole (Campbells Easy Ways To Delicious Meals, 1968)

Beef 'n Vegetable Casserole
Campbells Easy Ways To Delicious Meals, 1968

1/4 cup finely diced onion
Dash leaf thyme
1 tablespoon butter or margarine
1 can (10 3/4 oz) beef or mushroom gravy
1 1/2 cups cubed cooked beef
1 cup cooked peas and carrots
4 servings instant mashed potatoes, prepared

Cook onion with thyme in butter until tender. Combine with gravy, beef, peas and carrots in 1 1/2 quart casserole. Spoon potatoes around edge of casserole. Bake at 450  for 20 minutes or until hot. 4 Serving.

Fashion Parade of Dressings (Blue Plate Ad 1950's)

All 3 dressings "glamourize" seafood, meat or plain green salads!

Tartar Mayonnaise
Mix chopped green pepper and pickle relish with Blue Plate Mayonnaise. If you wish, garnish with finely chopped radish for color contrast

Quick Thousand Island Dressing
Thoroughly blend catsup or chili sauce with Blue Plate Mayonnaise and fold in finely cut celery. "Specially" nice with lettuce wedges.

Zesty Mayonnaise
To Blue Plate Mayonnaise, add crumbled bleu cheese (or grates sharp American cheese) and chopped green onion. Garnish with green onion.

London Beef Pie (Dinty Moore Ad 1951)

London Beef Pie
(Dinty Moore Ad 1951)

Prepare pastry for two-crust pie as directed on package of your favorite pie crust mix.  Fit one round of pie crust into 8 inch round pan.

Fill pan with Dinty Moore Beef Stew (contents of one can).  Place top crust over filling, seal and flute. Cut slits for escape of steam.

Bake in hot over (450 degrees) for 10 minutes, then at 375 for about 30 minutes. Serves 4.

Party Potato Salad (Ann Page Ad 1951)

Party Potato Salad
(Ann Page Ad 1951)

Dice 5 potatoes while warm and add 1 cup Ann Page salad dressing or mayonnaise, 1 1/2 tsp. salt, dash Ann Page pepper, 1/4 cup Ann Page Sweet Garden Relish, 2 hard cooked eggs, 1/2 cup chopped cucumber, 1/2 cup cooked or raw peas, 1 small chopped onion, 1 cup chopped celery.   Toss lightly. Chill thoroughly. Arrange in red and green cabbage leaves or lettuce, garnish with peas and pimento.

5 Servings (in 1951, only 15 cents a serving!)

Man-Winner Tomato Salad (1951 - Wesson Oil)

Man-Winner Tomato Salad
 (1951 - Wesson Oil Advertisement)

Cut 6 red-ripe tomatoes into wedges or slices.  Top with 1 mild onion, chopped, parsley to taste, and two tablespoons capers (optional).  Dressing recipe below.

Wesson 1-Minute French Dressing

1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. sugar
1/8 tsp. pepper
1/8 tsp. paprika
1/3 cup Wesson Oil
2 tbsp. vinegar or lemon juice

Shake together in covered jar. Shake again before serving. Makes 1/2 cup dressing.

Variations:

Celery Seed Dressing: To 1/2 cup of Wesson Dressing (above), add 2 tsp. sugar, 1/4 tsp. celery seed,  and 1 tbsp. catsup. Rub 4 butter-type crackers with garlic and crumble into dressing. For fruit or green salads, too.

Chili Dressing: To 1/2 cup of Wesson Dressing, add1/2 tsp sugar, 2 tbsp chili sauce.  (For greens, meat, seafood salads).