Retro Desserts?

Matterhorn Fan · 04-28-2006, 02:36 PM

Does anyone here have this cookbook?

Link.

There's also titles like "Retro Breakfast," "Retro Baking," "Retro Pies," "Retro Barbeque," and "Retro Happy Hour."

flippyshark · 04-28-2006, 04:53 PM

No, but I am hoping you will get a copy and try a few of them out, perhaps on the local bellhop or former shuttle guide population. I'll even help out with the sifting. (As a kid, I always loved the little sifter device and the shucka-chucka sound it made as I pulled the handle back and forth. Whee!)

Matterhorn Fan · 04-29-2006, 08:42 AM

Modern flour does not usually need sifting.

CoasterMatt · 04-29-2006, 08:44 AM

Modern flour be damned! I need sifting!

Matterhorn Fan · 04-29-2006, 10:24 AM

Well, I won't be baking for CoasterMatt . . .

CoasterMatt · 04-29-2006, 10:27 AM

All of the cookbooks my mom had when I was growing up were from the 1950s/60s - so my cooking seems kind of retro anyway...

I'm making some margarita ole bars today - lemon bars with a little kick...

flippyshark · 04-29-2006, 10:47 AM

I opened some of the sample pages from this book on Amazon, and there was some text there about cake making, encouraging triple sifting. I don't know if that is supposed to improve the quality of the cake, or if they just want to make the experience as retro as possible.

Matterhorn Fan · 04-29-2006, 11:25 AM

My guess is that they want to make the experience retro. I don't know that I'll buy the book--a lot of the reviews say there's mistakes in the recipes.

I make alterations to most recipes, but they ought to at least work as they're written.

Prudence · 04-29-2006, 01:07 PM

If you want retro recipes, just pick up an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I have my grandmother's!

Prudence · 04-29-2006, 01:08 PM

But I don't sift. My grandmother's probably very disappointed in me. Of course, she'd be disappointed that I can't measure ingredients by sight.

04-28-2006, 02:36 PM	#1
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Retro Desserts? Does anyone here have this cookbook? Link. There's also titles like "Retro Breakfast," "Retro Baking," "Retro Pies," "Retro Barbeque," and "Retro Happy Hour."
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04-28-2006, 04:53 PM	#2
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	No, but I am hoping you will get a copy and try a few of them out, perhaps on the local bellhop or former shuttle guide population. I'll even help out with the sifting. (As a kid, I always loved the little sifter device and the shucka-chucka sound it made as I pulled the handle back and forth. Whee!)
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04-29-2006, 08:42 AM	#3
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Modern flour does not usually need sifting.
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04-29-2006, 08:44 AM	#4
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	Modern flour be damned! I need sifting! __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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04-29-2006, 10:24 AM	#5
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	Well, I won't be baking for CoasterMatt . . .
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04-29-2006, 10:27 AM	#6
CoasterMatt BRAAAAAAAINS! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: One Step Beyond... Posts: 8,802	All of the cookbooks my mom had when I was growing up were from the 1950s/60s - so my cooking seems kind of retro anyway... I'm making some margarita ole bars today - lemon bars with a little kick... __________________ Do you like my photography? Visit photosbymatt.tumblr.com to purchase prints!
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04-29-2006, 10:47 AM	#7
flippyshark Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,852	I opened some of the sample pages from this book on Amazon, and there was some text there about cake making, encouraging triple sifting. I don't know if that is supposed to improve the quality of the cake, or if they just want to make the experience as retro as possible.
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04-29-2006, 11:25 AM	#8
Matterhorn Fan Double Agent Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Back East Posts: 2,071	My guess is that they want to make the experience retro. I don't know that I'll buy the book--a lot of the reviews say there's mistakes in the recipes. I make alterations to most recipes, but they ought to at least work as they're written.
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04-29-2006, 01:07 PM	#9
Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	If you want retro recipes, just pick up an old Betty Crocker cookbook. I have my grandmother's! __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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Prudence Beelzeboobs, Esq. Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Gavel - I haz it Posts: 6,287	But I don't sift. My grandmother's probably very disappointed in me. Of course, she'd be disappointed that I can't measure ingredients by sight. __________________ traguna macoities tracorum satis de
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