A recipe from an ad for Gold Medal Flour published
in the 1960 June edition of LIFE magazine
Betty Crocker’s recipes and her flour – Gold Medal – give youan extra meaure of confidence … they’re both “kitchen tested” just for you!
A recipe from an ad for Hellmann’s Mayonnaise published
in LIFE magazine in 1958
As I have mentioned before, my mother worked at Norway’s largest producer of mayonnaise most of her working life, so I grew up on the stuff. And as a Norwegian I also have a great love of cranberries, almost all of us do.
But mixing the two, well, I’m not all that sure really. But that’s just me. What ever blows your skirt up visitor, go for it if it tickles you fancy- Ted 😉
A recipe from an ad for Pet Milk published
in LIFE magazine in 1956
A fruit cake rich in candied fruit, crunchy nuts, with both dark and golden seedless raisins.
In context:
Evaporated milk was a popular product before refrigerators were common in homes, but is now a niche product mainly used in baking and other recipes.
Pet, Inc., was an American company that was the first to commercially produce evaporated milk as a shelf-stable consumer product and later became a multi-brand food products conglomerate. Its signature product, PET Evaporated Milk, is now a product of The J.M. Smucker Company.
PET Dairy is a regional brand of fresh and processed dairy products in the Southeastern United States made by the Land-O-Sundivision of Dean Foods. Many of the remaining brands once owned by Pet, Inc. are currently part of General Mills.
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A dessert recipe from an ad for Libby’s Peaches published in
LIFE magazine in 1956
California grown, Libby’s are the peaches you would have picked from the trees yourself. Round and beautiful, tender and juicy . Libby’s are the perfectly luscious peaches – Since it is not imported to Norway, as far as I know, we’ll have to make do with other equally delicious peaches 😉
A barbecue recipe from an ad for Kaiser’s Foil published in
Life magazine in 1957
I know it’s winter where most of my visitors live, but there are Aussies dropping by regularly and they practically live on their patios this time of the year. The rest of us will have to wait a while to get the grill out, Folks down under can try this right now – Ted 😉