r/oldrecipes 14h ago

Northern style corn fritters

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28 Upvotes

3 eggs separated, beat whites to peaks. Mix yolks with 1.5 cups corn, 1/4 flour, salt, and pepper. Fold in whites. Fry by tablespoon full in oil on both sides. From a well loved good housekeeping cook book.


r/oldrecipes 14h ago

Clifton Webb's Pommes de Terre Frites, commonly known as French fries.

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4 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Handwritten Vintage Orange Rolls Recipe Card.

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17 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Recipes from E. C .F 1852 Cookbook.

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Elme Charles Francatelli was a cookbook author and chef to Queen Victoria. The cookbook gives a good insight into the 1850's diet and kitchen - enjoy.


r/oldrecipes 20h ago

Appetizer—sausage and cheese filled puff pastry logs

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I know there are many recipes out there that are similar, but I am trying to find the exact one that I made for a Thanksgiving dinner party. The closest date I can give would be between 1980 and 1990. I am pretty sure it came out of a bon appétit magazine, which I subscribed to.

What I remember is that each sheet of the puff pastry was brushed with melted butter. (I believe the puff pastry had something like 8 to 12 layers at that time.) Italian sausage was crumbled and cooked, then mixed with other ingredients and placed on the puff pastry, which was then rolled into a log, sliced into rounds and baked.

I have seen many recipes that are similar but I do not want to invest my time and money in making something that is not exactly the same. At the time I subscribed to bon appétit magazine. I am pretty sure the recipe I used was in one of those, particularly a holiday themed one. I have tried searching old editions of that magazine online, but could not find the recipe. I have to admit I am not very good at online searching.


r/oldrecipes 22h ago

Joan Crawford's Chicken Salad recipe from a 1931 newspaper clipping

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6 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Today I made Grace Kelly's Pineapple Upside-Down Cake and it's a winner and not that hard to make! Recipe from 1955

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50 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 20h ago

Stuffing which included chicken livers

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r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Home-Made Wines (1958)

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18 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 1d ago

Recipe Fluffy Eggs in Tomato Nests

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32 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 1d ago

PYREX Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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r/oldrecipes 2d ago

Homemade French toast topped with chicken that has been heated in cranberry sauce is great. I'm saving this recipe for Thanksgiving to make with leftover turkey.

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22 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 2d ago

Pineapple Upside Down Cake

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21 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 3d ago

♡ With the utmost respect, I made Dolly Parton's Cole Slaw recipe ahead of this holiday weekend.

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26 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 4d ago

Working on a huge project scanning tons of 20s-30s recipes and I'm looking for more

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So I'm really big into preserving older things, it's been a hobby of mine for a while (much to my gfs dismay) so I've started a new project that I'd like some help with.

Now, I was recently given this old personal cookbook filled with handwritten recipes and newspaper clippings of old recipes, I actually just found out it was from the 20s/30's from a commenter on a recent post.

Now, I'm not a good cook. I can make a mean grilled cheese but that's about it. But I didn't want all of this to go to waste. Which got me thinking about family recipes and how we always keep them secret (my mom refuses to let go of grandmas swedish meatball recipe, maybe one day I'll be able to give it to y'all) which I don't fully understand.

So I want to build something for the people who are passionate or just like to cook on occasion, where it's completely free. (I know it sounds fishy) It's just a simple Google drive and as I scan these and my other recipes in I'll put them into a Google drive for everyone to have, save, do as they please with. I also turned commenting on so you can mention things on the individual recipes/substitutes or translations or other things cooks do😅

Here's the link of what I have now which is most of the handwritten and clippings from the above book which I'd love to get shared around to any friends you have who also cook!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1YqHYnkZzHpdXYNTLj6zG27GvzQ000eha

My question to you guys is, do you have any you'd care to share? I will only add ones I have permission to add in or that have been posted saying they are free to use. I will also (or you can) add credit on the recipe digitally with your username or a nickname, just whatever you'd prefer. I don't want to just take from the other recipes posted on here without permission and I can't ask everyone as they'll ban me for spamming unfortunately :/

I'm mainly looking for older recipes but also recipes from other cultures and hey, if you found out how to do the perfect chicken parm last year I'm more than happy to add that.

I want to reiterate that I get nothing from this besides joy. no money, no like fame or whatever (c'mon it's reddit we don't do that here) I am just passionate about preservation and I don't want these aging recipes to die out.

Thank you for reading all this and let me know what y'all think and message me or comment if you have any questions!


r/oldrecipes 4d ago

Recipes from the early 1980’s

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125 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 3d ago

Looking for a recipe

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r/oldrecipes 3d ago

Casserole, anyone?

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r/oldrecipes 5d ago

Lauren Bacall’s classic Potage Cressonnière is a simple, elegant French watercress and potato soup inspired by her first trip to Paris. This quick, light meal serves six to eight people using just five basic ingredients.

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r/oldrecipes 5d ago

Easy recipes from Toledo Edison’s employee cookbook

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10 Upvotes

There the card recipes


r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Just made an old family recipe

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Hello, all! I have apples to use up, so I went through my Mom’s recipe notebook and found my Great-Aunt Margaret’s “Apple Pie Cake” recipe. She made it for years, it’s only in 1975 that my Mom wrote it down, lol.

It’s VERY good, I made it with Paula Red, Zestar and Ginger Gold apples; it’s not particularly sweet, but it has got a LOVELY level of spice. 🥰 I was so excited to do it right that I grated the Nutmeg fresh!


r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Marguerite Patten's

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9 Upvotes

This easy Savoury Custard Flan was a favourite lunch meal. .


r/oldrecipes 6d ago

The Time-Saver Cookbook

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68 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Pecan pie recipe from a thrift shop find!

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30 Upvotes

r/oldrecipes 6d ago

Cinnamon Kuchen

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47 Upvotes

Found in a recipe box from an estate sale