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This week's roundup is about lost recipes. I'm creating this topic so that members might share any dishes they are trying to recreate - in so that other members can help them with ideas and more. Recipe name, time period that the recipe was created, what you remember about the dish etc. Was it from a book, magazine, label, television show etc. This may be a fun project to keep going. I searched for past posts on this topic and found one.

Let me check it. Try this.

Mid century favorite.  I found this ie Fannie Farmer  https://maccullochhall.o...ctivity/cottage-pudding/

Originally Posted by: Hefb1

Hi, I used to listen to a show on the radio in Boston, hosted by Gus Saunders, called Yankee Kitchen and I enjoyed so many of the authentic tried and true Yankee recipes. I just wish I kept them or written them down. Has anyone ever heard of it? It was in the 80’s.

Hello, I wanted to respond to your thread. I had not heard of Mr. Saunders or the Yankee Kitchen, however, I found this on search forum:
https://www.automaticwas.../TD-VIEWTHREAD.cgi?36518

This guy was a fan also and he has 6 of the cookbooks from Yankee Kitchen. He says he will send any recipes that you might be interested in. Good luck!

Originally Posted by: Jenny

...so other members can help them with ideas

Idea 1- even a change of one ingredient can be the key. My Tater Tot Casserole was never "right" until I asked my Mom for Grandma's version of the recipe. Turns out the key was using canned Cream of CHICKEN soup for the sauce.

Idea 2- On the (now closed) Chowhound cooking site there were a lot of requests for recipes from magazines no longer published, especially Bon Appetit, when recipes were not available anywhere online. Often the requester could describe the magazine cover and approximate year(s). I'm not sure whether the site backissues.com is still in business since my attempts to access it aren't working today. But that or similar sites which feature thumbnails of magazine covers can be a great resource for narrowing down your search.

Originally Posted by: MidwesternerTT

… not sure whether the site backissues.com is still in business since my attempts to access it aren't working today. But that or similar sites which feature thumbnails of magazine covers can be a great resource for narrowing down your search.

My goto site for these things is https://archive.org/ which has many back issues of magazines online.  They appear to have (some) issues of Bon Appetit in particular.

I also make considerable of their Internet Wayback Machine to find defunct websites, which by the way finds the backissues.com site with the last capture from August 2022.

This time, a recipe found: a recipe for vegetarian chili in one of my little "Betty Crockers."

Upside Down Cake - Diane Holuigue Looking for a recipe ; Australians EYBers might be able to help. A Diane Holuigue recipe, published in The Australian in the 90’s. I’ve lost my cutting, and googling hasn’t helped. It’s possibly reproduced in her Clever Cooks compilations but I’ve not been able to find copies to look. The topping was of Christmas cake style macerated fruits, recommended to be served w sour cream/creme fraiche.

Originally Posted by: Acarroll

Oh gosh. When I was in college I had a cookbook (I can't even remember the genre) but it had such a great frittata recipe that I've been thinking about for over a decade. It was Mexican-inspired (not a Mexican cookbook though) - I know it had canned green chiles, lots of cheese, and shredded hash browns. I don't recall any meat in it. I wish I could find that recipe again.

Did this have frozen hashed browns?  I see some with chilies, but will keep an eye out.

Originally Posted by: Rinshin

Did this have frozen hashed browns?  I see some with chilies, but will keep an eye out.

Yes, it did.