Kelly Faircloth's saved articles

“which have definitely not been rendered bland by the freezing process” Read more

Two days until frozen salad at my parent’s house.

I like it. It reminds me of my childhood. My Mom was a working mom when it wasn’t the norm and she was the Queen of making foods/sauces/veggies in bulk and loading the freezer. She wasn’t a fan of the molded salads, but plenty of Aunts were, so we got our fill at holidays. Read more

Those old jellied meat recipes have always sounded super disgusting - then I had one as a first course at Chez Panisse and fell in love. IIRC it was a pork aspic and it was delightful.
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Boiled eggs in canned spaghetti. Mmmm.

Bit off topic or maybe not. My dad worked for a summer in a frozen pea factory at the end of the 50’s Read more

Banana and Ham Hollandaise. It’s probably just an urban legend, but it’s still my favorite throwback.

Frees Wives....I thought that only happens when you hand them articles of clothing. Like a sock or something. Read more

When we go around the table I’m throwing in a thanks to Pictorial. No one at the table will understand, but I’m still unlikely to have the most obscure reference. Read more

I think Cracked has done some horrifying articles where they make disgusting jelly loafs from 40’s and 50’s cookbooks. So much mayonnaise, so much gelatin, and so much weird meats. Grandma, why you gotta be so gross? Read more

GAWD I want a copper fondue set

Jellied beef...........yum. NOT!

Oh Shit the Jello-O molds...this is a horrible thing to say but when my gramma’s senses were starting to fail, she would serve....crunchy jell-o molds, because she couldn’t quite tell when the jello-o powder was thoroughly mixed. she was also notorious for putting sugar on salads. there were coleslaws with more parts… Read more

Every holiday feast my grandmother would make a jelly salad (I think cherry jello with canned pineapple and mandarin oranges) on butter lettuce with mayo on top. My family loves that shit, but I think it is gross as hell. One year I'm going to surprise them with it, but no way will it be a regular dish. Read more

I bought it, and with some mosquito DNA, I can finally make the Judy Garland/T-Rex hybrid I've always wanted. It's gonna take a lot of sequins to clothe her, but it'll be worth it. Read more

Rand Paul has now completed his collection.
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I grew up occasionally having Ranch Style Beans.

DEAR GOD I CANNOT UNSEE THIS!

I feel like Aunt Jenny would get along with the Toast’s Chris Kimball. Read more

Should this be ‘recipes’?