Ideas for entertaining in 2014

I do believe I tried the Frosted Ribbon Sandwich Loaf once for a luncheon. The hardest part was

finding the unsliced pullman loaf. I don't remember how it came out but it looked faintly familiar.

 
Sadly, I remember more than I care to. A few of them, though, had me laughing so hard I had tears

running down my face and my sides started aching from so much laughter -- the commentary on each item is priceless. Banana Candle anyone? smileys/wink.gif

Edited to add: for the record, I never actually made any of the items, lol, just recall seeing them in ads and cookbooks at the time.

 
I remember the banana candle from my childhood. Just the basics, no mayo. And then it would have

been miracle whip, not mayo. I no longer like miracle whip. Do they still make it??

 
I rember them from the Betty Crocker Cookbook when I was little. Yes, they still make MW

My dad loves it. He will eat it on saltine crackers.

 
I think this will be my diet plan for 2014: pick one meal each day and eat only that (if I can...

control my gag reflex long enough.)

 
No laughing, please, but about 12 yrs ago I actually had a lady call me to

place an order for a Frosted Ribbon Sandwich Loaf! (FYI, Janet, I had to make the Pullman bread myself for this recipe because I couldn't find one at a bakery either.) I distinctly remember the client's name was Betty, and she and her bridge club cronies were positively thrilled with this for their luncheon that day. I guess it took them back down memory lane--they were all ladies well into their 80s.

An aside--this same gal also called me once to make her an entree jello salad! That is the only time I have ever sold someone a jello salad (I've been catering since 1990).

 
They still sell something called blue congeal (sp?) at the popular

cafeteria here in Raleigh. It is some sort of a jellied salad. Bright blue. I can't imagine what it tastes like. I must say I like a good tomato aspic though.

 
My oldest sister, back in Brazil...

... used to do that, with the tomato rose and all...

I remember it was covered in mayo, which i still hate to this day. I think she made one layer with canned tuna. God forbid.

It was fashionable then in Brazil - this was probably around 1968, I was a child and she is 16 years older. She got married in 1971, so I know it was before that because she would make it at my parents' home.

 
It's fascinating how we humans have progressed since: The Stone Age; The Copper Age; The Bronze Age;

The Iron Age; The Middle Ages; The Industrial Revolution; The Victorian Era; The Gilded Age; The Machine Age; The Atomic Age; The Space Age; The Sixties; The Gelatin Age....

 
I worked a few nights and weekends for an answering service in college and it was in the owner's

House. She would feed me dinner and this sandwich loaf was one of her special recipes. I actually have fond memories of this loaf. I thought about serving it at bookclub night for discussing The Help.

 
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