lindaz

These are all of comments I've made about all the beautiful Kitsch in the Kitschenette Wing of the AWMoK:

King’s Cadets Asparagus

1. lindaz says:

   January 10, 2011 at 11:25am

   You are a true Renaissance woman. I love marching bands and am always fascinated watching conductors or any orchestra.

   When my kitchen is in less of a frenzy I will post some photos. Truly nothing special, but does have a great O'Keefe & Merritt stove that mostly works. The broiler is called The Grillevator and doesn't work, but is shiny and perfect since I don't think it's ever been used.

Morey Amsterdam’s Cookbook for Drinkers or…..

1. lindaz says:

   January 07, 2011 at 12:18am

   What a great idea. I'll go through the book and see what really looks good... Maybe I'll even make something from it. There are the Polish Asparagus made me canned asparagus... No, no no.

2. lindaz says:

   January 06, 2011 at 09:16pm

   The book title comes from an old joke he used to do that he talks about in the intro. He says that in his routine "on being an author,"he named his book "The Betty Cooker's Crock Book" as one of his "literary efforts" and it always got a big laugh.... So then he started to collect recipes from friends, etc. and the book evolved. Most of the recipes aren't attributed to anyone famous, but he does have one suggested by Earl "Mad Man" Muntz called Drumsticks and Spaghetti and Mel Torme tomatoes. Most of the recipes look pretty good to me (lots of canned soup and other canned stuff from that time) and are very simple to make.

   He's also got one Diana Trask's Trifles.

TRINI TIME

1. lindaz says:

   January 04, 2011 at 01:24am

   Dick Carson was long before my time. He directed in NY I think. I was on show in the early 70's when it moved from NY to LA....beautiful downtown Burbank.

2. lindaz says:

   January 02, 2011 at 10:12pm

   If you look at him crossed-eyed and far away, there is a Dean Martin resemblance...

LITTLE LULU

1. lindaz says:

   January 01, 2011 at 05:58pm

   You should Google John Stanley who drew her and created the story lines in the comic books until the late '50s and also drew the covers. I remember Lulu going to France...the Eiffel Tower was on the cover. All the comics are now being compiled and published by Dark Horse in paperback form.

2. lindaz says:

   January 01, 2011 at 05:49pm

   Now that's one big Lulu!

3. lindaz says:

   December 31, 2010 at 03:01pm

   I would love to hear that demo. I really love everything Lulu. And I also loved Tubby when he was a detective and all the Little Itch stories.

   There is a great website called :

   http://michelesworld.net/lulu/

   which is everything Lulu. She's been collecting for a long time and has great memorabilia....napkins, purses, cut-outs, etc.

   Also a newsletter called The Hollywood Eclectern published sporadically. I'll gather them together and post the covers...they're so much fun.

   I don't mind the Lulu purse with needle teethmarks, because I love that LilyRose so much, she can do no wrong. I'll post the doll one day if I can get a good close-up of the baby teeth marks, which just adds character!

   Happy New Year!

THE NEW JOYS OF JELL-O recipe book Copyright 1993 General Foods Corporation, 3rd Edition 1975

1. lindaz says:

   December 31, 2010 at 10:08pm

   I found a recipe in my mother's book called Rainbow Mold made with 5 different flavors of Jell-O, plus lemon Jell-O, sour cream and pineapple juice and optional crushed pineapple. I think it's similar to the Crown Jewel cake.

2. lindaz says:

   December 31, 2010 at 02:10am

   The Sparkling Mandarin Orange might be good. Oh, now everyone knows I have boxes of Jell-O on my shelf!

   If I did the one with sour cream I'd try frozen raspberries or strawberries, defrosted and use the juice. Not the ones in the bag, but in the square cartons. I think they still sell them. Maybe it's time for me to write a Jell-O book.

3. lindaz says:

   December 31, 2010 at 01:21am

   Those were the Jell-O molds I was talking about. I guess I mixed up the smooth with the fluted. I remember pyrex individual smooth cup molds also.

   I have to ask my mother about her pink Jell-O. It might have been made with cranberries. I copied her handwritten cookbook years ago with her recipes and menus, but all she has written regarding the Jell-O mold is "look in the book." I guess she had another Jell-O book.

   I did find another recipe though that is 16 oz sour cream, 2 pkgs raspberry Jell-O, 2 cups boiling water and 2 large cans of blackberries. All the liquids are mixed together and chilled until slightly thickened, then the berries are folded in. Chill and set. Hard to believe, but the recipes are all from the 50's and 60s in her book.

   The green and white Jell-O on the cover is called "Chiffon Marble." It's lime Jell-O and Cool Whip alternately layered into a cup and zigzagged with a spatula to give it the swirly look.

4. lindaz says:

   December 30, 2010 at 07:07pm

   I have to find the recipe in the book for the white stuff, but knowing the year this book was written, it's probably Cool Whip or the Dream Whip Whipped Topping mix.

   My mother was the Jell-O mold queen. She made them at every party she gave. I remember one mold she did with sour cream and I think, black cherry Jell-O, so it came out pink. Always in a rounded mold with a big hole in the center. In those days, everyone had a favorite Jell-O dish. I have to admit, I still make Jell-O. It's good for a sweet tooth in the summer squirted with Reddi Whip...sort of makes you feel your eating something decadent, but it's really not.

   I used to collect Jell-O molds and when I got divorced, for some reason, my ex kept the molds. He can't even boil water, so I don't know what he needed with Jell-O molds, especially the copper one shaped like a fish (which was good for molding pates and using olives for the eyes). My favorite old molds were individual fluted molds and if I remember correctly, some of the other smooth sided individual molds had the word, Jell-O on the bottom.