We all havethatrelative — the one who ’s been bringing Miracle - Whip - bind pimiento - pea salad toThanksgivingdinner since time immemorial . Although you may swear the recipe came directly from the devil , it turns out that limeJell - Osalads and their like were all the rage back in the sidereal day . Here are some more model of vintage Thanksgiving formula that should detain firmly in the past .
1. Cranberry-Mayo-Jell-O Candle Salad
Nothing complements the lemony , refreshing flavor of cranberry sauce like gelatin meld with piquant , sulfurous mayonnaise . This recipealso separate you to mold the intermixture into cylinders , " garnish with literal mayonnaise , " and shove a real standard candle in there . Then , illuminate it . Ostensibly , you ’re supposed to eataroundthe melted wax , but we ca n’t be sure — peradventure it ’s considered a condiment .
2. Pork Cake
For bakers who are sassy out of eggs and butter on Thanksgiving morning , pork cakeis just the ticket . appear in the November 1922 issue ofCitrus Leaves , a magazine published by Mutual Orange Distributors of Redlands , California , the recipe calls for one loving cup each of browned sugar , molasses , ground lean salinity pork , buttermilk , and raisins , plus flour , baking soda , and a fragrance of spices . Unfortunately , there are no direction for making the cake , but we can guess that it turns out pretty skinny toSPAM .
3. Creamed Onions
Once a popularThanksgiving mainstay , creamed onion have been stuff aside on Thanksgiving plate by sweet potatoes and other veggies . In some households , the idea was to pour creamed onion over the turkey , like gravy , to add a little wet . Thisvintage formula — calling for cream , cheddar cheeseflower , and butter in addition to tiny onions — is definitely not what the heart specialist enjoin .
4. Turkey Salad in a Festive Ring of Jell-O
Thismid - C Jell - O adsuggests answer leftover Thanksgiving turkey not as a sandwich , but surrounded by a fosse of wiggling cranberry jelly . Surprisingly , this trend did not charm on .
5. Suet Pudding
England , a country that does n’t celebrate Thanksgiving , has nonetheless given Americans a tradition of savory puddings to be served at the celebratory meal . Suet pudding — yes , the titular ingredient is self-coloured beef fat — was patently popular at former 20th - century tables . This1910 recipepublished inThe Delineatormagazine calls for flour , spices , Milk River , and finely chopped suet , which should be mix and packed into a butter modeling for at least three hour before serving .
6. Giblet Gravy
Gibletsis the charming euphemism for the edible offal of poultry : eye , gizzard , liver , and so on . But just because you could eat it does n’t mean you should [ PDF ] . If you choose not to shake up agravymade with giblets , lard , and turkey neck opening , at least remember totake them outof the Thanksgiving bird before jest at it .
7. Hot Dr Pepper
You got ta give the good folk atDr Peppera few point for trying . In the 1960s , Dr Pepper executives came up with a solution for slumping sales during colder months : live soda . dish out with a fragile piece of lemon , the beverage resembled a non - alcoholic red-hot toddy - slash - cough sirup . According to thisvintage ad , it ’s " deliciously different . "
8. Jellied Turkey-Vegetable Salad
A mid - century salad that manages to contain no fresh produce , this fixed Frankenfood blends fix turkey and frozen mixed vegetables with gelatin , condensed soup , and " salad dressing"—which , in mid-20th one C recipe , stand for Miracle Whip . There ’s only one way to improve on this dish : dish up it Methedrine - frigid .
9. Deviled Ham Stuffing
A 1912Underwood Deviled Hamad featureda recipefor Thanksgivingstuffingwith its theme song product . Along with the bread crumbs , Apium graveolens dulce , Malus pumila , and walnut tree , Captain Cook were told to tote up the " fascinate , insinuating " canned meat to make enough stuffing to fulfill a prominent Republic of Turkey .
A version of this story endure in 2017 ; it has been updated for 2021 .
