Vintage Recipe Enthusiast Gifts

'I'd say he's tried Mrs Beeton's Recipe for a disaster.'

Church Basement Foodie

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

"Was there a photo in the recipe book? I'd love to see what it's meant to look like."

Scales

"We brought him into oversee our millennium menu...he did such a good job on the last one"

One reason secret family recipes are usually best kept secret.

"I dreamed that butter and sugar and eggs came back, and we all made cookies."

'Fruitcake, pfefferneusse, we'd like you to consider early retirement.'

'I googled it Mom. There's no such thing as McLiver and onions.'

Endangered Entrees

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."

'Village store and Food museum'

CIA Cafeteria: 'It's nice of you to ask, but the recipe is classified.'

'Ok. We've tried monkey's paw, eye of newt, bat's blood and raven's claw.'

"Are you the gent who complained about cold soup?"

Recipes from the Revised Senior Citizen Cookbook

This might sting a little.

"How long have we been married?"

'Sign this non-disclosure agreement ? I'm going to use a secret recipe.'

Ghak Eisenthal invented the chicken fricassee.

'We've finished the dishes Miss. Jenny washed, I wiped and the rest of the group picked up the pieces.'

"I'm sorry. A suit AND tie are necessary."

"Mmmmm, harissa dusted haricot vert. That sounds much more interesting than green beans with pepper powder."

Ogg's Restaurant: Burned mastodon like mother used to make.

'Tastes just like the cans of soup my Mom used to open and heat.'

Healthy Eating.

"Darling, Mother faxed her tuna-casserole recipe all the way from Ohio."

Health care success #3

"Your mother wants me to make parsnip soup. Would you Google and tell me what a parsnip is?"

'You dope. You bought Hamburger Helper, but this is lamb.'

'You mean we've all forgotten the formula for the secret liqueur?'

"It says the box contains all the ingredients needed for a delicious chicken dinner."

"You were right, sir. It was dishwater. The chef regrets the error."

'...and we add a couple of drops of our secret, habit-forming ingredient to each order.'