1970's recipes Archives - Page 7 of 14 - Retro Food For Modern Times

07
Aug
2015

The Margaret Fulton Cookbook 12 – Sunday Roast Chicken

categories: 1970's food, 1970's recipes, Chicken, Margaret Fulton Cookbook

Margaret’s Mediterranean Chicken from 1977 fits the bill of being big and fat and crisp and brown. Not to mention utterly delicious.

Mediterranean Chicken - Then — Mediterranean Chicken – Then

And when you’re onto a good thing? Stick to it:

Mediterranean Chicken - Now — Mediterranean Chicken – Now

if only the modern picture had a glass of wine in it, it would be perfect! But both of these are pretty superb pictures, you can almost taste and smell that lovely roast chicken!

I liked this so much I made one myself:

I think it is such a genius idea of Margaret’s to change the vegetables from the traditional roast – the tomatoes, mushrooms and olives were delicious, although I did throw in a few potatoes too.

Here’s the recipe so you can make it too:

Have a great week!

Signature 1

03
Aug
2015

The Margaret Fulton Cookbook 10 – Quiche Lorraine

categories: 1970's food, Baking, Eggs, France, Margaret Fulton Cookbook, Pastry

A quiche is an open-faced tart with a savoury custard filling. It was originally made with bread dough but short pastry has been substituted in modern recipes.

The pastry should be rolled as thinly as possible…there should be a lot of creamy filling on very little pastry.

– Margaret Fulton

Both of these look pretty good. But I am very fond of a quiche so more is pretty much more for me!!! But I totally understand why most people would prefer the understated elegance of the modern photo

Here’s the recipe!

Hope your week is fabulous.

Signature 1

30
Jul
2015

MFCB 8 – The Neapolitan Omelette

categories: 1970's food, 1970's recipes, Eggs, Margaret Fulton Cookbook, Omelette, Pasta

Now, this one really has me bamboozled.

My first reaction was “That’s one of the dumbest things I ever heard of. Who puts spaghetti into an omelette?”

But then, I started thinking…what if you replaced the tomato puree with bacon? Would you get something like a reverse carbonara? What if you added fresh tomato? And mushrooms?

Might the Neapolitan Omelette not become something utterly delicious?

I’m throwing this one over to you in a couple of ways.

You can cook it and let me know.

Or you can comment and let me know if you want me to cook it when I get home.

Or both…

Comment, send photo’s if you decide to make it and we’ll decide if this is a lost classic or if it should have been left in the 1970’s.

Signature 1

23
Jul
2015

The Margaret Fulton Cookbook 5 – Onion Soup Gratinée

categories: 1970's food, France, Margaret Fulton Cookbook, Onions, Soup

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup”

– Ludwig van Beethoven

But any bozo in 1977 could photo it. The sign, the snails, the baguettes.

It’s French. We get it.

Nous l’avons.

The soup looks like a hot mess too.

Whereas this from 2004? Gorgeous! So elegant. I just want to grab that spoon and tuck right in!

Which is your favourite?

Also, all going well in scheduled post land…

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MUM, LOVE YOU LOTS !!!!

Signature 1

The Margaret Fulton Cookbook 4 – Soups

categories: 1970's food, 1970's recipes, Margaret Fulton Cookbook, Soup

“What wonderful memories I have of soup and my Scottish mother’s kitchen. We had soup everyday and each one had it’s own character and charm”

– Margaret Fulton

To me, the character and charm of the soups in the 1977 picture are rather overwhelming. How much nicer are the modern pictures? I do however like that there is a nod to the past in the dish for the Soup Chiffonade…

And I just love the orange pumpkin soup in the blue bowl.

In fact, I have used this particular combination more than once on this blog. Once in one of my posts on Valli Little’s Slow:

And it will shortly feature in my post on Cantina…hmm…maybe it already has?

Signature 1

Tag: 1970’s recipes