207 Retro Cook Books

Wednesday is Food and Recipes in the Columbus Dispatch. I noticed an article about Retro Cook Books. Most of mine are Retro, because they are either from my early married years, yard sales, or were my mother's.

The published recipe caused a gag reflex. "Tomato Pudding." I think mother called it scalloped tomatoes. It contains stewed tomatoes, some sort of bread product, and sugar. My dad often made the poor man's version--dump stewed tomatoes (home canned by my mother) into a bowl, crush a handful of crackers and place on top with a spoonful of sugar. He loved it. And if I ate supper at JoElla's house, her dad ate the same thing.