“What a beautiful new way to serve potato salad. And the luscious glaze you make with Hellman’s keeps it fresh and moist to the last slice. That’s real mayonnaise. Whole-egg Hellman’s.”

This post originally appeared 4/1/09.  I don’t usually re-publish posts, but I couldn’t resist this time.

I found this ad in an old recipe box that belonged to my Grandma. She was a great cook and I have no idea why she thought this should be cut out and saved.

What were the folks at Hellman’s thinking? They lost me at the word loaf. “Moist to the last slice”? Yuck! Who wants to eat a slice of potato salad? But you’ve got to love the radish and carrot flowers decorating the lusciously glazed sides of the loaf. So cheery, so Spring-like, so ’70s.

I hope you got a good laugh out of this.  Happy April Fool’s Day!

This award was given to me by Ryan Ashley Scott at Optimistic Cynicism. Thank you! I was also given this award over on my other blog, so I’m splitting things up a bit and sharing 5 things about myself on each blog. I’m also passing the award onto 3 other bloggers on both of my blogs.

So, here are five honest things about me:

1. When I got married, I was able to make baked beans from a can, macaroni and cheese from a box and brownies from a mix. Not wanting to live forever on these foods, I started reading the cookbooks I got as wedding presents and experimenting in the kitchen. It took several years before I really learned to cook.

2 One of my early experiments was microwave meatloaf. Unless you need material to build a house with, do not make this!

3. I once melted a very large Tupperware bowl in my oven. I was trying to get bread dough to rise in a warm oven, but I forgot to turn off the oven. Melted dripping plastic is most easily cleaned out of an oven if you let it cool first. Live and learn – it’s the way I do it most often.

4. A great way to get your husband to take you out for dinner is to go ahead and put the casserole in the oven, but forget to turn the oven on. Hungry hubby won’t want to wait another hour for it to bake and will take you to the Mexican restaurant for fajitas. As a bonus, dinner for the next night is all ready and waiting in the fridge.

5. Our first apartment had a smoke detector very near the kitchen. Well, everything was near the kitchen. I’m not sure that the entire place was even 400 square feet. We had people over for dinner often (I was learning to cook, remember?) and it was not an uncommon occurence for me to set off the smoke detector as they were coming in. Embarrassing, but since most college students will take any free meal, I never ran any of them off this way.

I am passing this award on to:

Mommy of M’s

Yaya

Of Food and Fat

Noah’s Mommy and Lori at A Double Shot of Espresso both nominated me for the Lemonade Stand award for Good Attitude and Gratitude. Thanks to both of you!

Now here are my nominees:

1. Amanda at Moving Forward

2. Aileigh at Inside Aileigh’s Heart

3. Amy at Amy’s Blend

4. Lorie at Be Different, Act Normal

5. Reynie at God, Do you Hear this Southern Girl Rambling?

6. Cara at Mideastmom

7. Karen at Hopelessly Ordinary

8. Kelly at Love Lasts a Lifetime

9. Karen at Clio

10. Amy at Mama on the Move

Now it’s time for you all to pass on the love and nominate 10 more blogs for this award!

Melissa at My Little World gave me this blog award! Thanks, Melissa!

Here are 7 blogs that I nominate for the One Lovely Blog Award:

Julie at The Sporadic Cook
Bev at Make Wise Decisions
Good Stuff Maynard
Tina at Mommy’s Kitchen
Ellen at Thrifty and Chic Mom
Mandy at Gourmet Mom on the Go
Mrs. B at Heat to 350

These awardees just need to follow these simple rules to recieve this award and pass it on:

Add the logo to your blog
Link to the person from whom you’ve received the award
Nominate seven blogs of your choice
Leave a message on the nominees’ blogs

The ladies over at The Secret is in the Sauce are having a fun Christmas party today with give-aways every hour!

Since this is a recipe blog I thought I’d gift you with a traditional family recipe.

Favorite Quick Supper
Measure 3 cups flour into large bowl. Answer telephone. Take large bowl off small son’s head. Sweep up flour.

Measure 3 cups flour into large bowl. Measure 1/4 cup shortening. Answer door bell. Wash shortening mixture from son’s hands and face.

Add 1/4 cup shortening to flour. Mix well. Rock crying baby for 10 minutes. Answer telephone. Put son in tub and scrub well. Scrape flour and shortening mixture from floor. Add enough tears to relieve tension.

Open 1 can of beans and serve with remaining strength.

Wishing you a wonderful holiday season with lots of family dinners, no matter how you get dinner on the table!

Mamarazzi over at Dandelion Wishes bestowed this award on my blog!

Thanks, Mamarazzi!