Vintage Menu Plans ~ July

Summer is well and truly upon us, at least here in Oklahoma. We have seen temperatures in the upper 90s and heat indexes well over 100 this past week. Honestly, about now I’d be happy to skip cooking and settle for sandwiches. But our vintage housewives didn’t resort to this very often and I try not to, either. Let’s take a look at what our housewife had on her vintage menu plans for the month of July.

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VINTAGE MENU PLANS
JULY

This is the cookbook where I found these menus (mine is the 1976 edition):

DINNERS:

Apricot Juice
Rump Roast of Beef *
Mashed Potatoes
Gravy
Kohlrabi
Lettuce with French Dressing
Red Raspberry Sundae

Pineapple Appetizer Salad
Baked Chicken with Sage Stuffing *
Mashed Sweetpotatoes
Buttered Broccoli
Pepperment Stick Parfait with Chocolate Sauce

Hot Swiss Cheese, Canapés
Vegetable Plate * (Zucchini and Tomatoes au Gratin, Harvard Beets, Corn & Pepper Fritters, Green Beans)
Graham Biscuits
Cottage Cheese and Chive Salad
Baked Caramel Custard

Meat Loaf Ring with Creamed Spinach *
Buttered New Lima Beans
Beet Horseradish Relish
Black Raspberry Shortcake

Smoked Salman Canapés
Scalloped Potatoes with Pork Chops *
Deviled Green Beans
Garden Salad Bowl
Raspberry Bavarian Cake

Broiled Steak *
Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Mushrooms
Sautéed Potato Balls
Lettuce and Chives Salad Bowl
Fig Cake

FOUR OF JULY DINNER:

Jellied Consommé
Broiled Half Chicken, Rolled in Crumbs and Parsley *
Corn on the Cob
Asparagus Tips in Tomato Cups
Mashed Potatoes
Small Hot Rolls
Summer Salad Bowl (Cucumbers, Radishes, Spring Onions with Watercress, French Dressing)
Strawberry Tarts with Ice Cream

LUNCHEONS:

Baked Tomatoes Stuffed with Fresh Corn *
Broiled Bacon
Cherry Tarts

Cottage Cheese Salad Ring with Mixed Fresh Fruit *
Quick Nut Bread
Chocolate Soufflé

Bologna Cups with Peas and Rice *
Rolls-in-Loaf
Cherry Pie with Cottage Cheese Lattice

Cream of Corn Soup *
Green Salad Bowl
Bran Muffins
Crab Apple Jelly
Honeydew Melon

Creamed Shrimp in Potato Nests *
Cheese-leaf Rolls
Celery and Radishes
Sunshine Cake, Hot Chocolate Sauce, and Nuts

Sautéed Fresh Corn *
Broiled Bacon
Broiled Tomato Slices
Cantaloupe and Watermelon Balls

Tomatoes Stuffed with Tuna Salad *
French Fried Shoestring Potatoes
Cherry Roly-Poly

Would you like me to make any of the starred recipes? If so, leave me a comment and tell me which one(s) you are interested in. As long as they don’t include mushrooms or nuts (I’m allergic to these) and I can find the ingredients I’ll give it a whirl.

*These recipes are included in the cookbook.