That $8 thrift store cookbook from 1972 had a recipe that actually ruined my dinner last night

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Oh man, same thing happened to me with a 1980s church cookbook. There was this "quick casserole" that called for a can of cream of mushroom soup and a can of tuna, but I swear the measurements were completely off. The texture was awful and it tasted like salty glue. I ended up throwing the whole thing out and ordering pizza. Makes you wonder how many dinners those old cookbooks actually ruined back in the day.

the_morgan8d ago

Dating those old community cookbooks is always a gamble with the measurements. A good trick I learned the hard way is to check the baking temperature first, if it's 350 or 325 it's usually safe, but anything higher or lower and you're in for a bad time. That cream of mushroom soup era was rough for sure.