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[–] [email protected] 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That Neiman Marcus chain letter... talk about a relic!

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

My family had a copy of that letter in the late 80s/early 90s except it was a Mrs. Fields recipe. I knew exactly what it would be from your comment

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Good! We need the niche communities to start growing if we're gonna rid the world of Reddit

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Does "tiny sublemmy of the day" exist anywhere yet? Might be a good way to discover and grow small communities.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If it does a random sampling, 90% will be various combinations of yiff, anime, trans, femboys, and obnoxiously breasted women. There's gotta be some curation in the lemmysphere for that to work.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Imagine making out with someone and out of nowhere their tits are just like "You know, you should call your mother. Also the grass needs mowing." Then they go park their car across two handicapped spaces even though they don't have the little mirror hangy thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, you see, this is remedied by partnering with people in the itty bitty titty committee. Neither of us are obnoxiously breasted as a result. Real-life Ds and beyond are their own pain in the ass, I can't imagine trying to be an anime character with the physics-defying shenanigans.

Tl;dr: our tits don't double park the car <3

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I believe the Reddit one was curated. Anyone could nominate a tiny subreddit, but the mods would make the final call.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Here here! I second that sexy idea!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Let's make til the new discovery community!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

What a treasure trove! Right up my alley. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Thanks! I love finding new communities like this and I'm an adventurous cook

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

How many of them are just a recipe from a label of 1950s cream of mushroom soup?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

This is so cool! Finally, a use for all those squirrels.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

finally a place for all gamgams famous tuna, orange and spinach aspic

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Any good video channels for this sort of stuff - YouTube or otherwise?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Townsend does a lot of Colonial meals from that era of the United States. That's about all I got for you.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Make sure to find other sources before believing anything he says. He repeats a lot of "conventional wisdom" and truthisms that aren't actually accurate. He also has a pro-christian and whitewashed bias to his retelling of some things. I'd describe his channel more as historically inspired cosplay as opposed to retelling documented historical facts.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, he's not the best source for information of any kind really, good production values though. All you need is a slick production and people will eat up anything you say.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I agree completely, although OP just asked for channels featuring old cooking recipes, and that is all I recommend Townsend for.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's a little different, more historical content than "vintage" but Tasing History is a great YouTube channel

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Sounds shocking.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Check out B Dylan Hollis on YouTube!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look up Dylan Hollis! He's on YouTube and tests old recipes - be warned, he brings a LOT of personality lol. I really enjoy his videos and just picked up his cookbook, Baking Yesteryear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

His insta is amazing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Glen and Friends Cooking does a lot of recipes from old cook books. He also does cocktails from old bartending books, if that's your thing. He has a very warm and welcoming charm that makes for a pleasant and relaxing viewing experience.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Every Sunday morning is the Old Cookbook Show!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Do they have to be good recipes?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

As old as pedantry.

When vintage is used as an adjective, as it is here, it means "high quality".

Me, and everyone else but you, understands the OP to mean: "a collection of good, old recipes".