REVIEW: ALDI Buffalo Style Mini Chicken Rolls

Our weekly neighborhood happy hours (five years and still going strong!) have become our ALDI/Lidl appetizer testing grounds. Bought these on a whim the other day to go with the Goat Cheese and Fig Pizza and they were a huge hit! Just enough of a buffalo sauce kick they went great with the dipping sauce I whipped up with sour cream, mayo, Worcestershire, salt, pepper, and blue cheese crumbles. Only complaints are that there's only 10 per box and they're a limited time find. So when you see them, be sure to grab two. Also, a product of our friends from Canada. — Dan Taylor

Dan Taylor is editor/publisher of The Hungover Gourmet. Issue #13 will arrive this spring along with a bound collection of the first 11 issues of the zine (plus bonus content) this fall! Stay tuned to this blog, our website, Facebook, Instagram and Blue Sky for more info.

Peanut-Butter 'N' Bacon Sandwiches (1974) from McCall's Family-Style Cook Book

Happy National Peanut Butter Day! You'd think a Peanut Butter and Bacon Sandwich would be pretty straightforward. But the folks at McCall's clearly take their sandwiches very seriously.

"The lunch you carry can, and should, be as appealing and satisfying as the lunch you eat at home. And if you pack a lunch for a school child, a calorie-conscious teenager, an office worker, or a husband with a man-size job and a man-size appetite, you'll find our menus and recipes not only nutritious, but highlighted with those little extras that children and grown-ups appreciate. So go ahead — prove that ... you CAN take it with you ..."

Here's a recipe and menu from 'McCall's Family-Style Cook Book' (1974). Click picture for full-size image. — Dan Taylor

Frankfurter-Cheese Sandwich Filling (1957)

It's Wiener Wednesday! Look at all those happy foodstuffs—including that poor limbless frankfurter—just waiting to be Sandwich Fillings. From that thrift store staple 'Metropolitan Cook Book' (1957 edition). Click picture for full size image.

Popcorn Lollipops (1974) from McCall's Book of Merry Eating

It's National Popcorn Day! Why not calm those pre-game jitters by making some Popcorn Lollipops, courtesy of 'McCall's Book of Merry Eating' (1974). 

Slopply Joe's (or Sloppy Joe's)

Today's Recipe: "Slopply Joe's". Pulled this one from an old tin recipe box we picked up at a sale or auction years back.

1/4 pound ground beef
1 medium onion
1/4 can tomato soup

Dice and brown onion in a skillet. Add ground beef, break up with fork and brown. Add soup, cook until thick.

With a mere 1/4 lb. of ground beef, I'm not exactly sure how many people this was supposed to feed. (Click picture for full size image) – Dan Taylor

Dan Taylor is the editor of The Hungover Gourmet. He grew up on Sloppy Joe's, but not like this or that other bullshit North Jersey kind.

Sour Cream Pancakes from McCall's Home-Baked Breads (1974)

When Ryan was little, we always made pancakes on snow days. With Winter Storm Blair headed our way, I thought it would be a good time to pull out a pancake recipe in case school is closed tomorrow. Bonus points for the use of sour cream!

From 'McCall's Home-Baked Breads' (1974).

Roast Pork Shoulder from McCall's Book of Marvelous Meats (1974)

My Mom always made pork for New Year's Day. Sometimes we'd also go visit my aunt who lived in the Bridesburg section of Philly and she would ALSO have fresh ham (pork), kraut, and fresh kielbasa. As I remember it, her row home had a teeny tiny kitchen, and I always marveled at how she made such a feast in such a small space.

My Mom would never debone a pork shoulder like this recipe suggests, but I remember her prep was simple and the result was delicious. One time my brother-in-law walked in to find several of us hunched over the finished shoulder, breaking off pieces of the crisp skin with a glistening layer of fat underneath, and exclaimed "how are you all not 300 pounds?!"

Happy New Year! (Click image for full-size picture)

From "McCall's Book of Marvelous Meats" (1974).