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Oh Anna, I am a retired chef, and a doggy daycare bus driver. I grew up around my mom’s giant collection of cookbooks and your channel really speaks to me! Thank you so much for giving me good Content to watch and listen to as I’m working with the pups.❤
One Halloween party I did ( I'm a banquet chef) an 8 lb cheese ball shaped like a pumpkin, covered in sharp Cheddar. 😂 200 guests ate about 2/3 of it with crostini, pretzel pieces, & crackers. 😂
It was crazy. About a foot high with the stem ( from bell pepper) , on a bed of spinach, mixed greens & celery leaves ( I know, I know). We bought paint/ drywall spatulas to act as spreaders. But as some one who caters professionally, it's the holy trinity of appetizers: cream cheese, bacon, and puff pastry. 😋
I definitely remember that veggie pizza from the 1980s. Crescent roll dough pressed in a pan, baked, and covered with the cream cheese mixture and the finely chopped fresh veggies like broccoli and red peppers and carrots on top with shredded cheddar. Good stuff!
I think "1980s Cream Cheese Party Food" is officially my favorite food group. The cheese ball and Wheat Thins on the Spring Blossom dishes I grew up with was most delightful nostalgia hit, so thank you for that! We make one with green olives, cheddar, cream cheese, a bit of mayo, and Worcestershire sauce-- my mom got the recipe from a work friend in the early 80s and we still make it every Christmas. The pineapple one reminded me of the spread that we also make that has cream cheese, crushed pineapple, green pepper, and green onions-- I think I need to make that one soon.
Nice. I like the idea of the green olives! And it reminds me that my mom made a black olive spread. I'm pretty sure it was just cream cheese & mayo or maybe sour cream (?) with lots of chopped black olives. I don't know if it had any seasonings.😟 Great on crackers.
@@cooking_the_books Is it weird to leave a recipe in a RU-vid comment? WE'LL FIND OUT! Cheese Ball For when you need an appetizer that looks like a brain with eyeballs on it. Also, it’s insanely delicious. 2 cups grated sharp cheddar cheese 3 oz. cream cheese, room temperature 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce 3 tablespoons mayonnaise 1/4 cup chopped green pimento stuffed olives Mix ingredients, form into ball. Roll in (or, realistically, just squish on) additional sliced olives. Serve with crackers (Wheat Thins are our go-to).
My family still does cheese balls! My favorite one has Worcestershire, green onion, garlic powder, and onion powder wrapped in the beef you used in the Hot Beef dip. We server them with chicken biscuits. So good!
This is my family's traditional cheeseball too! It is a feature of every Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years Day, but only with wheat thins, never any other kind of cracker 😂
Our ladies Bible study group had a luncheon just the other day and someone brought a cheese ball that was decorated like a turkey with pretzel sticks. It was so cute!
I used to use pillsbury sheet, baked, a container of cream cheese with garden veggies ( the round containers), spread over the cooled crust, then I minced broccoli and cauliflower and sprinkled over the top. Quick, easy and yummy. It’s been years, I may make it for Thanksgiving.
My MIL makes an amazing cheese ball for nearly every holiday. Last Christmas she made an extra one just for me because she knows how much I like them! There's chopped ham, pimentos, and chopped canned oysters in it, and she rolls it in sesame seeds. It sounds weird but the flavor is so good!
I just discovered your channel .I have hundreds of cookbooks , unfortunately I'm too disabled to cook much anymore but I still enjoy looking at them and watching you.
My mom used to take cream cheese and crushed pineapple and put it on celery for Christmas eve every year as something special growing up. I love watching you make dishes that remind me of growing up.
The plates you think your! Mom and Dad had, we had the full set of dishes . l have noticed them on some of your other videos. It makes me happy to see them. I really like your videos.
My mom would do those snack squares with cream cheese, bacon, shrimp and green onion plus a bit of sweet thai chili sauce.. so good.. she'd also do them with just cream cheese, chopped pimento and chopped almonds or pecans... so good...
I have that cookbook!! The Marble Squares on page 146 are amazing! I can’t make them at Christmas anymore because I eat too many before they make it to our family gathering!
I dont have the dishes, but I did have those biwls. Unfortunately after 50 years of marriage the last remaining bowl broke 2 years ago. Oh well. LOL. We definetly had the veggie pizza. The cream cheese block with the hot pepper jelly, as well as the cream cheese with chili sauce and shrimp. Yum party food!
I loved this reminder from the 80’s and 90’s, I was one of the people that always brought a cheese ball. I think that I need to bring cheese balls back to our family occasions. I very much enjoy your channel.
Pamp**** Che* cookbooks were awesome for this type of recipe..cut out parts of using their cooking items you're ok in a new recipe! just found like everyone ever put out along with hostess & vendor recipes..you would have thought I found a million bucks!! my fav books!! also back of cans, boxes, bags!! lol thank you for the momories!!
Oh, veggie pizza! You mentioned that, and I've not had that for years. I graduated in 1983, and cheese balls were at everything in the 80s. Thanks for the memories!
Veggie pizza! My mom's staple church potluck contribution through the 90s and 00s, and still one of my favorite snacks - I've been craving it recently actually so this must be a sign I need to go buy some crescent rolls and go nuts. All of these were excellent snacks and party ideas. Hugely agree we need more excuses to eat cheese balls, the Ultimate Party Food. Thanks so much for this!
As an 80's kid, I thought the cheese balls were the most delicious thing on the table. You knew things were fancy if my parents took me somewhere that had a cheeseball. That meant best behavior- otherwise I would have torn into that cheeseball with a spoon! As an adult, I have bought them but never thought about making one. I assumed they were complicated and involved magic.
Your not old. I graduated in 1981 & far from old. I will never be old. People are obsessed about "old". Also using the word "vintage" I have always considered " vintage" the Victorian era.
I make my cheeseball and put diced bell peppers on the outside! Orange peppers and shape it like a pumpkin for Thanksgiving and red/yellow/orange peppers and shape it like a Christmas tree for Christmas
YUM! Cream cheese is a favorite and I always have a block or two in my frig. I love it so much that once, I had a bridal shower for a lady who happened to be 'allergic' to cream cheese. I had a hard time coming up with snacks to make for the shower because most of my go to receipts have cream cheese as an ingredient. As a young wife in the 80's I can contest that all gatherings did have some kind of cheeseball at it. Though most of them were cream cheese, Buddig meat (beef), green onion, with black or green olive slices as the covering.
Our family is big into kolaches. The dough is basically 1/2 cream cheese. What we’ve learned over the years is the versatility from savory appetizers to the cooky everyone knows & loves. So if you’re interested you can take pretty much any dip or filling you can think of then bake off the dough as a lil’ cupcake shell1/2 way fill & bake till toasty. Of course you can make it any shape you can think of. Merry Christmas all you retro foodies🎄
gotta sell that bar pan. I will say if you have the pampered chef hostess cookbook, there is a breakfast ring that has you scramble the eggs with some cream cheese and then bake it into a ring of crescent roll dough. It is the only recipe I've ever had with baked scrambled eggs that dont come out weird textured and disgusting. I should call my mom for the recipe.
Oh my gosh, I’d love to have that cookbook! Everything you made sounded delish. If you like cream cheese and pineapple, then here’s my all time favorite cheese ball recipe. First time I had it was over 30 years ago at my baby shower, we all fondly call it “Crack Ball” because it’s so addicting, and I wonder if it’s in your cookbook. 2 8oz bars of softened cream cheese, 2 level teaspoons Lawry’s seasoned salt (the best, imo) 3 heaping tablespoons well drained crushed pineapple, 2 tablespoons very finely minced onion (can use green onion) and two tablespoons chopped pecans. Combine it all, and roll in additional chopped pecans. This tastes best when it’s had a few hours in the fridge. I serve with Townhouse crackers, but the Wheat Thins would be good too. The recipe I was given called for 2 tablespoons pineapple, I always throw in an extra. I’m telling you, you won’t be able to stay out of it! And now I will have to try your recipe, as I have a jar of candied ginger I need to use up!
Something that my mother used to make was cream cheese and celery logs. I know, not your kind of thing. I love them myself, and they are so easy to make. Get some celery and cut it into logs about 4 or 5 inches long. Spread softened cream cheese into the slot in the celery logs. Sprinkle on some paprika and serve.
I still snack on celery filled with cream cheese or peanut butter, Ala 'Ants on a Log' which I'm pretty certain came from our Betty Crocker Boys and Girls Cookbook circa 1967
bacon, cream cheese !! what more could you need!! lol!! oh the memories these remarks and recipes are!! my family did the cream cheese with parsley or green onions spread on ham or beef slices..then rolled up..yes!! ours were poor peep pinwheels as cresent rolls were expemsive!!
I really have to stop watching your videos! I’ve bought 2 cookbooks from Etsy after seeing you cook from them. I have also started looking “in the wild” for vintage cookbooks now. Thanks a lot, Ana🙄 I’m hooked ❤❤❤
I remember the cream cheese veggie pizza, I would always ask to buy it. We had it for summer parties and baby/ wedding showers, and sometime for a special dinner ( mom didn't want to cook).
My favorite 1980s cream cheese appetizer was one my sister's neighbor and best friend used to make. A block of softened cream cheese mixed with a can...yes, a can, of salad shrimp, chopped and half a jar of cocktail sauce, one that is quite generous with the horseradish. Mix that all up, and top with more cocktail sauce. Serve with crackers. Absolutely yummmmmmy! I tried making it with fresh shrimp, but in this recipe I actually liked the canned better. I guess my taste buds were attuned to it from growing up in a landlocked state without much access to good fresh seafood.
Yes! We used to have a shrimp ball put out for every Christmas get together ! I’ve been wanting to make one for the past few years, but the only problem is that I can’t seem to find a can of deveined shrimp in a can in any grocery store I go into. 😢
Great job on another fun video! In my area of the south, pineapple/cream cheese sandwiches are extremely popular for showers, teas, etc. They are even easier to make than pimento cheese and always a hit.
I was a young adult in the 1980’s and remember these type of recipes. Very nostalgic. I was thinking about the hot beef dip recipe, and was wondering if there was a version using deli ham or smoke turkey instead of beef.
I can't wait to try all 3 of those recipes for the holidays. I used to make a cheese ball for Christmas every year, I don't remember why I really stopped. I probably got more interested in trying new recipes from Pinterest. But who doesn't love a good cheese ball?
I realised a few years ago that every potluck appetizer or food I know is cream cheese based! They are just so good. We have a cheese ball every holiday, the kind with the beef you used here. Philadelphia cream cheese freezes really well, the cheaper varieties can be iffy. I highly recommend a hot reuben dip. Super easy, different, and a crowd pleaser. I also do a deconstructed jalapeno popper dip that my family loves. Another great dip is just cream cheese, mayo, frozen corn, a bit of green salsa and green onion, shredded cheese, bake 20 mins, serve with tortilla chips. Perfection. I have a super easy dessert recipe called pistachio pudding dessert. I have to make it every holiday, too. I started doing a chocolate version and everyone loves it. The sad thing is, I only have leftovers because our family has gotten smaller in recent years. :(
Yes, cream cheese! Just made my fave one. Hot cream cheese and artichoke dip. Use canned whole artichokes, drain, rinse and chop. Add chopped scallions and grated parm cheese. Served with bread, sliced (blanched) carrots, celery (sorry). You should do more from this book. The treasure brand muffins, scones, bread.
We're cookbook twins! But mine is ninth printing, 1985. The recipes you made are the same though! Thanks for your video. It made me pull it out of my collection so I can give it more love!!
Oh I am definitely making the snack squares. And the pineapple cheese dish reminded me of this little jar of Kraft pineapple cheese spread my mom used to love.
Cheese balls!!! 😮 OMG, I'd forgotten about these! 😂 These were a staple at family gatherings back in the day. Now I'm gonna have to make this pineapple one. Thanks for the inspiration and the nice trip down memory lane. 😋🥲😉❤
The BEST holiday party I went to a young adult (23-ish) was thrown by a friend who asked all the guests to bring a cheeseball & bottle of wine. 🎉 Shenanigans ensued, but we had so much damn fun.
Hostess had veggies, potato chips, crackers, & tortilla chips. We voted on the best and they won a prize. Do it! Best party idea ever, and lower cost. Wine is optional.
Yes! I still love the crust with stuff... what I have called 'veggie pizza squares' from back in the 90's when I first tried and then made. I'm definitely going to put together this one because... bacon! I'm also a corn lover. My family not so much but what do they know, weirdos. But if you decided to do a segment on retro corn snacks, appetizers, or sides I wouldn't mind at all. Love your videos, I'm always ready to snack after I finish watching you. 😊
Cream cheese, corn, green onion, your favorite salsa, shredded cheese, combine, bake for 20 mins. So simple, I love it because you can make as much or as little as you want. You can also add leftover fajita meat and peppers, some black beans or refried beans, bacon, taco seasoning, any kind of cheese, bacon, it really doesn't matter. As long as you have cream cheese, corn, and shredded cheese, it'll be tasty. I have even put that over a baked potato or some white rice. I love corn. I sometimes just eat a bag of corn for dinner.
My aunt always makes “cold veggie pizza” for every family event! It’s still one of my favorite appetizers! I’ve even made a small batch and ate it for lunch throughout the week. Delish! I’d be interested to see what recipe you use for it.
I make a pineapple jalapeño Cheeseball, rolled in toasted pecans. I’ve added crushed macadamias before to the outer layer, too. Love the sweet and spicy combo.
I'm not a big cheese ball consumer because I'm lactose intolerant and have to watch my dairy intake, but one of my favorites is a fairly old one. It's just cream cheese, green onion, and dried beef, 2 things of each. Very simple, but also very good. I'd typically add an extra stalk of green onion because I like it. That last recipe sounded very similar with the bacon and chive. I might try that one. The beef spread (2nd recipe) also sounded good too! I don't know why we turned away from cheese balls. They're simple to make, but tons of room for creativity and variation. They're also easy to eat, which I think is necessary for a party food!
We had friends over this weekend and i made a cheeseball... it was a big hit. Used my old recipe but will try this one next time. Thanks for the inspiration❤️❤️❤️
I recognized that hot dip! I have the 1988 version of the Philadelphia Cream Cheese book that I have used for these 35 years a TON! It has the hot beef dip recipe (exactly the same no changes in those couple of years) and they suggest to serve it with French Bread slices and for a colorful variety, serve with French, whole-wheat or rye bread cubes. They took your suggestion! Hahahaha. Seriously, it's a great book that I think I have used the most recipes out of one single book ever. Definitely give the main dishes a shot. Not sure if the creamy fettucini alfredo is in that version, but it's so good. Keep cooking these books!
Our holiday/special occasion dip was garlic dip ~ just softened cream cheese with garlic powder creamed with milk until you could dip a potato chip into it without the chip breaking. My sister was the queen of making it as she creamed it by hand for what felt like forever to me! It tasted really good stuffed into celery sticks too!
Another wonderful upload! I’m pining for cream cheese-based cheese ball 😋. Have to say how much I like the background music, it adds to the relaxing vibe. Thanks!
Anna, I recently discovered your channel and REALLY enjoy it! No *hater* comments allowed!! I really don't like that you have commenters that are full of *you should's* etc. I'm also from Ohio, Cleveland area, so am glad to say hi from within the state!
