Kitchen

12 Old-School Food Traditions That Most People Don't Bother With Anymore

Take a look through your recipe cards. No, not the digital ones. The handwritten recipes on 3x5-inch index cards. Maybe you'll find that recipe that uses Lipton's Onion Soup Mix to make fondue. Would that be a good one for this Saturday's fondue party? It'll be a night of good food and good company — and good luck not dropping your bread bit into the steaming pot of cheese.

We're ready to wax nostalgic about old-school food traditions that once filled kitchens and social calendars. This is a chance to appreciate wartime canning that preserved the harvests of Victory Gardens. And a chance to tip our hats to hosts of Tupperware parties, who taught a generation the essential skill of container burping. We'll t

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