Happy Birthday Mom!!

It's been a great interesting 60 years. The decade of the fifty's is wrapped up below in a few cool facts.

1950Betty Crocker's Picture Cook Book is a best seller.

1951Duncan Hines introduced a cake mix.

1952Saran Wrap rolled out.Lipton introduced onion soup mix, and dipping would never be the sameThe first sugar-free soft drink was marketed.

1953Eggo frozen waffles and Cheez Whiz went on sale.

1954Swanson unveiled the first frozen TV dinner.The first Burger King opened, selling burgers and milkshakes for 18 cents each.

1955The first McDonald's franchise opened.Tappan marketed a microwave oven for home use.

1956The electric can opener began to spin.

1957Sushi bars came to America.Pam vegetable cooking spray was patented.Margarine outsold butter for the first time.Pink packets of Sweet'n Low appeared.

1959Haagen-Dazs made life better.

The Recipes(I thought this was appropriate in light of Eat at Home Challenge month):

CLAM DIP One of Kraft's most popular recipes, this appeared on a commercial in the early 1950s.

CALIFORNIA DIP Created by an unidentified California cook about two years after Lipton introduced its dry onion soup mix, this dip spread like wildfire

TUNA-NOODLE CASSEROLE Campbell Soup created this recipe

BAKED ALASKA forerunner of this dessert is thought to date to the early- to mid- 1800s.The chef at Delmonico's restaurant in New York often is credited with creating the dessert we know today, but it was called Alaska-Florida. In the '50s, Baked Alaska was popular because it was considered elegant, even though it was easy.

CHICKEN TETRAZZINI Named after the Italian singer Luisa Tetrazzini, this was first mentioned in print in 1951, according to John Mariani, author of the The Dictionary of American Food and Drink. Aspiring gourmets of the '50s could make it with relative ease and impress their guests.

The Movies:

Cinderella released March 1950 as well as No Way Out with Signey Poitier(one of my fav actors)

I was a Teenage Werewolf

High School Confidential

Blackboard Jungle

Rebel Without a Cause

It Came from Outerspace

Teenagers from Outerspace

Gidget

The Deliquents

The Musicians/Actors:

Elvis

James Dean

Others born on March 16:

Nigel Brown

Brooke Burns

Jerry Lewis

John Pope

Here are a few other things that first made their appearence in the 50's.

1952-Kellogg's Frosted Flakes

1952-Saran Wrap

1954-M&M's peanut candy

1954-Reddi-Wip1957-Sweet&Low

1958-Coor's created the aluminum beverage can with pull tab

1958-Jif peanut butter

1959-Lipton Instant Tea

A few cocktails invented during the 50's:-Screwdriver-Bellini