Hearty meat and potato stew thickened with crushed hardtack (clack clack)

Hot and flat Dr Pepper that was popular in the 1960s. Not bad if you like Dr Pepper

Ruth Wakefield’s original recipe for chocolate chip cookies made at the Toll House Inn

Ration-friendly chocolate chip cookies that are surprisingly good with a flavor reminiscent of Raisin Bran with chocolate

Intensely vanilla-y rice pudding with delicate poached pears and a decadent chocolate sauce

The driest stuffing known to man, but the flavor is that classic mix of herbs, onion, and celery

This is a good, basic sweet potato dish. The dehydrated sweet potatoes make for a firmer texture

Jiggly, vibrantly red cranberry sauce that is quite a bit sweeter than most you find today

This meal is a rather simple breakfast of toast, bacon, eggs, coffee, and orange juice, exactly what JFK ordered at the Hotel Texas on the morning of November 22, 1963

Delicious sweet bread with a soft, pillowy interior and flavors of orange and a hint of anise

Complex, umami-rich soup that you can customize to include whatever ingredients you like

Absolutely fantastic, moist, caramelly pineapple upside-down cake

The original fettuccine all’Alfredo made with butter and parmesan, no cream needed. Quick, simple, and delicious

All other conditions aside, the food in Alcatraz was pretty good, like these pork chops with an apple and onion stuffing

Recreate a dinner in Alcatraz with this delicious and easy quickie apple pie, stuffed pork chops, cucumber salad, a slice of bread, and coffee

Recreate a dinner in Alcatraz with this refreshing cucumber salad, stuffed pork chops, quickie apple pie, a slice of bread, and coffee

A refreshing vinegar-based syrup that is wonderful in both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks.

The original Mai Tai created by Victor Bergeron, the proprietor of Trader Vic’s.

The original PB&J from 1901, and classic square white sandwich bread from 1906.

Early 20th century Texas chili from the first company to sell shelf-stable chili powder