Surprisingly tasty but simple cornmeal cakes fried in bacon grease

Absolutely fantastic tomato and meat sauce served over spaghetti tossed with butter and parmesan

A soup that’s light on the meat, but not on the flavor. It’s hearty with an unctuous mouthfeel thanks to the bone marrow

Quite firm unsweetened tapioca pudding served with brown sugar and cream

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

Smoky, meaty, herby rice and beans that is supposed to bring good luck in the new year

Dense, heavily spiced fruitcake with the flavor of a plum pudding

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

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

Less sweet than a modern pumpkin pie, it really lets the spices shine and the texture is so nice and smooth, like a firm pudding. This will definitely be a holiday staple for me!

19th century candy that isn’t vinegary at all. The harder version has a more complex flavor that is almost caramelized, and the softer version is more neutral

Make this chowder! Not as heavy as a modern chowder, it’s filled with potatoes and corn and has so much flavor. Absolutely delicious

Absolutely fantastic, moist, caramelly pineapple upside-down cake

Surprisingly very good and not vinegary at all, this is more like a really gingery apple pie. Delicious on its own or with rum

Creamy, ocean-y baked oysters from 1880