My name is Peggy and to be honest, none of my friends have called to discuss ketchup. 😊

Jell-o was a big thing in the mid 20th century entertaining world. Lime jello ruled!

When I was a kid in the 90's, my grandmother used to make this weird casserole with ketchup, rice and corn. I can't remember what it was exactly, but I think it must've come from one of these old books. I've never seen anyone else make it. It's weird because I thought it was kind of gross and I didn't really like it, but it wasn't so bad that I wouldn't eat it if it was in front of me. I still have a kind of weird nostalgia for it, for some reason, even though it was gross, because it had such a unique taste. My grandmother was a Polish immigrant who came over in 1947, after having been in a Nazi work camp, (for being Catholic, I think - they persecuted them too.) But she didn't really make a ton of Polish food. She was more into making the traditional American food of the time, that was the kind of stuff you see in these old cookbooks.

Sounds like the “Home Ec” dept at Heinz was pushed to create recipes just to create recipes. Your videos are great!

I just discovered your channel a week ago, and have been watching you on my down time. This is my fave! Your facial expressions of disgust and disappointment are delightful!

My family is a lifelong bisquick family, and I have Some bisquick tips!! 1.) bisquick is usually sticky, I think you were right to add a bit of extra to make the dough rollable 2.) def want to add more bisquick to the counter (and yes, it works the same as flour for dusting) 3.) there’s no need to pick it up after you roll it out, the recipe is designed to be handled as a roll, which makes it all stick together better and easier to handle. It’ll definitely tear if you are flopping it around unnecessarily! 4.) use string to cut the rolls! With soft dough like this, knives often squish it too much! Even with your complaints and reservations, I think you did a fantastic job with your first foray into quick bread bisquick! It definitely handles differently than yeast bread, and I think you did a really great job! Check and see if the bisquick book as a coffee cake recipe in it! There is a wonderful coffee cake recipe in it that uses bisquick and a package of instant pudding, we love the lemon flavor one and still make it to this day! Hope my comments weren’t too critical. Don’t give up on bisquick! And I love your channel, and especially love that you tried such a bizarre ketchup recipe!

Thank you for making that so we don't have to. Can you imagine being part of the home economics department at Heinz and being tasked to come up with X number of recipes using the product!? I laughed when you laughed at "cinnamon and ketchup" because Heinz ketchup actually contains cinnamon, along with cloves and allspice, among its flavorings.

Your laughter in infectious! "Peggy, no time for gossip, we have to talk about catsup..." 😂Who says tictok (instagram etc...) is a new phenomenon? Just the delivery system is new...Loving your videos!

Rewatching today while getting ready to go out for dinner. I just finished putting my makeup on when the Dottie Break with her getting a treat and some skritches came on. Now I’m verklempt and my makeup is in peril 🥰 Sweet girl! We just had to say goodbye to one of the orange boys that shares our home, so I’m pretty tender just now.

Doris and Peggy--and even the Count-- are proud of you for trying this recipe....so that they don't have to.

Oh my gosh. 😅 I'm surprised that with using older cookbooks, somehow you don't have more videos like this one. Absolutely hilarious and simulataneously, so, so sorry for you from beginning to end. 🤣

I'm so proud of your endurance!! I was literally sweating in sympathy, but also laughing hysterically. If I had spent all that time and energy making these, I would hate them!!😂😂😂 Good for you for sticking it out!!

We had that same booklet in my homemec class and we made one of the recipes out of it the next day our teacher brought a Betty Crocker cookbook to class Lol 😂 that was on the 80's yes I'm old 57 yrs old

Your perseverance and courage in the face of a baked good with ketchup is legendary! 🙂👍

I am holding my breath with you! I have been baking for 50 years and I still talk to myself and second guess myself! You are amazing! Always forge ahead!

Your laughing made me laugh! 😄 What a bizarre recipe. I'd never make these but you made it fun to watch! I'm a new sub and really enjoying your content. In the 70's I loved the green and orange jello mold salads available in the grocery stores. They had shredded carrots, cabbage and I think pineapple in them. Haven't seen them in decades.

I certainly agree with you in that I was almost on the edge of my seat cheering you on.

Grrrl, you crack me up! I haaaate cooking/baking but I adore watching others make vintage recipes. Love your channel!

I got a slow cooker book,2007, Betty Crocker microwave cookbook from 1981,& Campbell cooking w/ soup cause I remember it from back in the day dedicated by Carolyn Campbell from 1970. Thanks. Your making me look for vintage stuff.

Thank you for making this. It was really funny.

You are so brave and tenacious! I probably would've tossed the whole thing out. Well done you!!

Hey Anna, My parents used to call me the ketchup kid growing up because I loved it so much. 😆 I bet this cookbook would have been fun to have back in those days so I could experiment. Any way, what made me laugh was talk about the Ketchup cake, because when I was in High School, I dated a guy who actually made one and his mom would talk about that cake often. haha. Good Memory. Thanks for this entertaining video!!

Ok this was hilarious. So many of my vintage recipes I found lacking. Lol maybe it’s the recipe and not me after all! This gives me hope.

just too funny! Hi, i'm Esther from Wisconsin. just love you're video's. You are truly a brave person trying all these crazy recipes.. Keep up the good work! love and hugs.

Cook with Ketchup is a little booklet I would use. I made ketchup cookies in the 1970s.

Your videos are so interesting and nostalgic for me. Thanks for all you do! I’ve found that halving baking recipes does not always work and have read in many baking books that this is true. Recipes for baking aren’t all created equally. I think that may have been a factor when your dough didn’t come together to roll.

I remember companies trying to add their stuff to regular recipes. Sneaking a little bit into a normal good tasting recipe and woman were supposed to say "You'll never guess what the secret ingredient is."

Brand specific cookbooks can be fascinating, in a way. Today, when we are constantly bombarded with ads for questionable products and "hacks" (I am old enough to remember when the only meaning for the word hack was "to vigorously chop with a sharp blade), it is easy to spot these cookbooks as manipulation of the consumer. Many truly bizarre recipes were created (I'm looking at you, jello) But, in and amongst the bizarre recipes, there were treasures; I still love Campbells Soup's Mushroom Chicken.

Loved The Count laugh 😁

I love trying recipes in vintage books. I love that I can tune in to your channel so I can decide if it seems worth the effort 😉 i think I will skip this one LOL

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I had so much fun watching this video! I love that you persevered, but I don't think I will attempt to make these. LOL

I’ve never had anything like this before and honestly I 100% believe you when you say it’s not good. You are very brave for trying it. Thanks for sharing your experience. 😳

My father in law told me about a tomato soup cake his mother used to make, he's in his 70s for time frame. I looked into it for his birthday and it's actually a thing and actually good.

Ketchup cake and a mayonnaise chocolate cake. Hellman's had adds that were published in magazines for that cake.

I'm guessing brown sugar in the topping, white sugar in the dough. Also, why not pat it out on parchment paper? Either way, I love ketchup, but for all the effort might as well just make cinnamon rolls.

You are making me laugh😂it reminds me of the time when I made a homemade Bundt cake,my late Dad is the only one that tried 😮😊😅it

You made me laugh. Thank you

😂 You are brave! 😂 I enjoy watching your videos ❤

I am so sick right now and this video is making me laugh so hard! Thank you for doing what you do!

What a journey!!

My favorite video of yours so far! It’s so refreshing to see that things go wrong sometimes, and you still were able to make me laugh and have fun! Thank you!

Holy moly! 😮

What a hoot! It does surprise me that the directions were not clear. I have noticed there is definitely a difference in recipe books from back then to now. You made it fun, thank you for entertaining me at 2:00 AM.

Hot ketchup was definitely a real thing. I found it sometime in the 90s i think. Only got to try it on roasted potatoes or thicker cut fries before it disappeared from the grocery stores in my area. I remember it being pretty zippy and a frosty beer was perfect for the heat onmy tongue lol.

You were very brave 👏 ❤️.

"Ketchup is sweeping the nation." I laughed out loud HAHAHA!!

So I know that you said that the recipe was confusing because it wasn't laid out like normal recipe that has "layers or dough and filling". Once you started putting the dough together, I started thinking that possibly the first brown suger was maybe supposed to go in the melted butter for the caramelized topping and the white sugar in the dough. I could absolutely be totally wrong. But, being what itvwas, I think you did a marvelous job! Also, Bisquick is generally a biscuit mix, so it's going to have that crumbly, biscuit quality no matter how you use it.

O My Gosh! You give Lucille Ball a run for her money! That was SO funny!😅

You are cracking me up. Gosh this was a strange recipe, don’t think I would try it. Thanks for doing it for us.

I grew up with my mom and her sisters using bisquick alot.....they used ketchup in many meat dishes but I don't ever remember them using it in baking.😊

I am a recent subscriber and I absolutely love your videos, Anna. I think this is by far my favourite one. Good for you for pushing through what my sister and I (who have had many) would call a "kitchen disaster." Love your Pyrex collection as well. So glad I found your channel. I look forward to each and every video.

I’m new to your channel but have been wondering where you’ve been all my life. 😊We enjoy so many of the same things. So refreshing! And watching you make this recipe was genuinely amusing 😂 I am hooked on your content! Thank you for the laugh!

🤍🩷🤚 Hi Cooking the Books \ Anna , My Mom had the Cornflower Ware. Hmm Ketchup in Onion Dip Im tempted to try , Vegan. I had made a hot Ketchup for Hashbrowns , warmed plain Tomato sauce [ no seasonings added. ] on the side , served like gravy with a spoon. Turned out really delicious , I highly recommend the extra effort , even the other Person liked It. And I just recently made a spicy hot Ketchup too . I like warm Tomato Salsa , Chunky with stewed Tomatoes , Green Chiles and Onions ... for Chips too . Along side a Pico de Gallo and or a thick Tomato Salsa Sauce too : )

Such a bizarre recipe! I think the hardest part to me was the taste test at the end. I shudder at the thought. Kudos to you.

Did you pack the bisquick in the measuring cup. Should always pack it like you would pack brown sugar

Parchment paper for the win!

I've made a tomato soup cake. I don't know how the ketchup would work, but in the tomato soup cake, it's a spice cake. You can taste the tomato soup. Since ketchup I more acidic due to the vinegar, it might help the cake to rise.

This video was particularly awesome you are awesome. 💜😄🖖

I love your top, the Yep! makes it too cute! I know it has nothing to do with ketchup but I just couldn’t help myself. 😊

Love it

I love Dottie breaks! RIP

I love your videos! you are so funny and entertaining. I also find your videos relaxing as much as they are interesting and entertaining. I have been watching all of them and am really enjoying them. this one is so strange- ketchup baking! who knew?

Sometimes in my experience halfing a bisquik recipe makes the measurements wonky. Best i can come up with is the premix is different than if it were flour/salt/baking soda/powder individually halfed. That said the bisquik baked chicken is ge best ever. It’s the one with the bisquik salt pepper Italian seasoning and paprika. Give it a go on some chicken (with skin) it’s delicious. Especially with leg quarters.

Thanks so much. Love watching you! Recipes don't always turn out like we would expect! Lol! BTW do you have or have you seen Better Home and Gardens Birthday and Family celebrations cookbook? It's from the 60's and I use it every year for our Christmas cookies. Also the Betty Crocker Cooky Book 😊

Suggestion for rolling, perhaps rolling it out on parchment so it can be maneuvered better would be useful.

I remember as a child that a lot of those little cookbooks were provided free if you bought so many products by that particular company, like say 3 or 4 Heinz products.

Hint: next time put flour on a piece of Waxed paper and place your dough on top of the flour. Sprinkle a little flour on top. Add another piece of Waxed paper on top and Roll out your dough.

I loved this, so fun!

Excellent! Tomatoes are botanically a fruit so maybe it is not as strange as we might think at first glance. I have made a tomato, ketchup cake and a tomato soup cake and both were subtle spice cakes that were delicious. I have never heard of gooey catchup rolls before and you did really well with them! Your rating of “a solid OK” made me laugh out loud. BTW, the dough was likely soft in part because brown sugar will make things more wet than white sugar.

You should roll it on parchment paper or aluminum foil - then it will help you to roll it up.

I also have that casserole dish and a smaller one in the Cornflower pattern. 👍 Anna, I might have mixed the dough and just dropped it into the cups. Lol.

Needed to put more bisquick on the counter to keep it from sticking

Here is a history lesson: original ketchup has NO tomatoes was made in Asia. I think the home ec dept at Heinz just wanted people to buy their product instead of cheaper ketchup. I can honestly say you did more than I would have I don't enjoy ketchup that much. Have a great day and Happy New Years

Fun fact: in 1981, the FDA tried to get catsup declared a vegetable in school lunches because it is made with tomatoes. That didn't go because tomatoes are not vegetables. The seeds are inside, so tomatoes are a fruit, but nice try, guys!

Thank you for doing this because I would never ever ever ever make this it looks disgusting!

If my dad was still hungry when the food was gone he would eat ketchup sandwiches. Ugh!!

I would think the brown sugar is the culprit. Try it with the white sugar in the dough

❤❤ loved this video 😂 thank you 🎉

Late to the party, but someone should gift this cookbook to Patrick Mahomes. That man loves his ketchup.

Now make the recipe with food on the counter and no tomato sauce. Hey a new series fixing old recipes!

tomato bisquick dough ketchup hamburger salt pepper cheese of choice and you have hamburger pizza

I love these old recipes but I think the ketchup smell would've got me to. Specially if I was thinking it was going to be sweet cinnamon roll.😊

Loll loll I can laugh but truthfully, I myself do love ketchup 😃

Haha I LOVED this so much lol I am curious about the ingredient changes, if any, in the current bisquik mix compared to when recipe was made. I wonder if that is playing at all in the texture and amount you got out of this half batch

Hugs to you💜💕 Sorry to hear this one was so difficult🙀

As best as I can remember the only time I've actually cooked with ketchup is homemade beef BBQ ( sloppy Joe's) oh and maybe in with a meatloaf occasionally

A solid OK 😂😂😂

Hard pass on this one LOL You are a brave soul

Embarrassed that I know what aspic is. And I'm also embarrassed that having no ketchup in the house can bring on a panic attack. I think it should be added to the mother sauces. 😂

I was wondering if you have found any of the handles that came with the Corning Ware? My Mom had the blue flower design and the pieces came with or maybe they were purchased separately but as a kid, those handles fascinated me. I couldn’t believe they would stay attached to the cooking/serving piece. FYI…I never saw one fall apart

I think ketchup just adds some acidity and more sugar when there’s a small amount in the recipe, for the most part. I’m still always leery about using it though, because I hate ketchup >.

I think you got the sugar backwards; pretty sure it should have been brown sugar & butter in the pan & white sugar in the dough

Gooey Buns was my nickname

There are a large number of recipes where the authors just haven't bothered to check that there are no typos in their ingredients/method. I recently tested a dish (by a famous, named, cook) which called for four times the amount of oil a sane person would add. It was so disgusting that I wasn't even prepared to tweak the recipe and try again. Let's face it, that Heinz giveaway recipe book was probably edited by a bored, horny, 20 yo, daydreaming about taking Carole dancing at the weekend.

I think the brown sugar in the dough may have been the problem?

My mother had the whole set of those casserole dishes

How many people actually made those savoury jelly mold recipes? I was born in 1969 and have never had molded food/aspic. Does anyone know when those recipes started disappearing from cookbooks, magazines, etc.? Really interested in the progression from foods featured in cookbooks, etc., through to the 2000s.

I’m sorry, but the only thing you should bake with KETCHUP is meatloaf (even vegan meatloaf lol 😂!)!!!!!! This is the funniest vlog ever! 😅

Just a decade or so later, and all you’d have to do would be to open a can of crescent rolls instead of trying to make bad biscuit dough.