I found the October 1954 Good Housekeeping in the attic. I'll save it for a few more years because it's so much fun to look at the pictures, stories, and advertisements.

Here is a recipe for what amounts to baked corn dogs. I've typed it exactly as provided, so you can time travel back to the moment. Pretend you're wearing a nice dress, pearls, and pumps, and your linoleum floor is gleaming from a recent application of Johnson's Glo-Coat.

Corn Doggies

1 cup sifted flour
2 tablesp. sugar
2 teasp. baking powder
1 teasp. salt
3/4 cup corn meal
1 egg
1 cup milk
1/3 cup salad oil
1/2 cup minced onions
6 franks
1 tablesp. prepared mustard
1 tablesp. salad oil

Start heating oven to 375 degrees F. Into bowl, sift flour, sugar, baking powder, salt. Stir in corn meal. Add egg combined with milk, 1/3 cup salad oil, and onions. Stir just enough to dampen flour. Pour into greased 12" x 8" x 2" baking dish.

Cut 4 slashes, 1/4" deep, in each frank. Place franks, with cut sides up, in row on top of batter. Bake 20 min. Brush with combined prepared mustard and 1 tablesp. salad oil. Bake 20 min. longer, or till done. Then cut into 6 servings, with frank in center of each serving. Especially nice served with Quick Barbecue Sauce, below (make twice recipe). Makes 6 servings.

Quick Barbecue Sauce

In cup, combine 1/2 cup catchup, 1 teasp. dry mustard, 3 dashes tabasco, 1 tablesp. Worcestershire sauce. Makes about 1/2 cup.

Fruit Slaw
Make coleslaw as usual, adding 2 or more of these: grated orange rind, seedless raisins, canned pineapple chunks, unpeeled apple cubes, orange sections, seedless green grapes, slivered almonds, or chopped walnuts.

Choco-Coconut Balls
Early in day: Grated unsweetened chocolate; toss with shredded coconut. Make balls of vanilla ice cream; place in freezer.
To serve: Roll ice-cream balls in coconut. Place on dessert plates. Top with chocolate sauce. Serve 1 ball to each person.

There. Do you feel transported?