These historical recipes, featuring old-fashioned takes on some of the Thanksgiving dishes that we know and love, are ripe ...

This homemade chicken pot pie is an old-timey recipe that's comfort food at its finest. We like that it doesn't have a bottom crust. So many times, chicken pot pies end up with a soggy bottom.

But in the days of yore, old-timey compliments were often well-arranged verbal bouquets of flowery words that not only had staying power but could also make even the coldest heart melt.