You are here: Home / recipes This, too, was in my drafts folder. I have no idea why or where it came from, but it looks like a nice little side dish. EASTER FILLING 3 whole eggs2 C milk1 ¼ lb cooked smoked meat, chopped fine (“you can use kozleci or jehneci korinek instead of smoked meat”)1 tsp saltPinch pepper (or
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The Frugal Gourmet Cooks Italian: New and Old Worlds, Simplified for the American Kitchen, by Jeff Smith and Craig Wollam (1993). Some old peasant dishes are so colorful that you feel you need to try the process right away and worry about the flavor later. Well, this one is quaint and Old World, and the
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Thought we’d wind up a week’s worth of Autumn recipes with a classic. A Fall Big Food Favorite. Another recipe who’s origin is now lost to antiquity. Scrumptious fall or winter dish. This makes a lot. –Mr. Big Food CIDER STEW 2 lbs beef stew meat, cubed3 Tbsp flour2 tsp salt¼ tsp pepper¼ tsp dried
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“This is one of my all-time favorite slow cooker recipes. It’s always comforting when the weather is chilly outside to come home to this hot home-cooked meal.”—Mary Hawkins, Kansas City, MO, Taste of Home Special Editions, Ultimate Slow Cooker Cookbook (2012) “If desired, thicken pan juices.” AUTUMN POT ROAST Makes: 6 servings 3 lb boneless
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About the Annual Apple Smorgasbord, Clementine Paddleford’s classic cookbook, How America Eats, and more recipes. Looks simple and delicious. There’s a meatloaf recipe coming up. Good pairing, I’d bet. ANNUAL APPLE SMORGASBORD APPLE POTATO SALAD Yield: 3½ quarts salad 2 unpared red apples, cored, diced7 large potatoes, cooked in skins, peeled, diced½ C diced celery9
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Another fun one for the kids! EASTER EGGS Makes 2 ½ C sweetened condensed milk¼ C brown sugar½ tsp vanilla1 C sifted confectioners’ sugarTiny candies, fruit (to decorate eggs) Blend together milk and brown sugar thoroughly in top of double boiler (or in a saucepan), and cook over boiling water (or low heat) 4 minutes
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OR what to do with Easter Eggs when Easter is over! EASTER EGG SALAD Serves 4 1 Tbsp salt, plus an additional 1 tsp3 quarts boiling water½ lb elbow macaroni½ C salad dressing2 Tbsp French dressing3 drops Tabasco sauce (or more, to taste)1 C cooked kidney beans, drained3 hard-cooked eggs, diced¼ C sweet pickles, choppedWatercress
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EASTER DELIGHT FRENCH SAVARIN CAKE Serves 12-15 2 cakes yeast (or 2 envelopes active dry yeast)¼ C lukewarm water½ C milk, scalded1/3 C sugar1 tsp salt2/3 C butter, melted4 C sifted flour1 ½ tsp vanilla extract4 eggs, beatenConfectioner’s Sugar IcingChopped blanched almondsCandied fruit pieces Soften yeast in water. Add sugar, salt, and butter to milk,
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This sounds cute. Fun for the little girls in your life. EASTER BONNET SALADS From The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes, Volume 18: 300 Healthful Dairy Dishes (1953) Serves 4 “Mix ¼ C chopped nut meats with ½ C cream cheese. Fill centers of 4 pineapple rings with mixture and invert an apricot
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From January 2014. Please pardon the formatting, 2014 was a long time ago in WordPress land. Recipe for Fluffy Dumplings is at the link in the photo caption. Topped with Fluffy Dumplings Well, this is embarrassing. This soup was of course a contestant in our 2013/14 Fall and Winter Soup Contest. (More soup recipes at
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For those who may be new to the blog, we have a category of recipes called “Football Food”–hearty appetizers that come out one or two at a time during the course of game day. The whole thing from beginning to end is a stand in for supper. It’s a lot of fun. You could do
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If you ever come across The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes, I recommend picking it up. It’s great! More leftover turkey sandwich recipes: Turkey Stack, Turkey Club, Turkey (salad) Sandwiches “A rich cheese sauce on the club sandwich gives a new angle to an old favorite.”—The Encyclopedia of Cooking Complete in 24 Volumes,
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As with the Turkey Stack, and Turkey Club Sandwiches, this one is a bit different as well. From Mrs. Jane Hall, Jackson, MS, The Mississippi Cookbook, compiled and edited by the Home Economics Division of the Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service (1972) TURKEY (salad) SANDWICHES Makes 6 sandwiches 1 C cooked turkey meat, boned, minced fine1/3
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As with the Turkey Stack sandwich, this is a different spin on the old leftover turkey sandwich. TURKEY CLUB SANDWICHES Makes 6 double-decker sandwiches 18 slices hot toast¼ C mayonnaise Cold cooked turkey meat, sliced thin6 lettuce leaves3 small tomatoes, sliced1 Tbsp chili sauce or more, to taste 12 slices bacon, cooked crisp, still hot6
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From way back. We need to make these again. (Sorry about the typography. Not converting to blocks the way it should.) These made with leftover Thanksgiving mashed potatoes. French Potato Fritters are cooked, sieved potatoes mixed with a batter and cooked very much like pancakes, on a hot griddle. Unlike fritters made with raw potato,
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Piled HIGH with meringue! From the Blue Bonnet Café in Marble Falls, Texas. BLUE BONNET CAFÉ’S PIES COCONUT MERINGUE PIE 1 C sugar¼ C corn starch¼ tsp salt3 C milk4 eggs, separated3 Tbsp butter1 ½ tsp vanilla3 ½ oz can flaked coconut, a little reserved for toppingBaked 9 inch pie shell (I use Pillsbury) Combine
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It’s been a couple of years since I last posted this. And today is Marica Cooks Wednesday. Guess what we’re having for supper? I probably should bake bread today, too. We’ll see. A nice thick slice slathered in butter would be good. Across the Garden Soup is my variation on my mother’s. As its name
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Sounds like not everyone in 1994 had a food processor. From Vegetarian Fast Food: Over 200 Delicious Dishes in Minutes by Rose Elliott (1994) These are crisp on the outside, moist and spicy within, lovely with a yogurt sauce and a fresh salad – perhaps diced cucumbers and chopped scallions. You really do need a
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Still busy! Don’t know if I’m sold on the macaroni pudding. Comfort food The recipes in this cookbook are sometimes not as clear as they might be. (That’s what happens when you translate Czech to English.) Pictured is the first variation. The instruction to “make several layers” obviously refers to layers of macaroni, cheese and
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From Old El Paso Sun Country Mexican Cookbook (1978). We started with Mexican Baked Eggs, and I thought these two would make a nice weekend breakfast or brunch. Tostada Salad and Sangrita.
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