Old Fashioned Beef Stew

1/2 c. flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
2 lb stew meat  1″ pieces
6 cups hot wter
Veggies, all in one inch cubes.
3 potatoes
1 turnip
4 carrots
1 green pepper cut in strips
1 cup celery
1/2 c. onion
1 T. salt
2 beef bouillon cubes
1 bay leaf
Coat meat and brown in 2 T. shortening.  Add water, heat to boiling, reduce heat, cover, and [...]

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Ham Casserole

1 cup uncooked rice (then cook)
1 cup drained peas
1 1/2 cups ground smoked ham (cooked)
1 cup grated cheese
1 small onion ground
1/2 cup green pepper ground
mix all together
3 eggs well beaten
1 1/2 c. milk
salt and pepper
add egg and milk to other mixture and bake in greased pan placed in pan of water.  Put one can of [...]

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Biscuits and Beans

1 lb ground beef
1 tsp salt
1 lb can of pork and beans
3/4 c. BBQ sauce
2 T. brown sugar
1 T instant minced onions
1 can refrig biscuits
1 cup (4 oz) shredded cheddar or mozzarella cheese.
Brown meat and drain.  Stir in next 5 ingred.  Heat until bubbly.  Spoon into 2 qt casserole.  Place biscuits  on top.  Sprinkle with [...]

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Curried Frankfurter Casserole

6 oz wide noodles
8 hot dogs, sliced crosswise
1 can cream of celery soup
1 1/2 tsp curry powder
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Cook noodles according to package directions.  Add remaining ingredients and mix.  Pour into an ungreased casserole.  Bake 30 minutes.  Serves 4.

In the later years of her life, my Grandmother suffered [...]

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Escalloped Carrots

4 c. carrots sliced and cooked in salt water
1 can cream of celery soup
crushed croutons
1/2 cup grated cheese
1 small onion sauted in margarine.  Cook and drain carrots.  Put in casserole.  Top with soup, cheese and onions.  Croutons on top.  Bake 20 min at 350.

Grandma?  What the heck do you have against vegetables?  Must they all [...]

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Pre Soak for White Clothes

1 gal very hot water in plastic or enamel container
1 cup dishwasher detergent
1/4 cup liquid bleach
stir till dissolved.  Soak 30 minutes then wash as usual.

All the house-y, clean-y  sites these days are telling you to use dish detergent for pretty much all the cleaning in your house.  MY Grandma knew it 50 years ago.  Phhhbt.  [...]

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Calico Bean Bake

1/2 lb. hamburger
1/2 lb. bacon
1/2 c. chopped onion
1/2 c. catsup
1 T. mustard
1 T. vinegar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 cup kidney beans
1 cup pork and beans
1 cup lima beans
Brown hamburger, bacon, onion. Drain. Then mix all together. Bake 300 for 1 hr.
–Lois Ray (no idea who that is.)

This recipe card is very well [...]

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Party Potatoes

8-10 potatoes
1 8 oz pkg cream cheese
1 c. sour cream (plain or with chives)
garlic salt (optional) chives (if not in sour cream) butter, salt and pepper.
Peel cook and drain potatoes
Beat softened cream cheese and sour cream until well blended.  Mash potatoes somewhat, then add gradually to the cream cheese sour cream mixture, beating constantly with [...]

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Anita’s Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes

5 lbs. potatoes (10 potatoes)
8 oz. cream cheese
1 cup half and half
1 stick oleo
1 tsp onion salt
1 tsp seasoning salt (savory salt)
1 tsp pepper

No directions from Grandma here, but if you have ever made mashed potatoes, I bet you can figure it out. These can go in the fridge for a couple of days [...]

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Escalloped Cabbage

Shred cabbage and cook in salt water.  Drain.  About 2 cups cabbage.
Sauce:
1 T. butter, melt, add 1 T. flour milk and cheese, Pour over cabbage.  Put in greased casserole and top with cracker or bread crumbs.  Bake 30 mins at 350.
Aunt Ruth

I swear to God that housewives in the fifties escalloped EVERYTHING.  I bet you [...]

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