Aunt Rena’s Molasses Cookies

I literally just found this recipe on the ground in the grocery store and rescued it and brought it home.  I will not let any recipe slip past me! 1/2 c. sugar 1/2 c. shortening 1/2 c. molasses 1 egg 1 tsp. cloves 1 tsp. cinnamon salt add 1 tsp baking soda to 1/2 c. [...]

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Rhubarb Punch

50 servings 6 lbs. rhubarb 2 qts water 4 c. sugar 2 c. orange juice 2 c. lemon juice 2 c. pineapple juice 6 qts ice water Cut rhubarb into small pieces without peeling and cook in 2 qts water until tender.  Strain.  You will have about 4 qts. juice.  Add sugar to the hot [...]

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Coconut Cupcakes

Taste of Home was just nice enough to email this to me, and I know I will forget all about it if I just leave it sitting there in email world…so here you go.  I have been looking for a good coconut cupcake/cake recipe for a long time (do you have one?  huh huh do [...]

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Whoopie Pies

1 1/4 c. sugar 2/3 c. shortening 2 eggs, well beaten 2 1/2 c. flour 1/2 c. cocoa 1 1/4 tsp. soda 1/4 tsp. cream of tartar 1/2 tsp. salt 2 tsp. vanilla 1 c. milk Cream together sugar and shortening.  Add eggs, and blend. Sift together dry ingredients, and add alternately with milk.  Add [...]

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Red Devil

1 small onion 2 T. oil or butter 1 can tomato soup 1/4 c. milk 2 eggs 3/4 lb. cheese 1 tsp salad mustard 3/4 tsp Worcestershire sauce salt, pepper, cayenne Finely chop onion and cook until transparent in oil or butter.  Add can of tomato soup and the milk.  Let heat. Add 3/4 lb. [...]

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Unbanata (Italian Meat Pie)

1 1/2 lb. Ground Lean Pork, or beef #2 can drained spinach 1 small can Ripe Olives, chopped 1/2 c. chopped onion 1/2 to 1 c. grated parmesan Cheese 1 large Egg, beaten 1/4 tsp. tabasco 1 1/2 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper Dough: 1 c. milk 3 c. bisquick 1/4 c. mayonaise Cook pork [...]

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Yaprakia (Stuffed Grape or Cabbage Leaves)

1 lb. ground chuck 1/2 lb. ground lamb or pork 2 tsp. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 1 T. ground caraway seeds 1 tsp. ground allspice 3/4 c. long grain rice (uncooked) 1/3 c. olive oil 1 clove garlic, very finely chopped 1 large onion 3 T. minced mint leaves 5 T. chopped broadleaf parsley Place [...]

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American Chop Suey

2 c. celery 1 large onion 1 green pepper 1 small can mushrooms 2 cans Tomato soup, undiluted 1 1/2lbs. Hamburg salt, pepper Quickly sear hamburg (breaking with a fork into loose crumbles) in hot fry pan.  In meantime partially cook celery cut in 2 inch lengths to the “crunchy” stage. Remove hamburg from fry [...]

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Swedish Meat Balls

 Combine, and make into meatballs 1 lb. ground beef (fine) 1 c. dried bread crumbs 1/4 c. minced onions 1 T. corn starch few grains Allspice 1 egg slightly beaten 1/2 c. milk 1 tsp. salt 1/4 c. salad oil, to fry meatballs Gravy 2 cans consomme 1 c. water 6 tsp. flour Make gravy.  [...]

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Meat Ball Casserole

This recipe is so fantastically awesome that I almost wet myself when I read it.  It is JUST the kind of recipe I like to stumble upon, to prove what excellent gourmands there are in our country. From the Maine March of Dimes Cookbook 1958.  Submitted by Harry Marble of WGAN-Radio in Portland, Maine. MEAT [...]

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