Turkey Pie

2-4 c. diced turkey
2 c. turkey broth
1 medium onion, sliced
2 carrots, diced
1 stalk celery, diced
1 clove garlic, on pick (No idea what that means…can someone enlighten me?)
2 whole cloves
1/2 c. flour
1/4 c. butter
2 c. cream or evaporated milk
dash nutmeg
1 tsp. lemon juice or vinegar
salt and pepper

Simmer broth, vegetables, and cloves until tender.  Remove garlic.  Thicken [...]

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Chicken & Rice

1 1/2 c. raw rice
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 can cream of celery soup
1 can cream of chicken soup
2/3 c. sherry

Combine above and put in 9×13 pan.  Lay chicken pieces or pork chops over rice.  Sprinkle package of cream of onion soup over the top. Cover tightly with foil.  Bake at 35o for 2 [...]

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Saucy Twist Pork Dish

Worth it for the name alone.

4 oz uncooked corkscrew-shaped macaroni (that would be known as “rotini” to most people in the world)
1/2 c. finely chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green pepper
1 T. butter or margarine
1 can (12 oz) pork luncheon meat, cut into cubes (this would be your SPAM, which apparently is the the only company [...]

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Beef-Steak Potato Scallop

1 pound beef round steak, 1 inch thick
Flour
3 T. shortening
3 small onions, thinly sliced
3 T. flour
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp pepper
dash thyme
dash garlic salt
2 c. water
3 med. potatoes, pared and thinly sliced
salt
paprika

Heat oven to 350. Cut meat into one inch cubes; coat with flour. Melt shortening in skillet; brown meat. Add onion; cook and stir [...]

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Connecticut Beef Supper

2 T. shortening
2 lbs. beef stew meat, cut into 1 in. cubes
2 lg. onions, sliced
1 c. water
2 lg. potatoes, pared and thinly sliced
1 can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
1 1/4 c. milk
1 tsp. salt (if you use regular condensed soup instead of the low sodium kind,  I would just omit this)
1/4 tsp. [...]

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Salmon Noodles Romanoff

A classy name for a very unclassy dish.

8 oz. uncooked medium noodles
1 1/2 c. creamed cottage cheese
1 1/2 c. dairy sour cream (is there un-dairy sour cream?)
1/2 c. finely chopped onion
1 clove garlic, minced
1 to 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
Dash red pepper sauce or cayenne red pepper
1 can salmon (16 oz.) drained, or 2 cans (6 [...]

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Bologna Biscuits with Vegetables

Times are hard people!  This 1971 Betty Crocker recipe is just the thing you need to save money on food.  Your family probably won’t eat it, but maybe the dog will.

1/4 c. sliced onion
2 T. shortening
2 T. flour
1/2 tsp. salt
1/8 tsp. pepper
1 can (16 oz) tomatoes
1/2 lb. bologna (can also use Spam if you aren’t [...]

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Mini Calzones

3/4 c. ricotta cheese
1/4 c. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
1 ball pizza dough, or 1 lb loaf of frozen bread dough
any other “toppings” you want.  I usually dice up sliced pepperoni, black olives, and mushrooms.  You can add anything that floats your boat.  Dice items fairly small.
2 T. milk
spaghetti sauce of your choice.

Preheat the oven [...]

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Greek Custard Phyllo Cups

Tis the season where I sit around with my handy dandy Doane paper notebook and plan and re-plan the Orphan’s Thanksgiving Party  I host every year.   I make a ton of food and invite all my family-less friends over to my house the night before Thanksgiving for appetizers and movies.  There is much booze and [...]

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Grandma’s Cheese Ball

My family apparently has a lot of cheese ball recipes.

 1 stick butter
2  8 oz.  cream cheese
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 T. chopped onion
2 T. Worcestershire sauce
1 tsp lemon juice
1 T. each pimento and green pepper

Mix together. Form into ball.  Chill.
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