Posted by ehme on November 12th, 2009 in Casseroles, Chicken, Potluck, Recession Recipes, Teapot Recipe Box, classics, comfort food, funeral food
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on September 3rd, 2009 in Casseroles, Chicken, Grandma's recipes, Potluck, Recession Recipes, comfort food, family recipes, funeral food, party food, personal recipes, pork, white trash
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on February 26th, 2009 in Casseroles, Church Cookbooks, Quick, Recession Recipes, funeral food
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on February 22nd, 2009 in Beef, Recession Recipes, comfort food, funeral food
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on February 21st, 2009 in Beef, Casseroles, Potatoes, Recession Recipes, funeral food, white trash
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. [...]
Posted by ehme on February 7th, 2009 in Casseroles, Recession Recipes, funeral food, white trash
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on February 5th, 2009 in Casseroles, Quick, Recession Recipes, funeral food, things I would never eat
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on December 23rd, 2008 in Appetizers, Green Recipe Box, Holiday Food, Italian, Potluck, cooking for a crowd, funeral food
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on November 23rd, 2008 in Appetizers, Holiday Food, Potluck, Teapot Recipe Box, comfort food, funeral food, party food
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 [...]
Posted by ehme on April 25th, 2008 in Appetizers, Holiday Food, Potluck, Quick, cheese, family recipes, funeral food, party food, personal recipes
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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