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 [...]

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Mother’s Mince Meat

About 4 lbs. beef Ground 1/2 bushel apples chopped 3/4 c. molasses or more salt cinnamon allspice nutmeg and a little cloves 3/4 lb margarine 2 or 3 cups sugar white 3 pkg raisins juice from meat and little water if needed. Cook slow — No it is not really a recipe, it is an [...]

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Ripe Cucumber Pickles

Peel, seed, and cut.  Let stand over night with salt.  Drain and cook tender in half vinegar and half water.  Drain. To one qt vinegar add 2 1/2 lb sugar (brown or white), 1 tsp. cinnamon, and cloves if you wish  Cook until tender and can hot. – If you cook something until it is [...]

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Tomato Cake

1 can tomato soup 1/2 c. lard 1 cup sugar 1 tsp soda 1 tsp baking powder 1 tsp cloves 1 tsp cinnamon 1 tsp nutmeg 1 tsp allspice 2 cups flour 1 cup raisin Frosting: 1 cup powdered sugar 1 tsp vanilla — No directions from Edna, but I think you can figure it [...]

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Hunter’s Pudding

1 cup finely chopped suet 1 cup molasses 1 cup milk 1 1/2 tsp. salt ginger cloves nutmeg cinnamon Pour into buttered mold and cover.  Steam 3 hours.  Raisins may be added. – hmm.  “Hunter’s Pudding”.  Like Gentleman’s Relish but less sticky.

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Fish Pudding

1 lb haddock or cusk (?) fish sticks 4 cup water, 2 T. salt 1 very small onion, 3T. shortening 3T. flour 1 cup milk 1/2 tsp pepper 1/2 tsp salt one can peas drained 1/2 cup crushed corn flakes 2 eggs Cook fish in boiling water and half of salt for 3 mins.  Drain.  [...]

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Edna’s Ripe Cucumber Pickles

8 lbs ripe cucumbers 2 lbs sugar 1 T. each of cinnamon allspice pepper 2 T. vinegar 1 qt vinegar Cook until soft, seal while hot. – I just put up 100 pounds of tomatoes today, there is no way I could even think about pickles at this moment.

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Pickled Pumpkin

cut in cubes to 1 qt vinegar add 3 cups white sugar.  1 or 2 cinnamon bark, thimble of cloves put in a bag and take out after theya re done. cook until soft.  Put in jars.  Use enough vinegar to cook. – Pumpkin is not something I would ever think of pickling.  Pumpkin is [...]

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Molasses Brownies

1/3 c. shortening 1/3 c. sugar 1/3 c. molasses 2 sq melted chocolate 1 beaten egg 1 cup flour 1/2 tsp. baking powder 3/4 c. chopped nuts Cream shortening with sugar.  Add molasses.  Melted chocolate.  Beaten egg and sifted flour with baking powder.  Add nuts and drop mixture from tsp. on greased pan.  Bake ten [...]

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Swedish Meat Balls

1 1/2 lb. hamburg 2 slices bread 3/4 c. milk soak bread in milk one hour.  Add to hamburg.  1 egg and salt and pepper. Form in round balls.  Roll in flour brown in cooking fats. Add one can tomatoes (large).  Slice one onion and add enough water to cover.  Simmer for 2 hours or [...]

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