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 adventure!

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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 tender twice, what [...]

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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 out.

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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.  Grind with onion.  Melt fat, add flour.  Mix until smooth [...]

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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 something that I never [...]

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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 min 350-375

I would classify these as cookies, not [...]

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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 longer.

Don’t swedish meatballs usually [...]

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Perfect Brown Stew

Brown meat cubes about 20 mins.  1 lb. chuck or flank.  Brown in a little suet 1 qt boiling water.  Add 1 tsp. lemon juice.  Add 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce.  1 onion 2 bay leaves.  1 T. salt 1/2 tsp. pepper 1/2 paprika. a dash of allspice or cloves and a tsp. sugar on with [...]

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