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  ItemTextcategory:Sidedecade:1970s...5 more

  Bread Sticks

  Bread Sticks Aug. 1972
  Recipe from the kitchen of Gladys Ward
  7 Tablespoons butter
  2 Cups Bisquick
  1 Tablesps. Sugar
  1/2 cup milk
  
  Mix in bowl. Knead on
  board. roll out & cut in strips.
  Roll each strip in butter.
  Sprinkle sesame seeds or poppy
  seeds on top. Bake 12 mins.
  400 degs.
  
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  # Bread Sticks
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 7 Tablespoons butter
  - 2 cups Bisquick
  - 1 Tbsp sugar
  - 1/2 cup milk
  - Sesame seeds or poppy seeds (for topping)
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Mix ingredients in a bowl.
  2. Knead on a board.
  3. Roll out and cut into strips.
  4. Roll each strip in butter.
  5. Sprinkle sesame seeds or poppy seeds on top.
  6. Bake 12 minutes at 400°F.
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  ItemTextcategory:Maincuisine:Italian...9 more

  Lasagna

  LASAGNA serves: 8
  1# gd beef - browned & drained
  Add & simmer 5 min: 32 oz jar spaghetti Sauce
  3/4 c water
  1t basil & Oregano
  Combine 12oz cottage cheese, 1 egg
  9-12 pieces lasagna (uncooked)
  12oz sliced or 3c Shredded mozzarella
  Cheese Ungreased 9 x 12 pan
  Layer 1/3 each noodle, meat & Sauce, Cottage
  
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  Cheese, mozzarella
  Repeat twice
  Sprinkle with parmesan
  Cover with foil
  Bake 350° 30 min
  Uncover - bake 30 more minutes
  Let Stand 10-15 min before serving
  
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  # Lasagna
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 lb ground beef, browned & drained
  - 32 oz jar spaghetti sauce
  - 3/4 cup water
  - 1 tsp basil & oregano
  - 12 oz cottage cheese
  - 1 egg
  - 9–12 pieces lasagna noodles (uncooked)
  - 12 oz sliced or 3 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
  - Parmesan cheese, for sprinkling
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Brown ground beef and drain. Add spaghetti sauce, water, and basil & oregano. Simmer 5 minutes.
  2. Combine cottage cheese and egg in a bowl.
  3. In an ungreased 9 x 12 pan, layer 1/3 each of noodles, meat & sauce, cottage cheese, and mozzarella.
  4. Repeat layers twice more.
  5. Sprinkle top with parmesan cheese.
  6. Cover with foil and bake at 350° for 30 minutes.
  7. Uncover and bake 30 more minutes.
  8. Let stand 10–15 minutes before serving.
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  ItemTextcategory:Otherdecade:1950s...4 more

  Frozen Peaches

  Frozen Peaches
  8 cups (water) & 6 cups sugar
  for 1 crate of peaches.
  
  Boil water & sugar till
  dissolved and cool. To each cup
  of syrup add 1 1/2 tsp ascorbic
  acid.
  
  Scald peaches 3/4 min. Put
  in ice water — drain.
  
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  Pack about 5 1/2 peaches to
  quart. Cover with cold syrup.
  Crumble wax paper on top of
  peaches to hold peaches
  under syrup. Cover & freeze.
  
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  # Frozen Peaches
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 crate peaches
  - 8 cups water
  - 6 cups sugar
  - 1 1/2 tsp ascorbic acid per cup of syrup
  - Wax paper
  
  ## Instructions (Partially Inferred)
  
  1. Boil water and sugar together until sugar is dissolved. Cool completely.
  2. To each cup of cooled syrup, add 1 1/2 tsp ascorbic acid.
  3. Scald peaches for 3/4 minute. Place in ice water, then drain.
  4. Remove peals, and slice in half removing pit.
  5. Pack about 5 1/2 peaches per quart container.
  6. Cover peaches with cold syrup.
  7. Crumble wax paper on top of peaches to hold them under the syrup.
  8. Cover and freeze.
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  ItemTextcategory:Maindecade:1950s...8 more

  Mock Turtle Soup

  Mock Turtle Soup
  
  Beef
  onions
  Tomatoe sauce or Catsup
  little vinegar
  grated carrots
  lemon
  mixed spices in cloth
  Salt - pepper - sugar
  Hard boiled eggs.
  
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  Thicken with browned
  flours.
  
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  # Mock Turtle Soup
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - Beef
  - Onions
  - Tomato sauce or catsup
  - Little vinegar
  - Grated carrots
  - Lemon
  - Mixed spices in cloth
  - Salt
  - Pepper
  - Sugar
  - Hard boiled eggs
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Combine beef, onions, tomato sauce or catsup, a little vinegar, grated carrots, lemon, and mixed spices tied in cloth.
  2. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar.
  3. Add hard boiled eggs.
  4. Thicken with browned flour.
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  ItemTextcategory:Breakfastcuisine:American Southern...6 more

  Corn Cakes (Pancakes)

  Corn Cakes (Pancakes)
  Recipe from the kitchen of Edna Fausz
  Southern recipe
  
  1 cup cornmeal
  1/2 tsp. baking soda
  1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  1/4 tsp. salt
  2 eggs beaten
  2 tsp. oil
  
  Mix dry ingredients & add eggs
  then buttermilk & oil & Fry.
  
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  # Corn Cakes Pancakes
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 cup cornmeal
  - 1/2 tsp baking soda
  - 1 1/4 cups buttermilk
  - 1/4 tsp salt
  - 2 eggs, beaten
  - 2 tsp oil
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Mix dry ingredients together.
  2. Add eggs, then buttermilk and oil.
  3. Fry.
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  ItemTextcategory:Otherdecade:1950s...4 more

  Refrigerator Rolls

  Dorothy Perkins
  
  Refrigerator Rolls
  
  Soften 2 pkgs dry yeast in 1 cup luke warm
  water containing 1 tsp. sugar.
  Add 2 cups warm milk
  2/3 cup melted shortening
  3/4 cup sugar
  4 tsp. salt
  2 beaten eggs
  Mix well, then add enough flour
  
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  to make a soft kneadable dough.
  (perhaps 9, 10 or 11 cups depending
  upon the make of flour)
  Let stand on dough board for ten
  minutes; knead on floured board
  until smooth and elastic. Place in
  a greased bowl, turning once to
  grease all surfaces, cover, refrigerate.
  Shape rolls 2 hrs. before baking.
  Bake 15 to 20 minutes in a 425° oven.
  Punch down extra dough, return to refrigerator.
  
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  # Refrigerator Rolls
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 2 pkgs dry yeast
  - 1 cup lukewarm water
  - 1 tsp sugar (for yeast)
  - 2 cups warm milk
  - 2/3 cup melted shortening
  - 3/4 cup sugar
  - 4 tsp salt
  - 2 eggs, beaten
  - 9–11 cups flour (depending upon the make of flour)
  
  ## Instructions (Partially Inferred)
  
  1. Soften 2 pkgs dry yeast in 1 cup lukewarm water containing 1 tsp sugar.
  2. Add 2 cups warm milk, 2/3 cup melted shortening, 3/4 cup sugar, 4 tsp salt, and 2 beaten eggs.
  3. Mix well, then add enough flour to make a soft kneadable dough (perhaps 9, 10, or 11 cups depending upon the make of flour).
  4. Let stand on dough board for ten minutes; knead on floured board until smooth and elastic.
  5. Place in a greased bowl, turning once to grease all surfaces, cover, and refrigerate overnight (or up to 3–5 days)
  6. Shape rolls 2 hours before baking.
  7. Bake 15 to 20 minutes in a 425° oven.
  8. Punch down extra dough and return to refrigerator.
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  ItemTextcategory:Sidedecade:1970s...3 more

  Biscuits

  Biscuits Allie
  June 1/75
  
  1 cup self rising flour
  1/2 cup milk
  2 Tablespoons mayonnaise
  
  mix together in bowl
  
  450 degrees about 10 mins.
  makes 12 small biscuits
  
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  # Biscuits
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 cup self rising flour
  - 1/2 cup milk
  - 2 Tbsp mayonnaise
  
  ## Instructions (Partially Inferred)
  
  1. Mix together in bowl.
  2. Roll to ~1/2" thick.
  3. Cut into 3 inch squares.
  4. Bake at 450 degrees for about 10 minutes.
  5. Makes 12 small biscuits.
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  ItemTextcategory:Maindecade:1950s...6 more

  Noodle or Rice Soup

  Noodle or Rice Soup
  
  Leg bone or any kind of
  onion soup meat
  celery
  can tomatoes
  cook until meat is done
  add noodles or rice.
  (Empty out refrigerator and
  make vegetable soup)
  
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  # Noodle or Rice Soup
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - Leg bone or any kind of soup meat
  - Onion
  - Celery
  - 1 can tomatoes
  - Noodles or rice
  
  ## Instructions (Partially Inferred)
  
  1. Combine leg bone or soup meat, onion, celery, and canned tomatoes.
  2. Add water just to cover the ingredients (~2 quarts).
  2. Cook on low until meat is done.
  3. Add noodles or rice.
  4. Add any other vegetables you have in your refrigerator.
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  ItemTextcategory:Sidedecade:1950s...8 more

  Dixie Corn-meal Biscuits

  Dixie Corn-meal Biscuits
  
  1½ cups sifted enriched flour
  1 Tablespoon sugar
  2 teaspoons baking powder
  3/4 teaspoon salt
  ½ teaspoon soda
  ½ cup corn meal
  ¼ cup shortening
  1 slightly beaten egg
  3/4 cup dairy sour cream
  1 Tablespoon sesame seed
  2 Tablespoons butter or margarine
  
  Sift together first 5 ingredients; stir in corn meal.
  Cut in shortening till mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  
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  Add egg and sour cream; mix just till dough follows
  fork around bowl. Turn out on lightly floured surface;
  knead gently ½ minute. Roll or pat to about ¼ inch and
  cut with floured 2⅔ inch biscuit cutter. Crease just
  off center with back of knife; fold over so top over-
  laps. Seal edges. In skillet, lightly brown sesame
  seed in butter; brush over biscuits. Bake on ungreased
  cookie sheet in hot oven (425°) 10 min. or until done.
  Makes about 2 dozen.
  
  (Eura Lee Armstrong, Fort Worth, Texas)
  
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  # Dixie Corn-meal Biscuits
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 1/2 cups sifted enriched flour
  - 1 Tbsp sugar
  - 2 tsp baking powder
  - 3/4 tsp salt
  - 1/2 tsp soda
  - 1/2 cup corn meal
  - 1/4 cup shortening
  - 1 slightly beaten egg
  - 3/4 cup dairy sour cream
  - 1 Tbsp sesame seed
  - 2 Tbsp butter or margarine
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Sift together first 5 ingredients; stir in corn meal.
  2. Cut in shortening till mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
  3. Add egg and sour cream; mix just till dough follows fork around bowl.
  4. Turn out on lightly floured surface; knead gently 1/2 minute.
  5. Roll or pat to about 1/4 inch and cut with floured 2 1/2 inch biscuit cutter.
  6. Crease just off center with back of knife; fold over so top overlaps. Seal edges.
  7. In skillet, lightly brown sesame seed in butter; brush over biscuits.
  8. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet in hot oven (425°) 10 min. or until done.
  9. Makes about 2 dozen.
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  ItemTextcategory:Dessertdecade:1950s...7 more

  Fruit Cocktail Cake

  Fruit Cocktail Cake
  
  In Bowl Beat : sift :
  2 eggs 2 c. flour
  1 No 303 Fr Cocktail 1 t. Baking Soda
  1 1/2 c. sugar pinch Salt.
  1 t. vanilla
  
  Beat eggs whole, add cocktail + beat
  slightly. Add sugar (repeat) Sift Dry
  ingredients & add to mixture. Add
  vanilla. Pour into greased & floured
  12 x 14 pan. Then Sprinkle 1/2 c nuts
  
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  1/2 c. Brown sugar over top & Bake
  30 to 35 min at 350°
  While that Baking :
  In a pan :
  1c. sugar , 1 stick margarine
  1 sm c. Milnut 1 can Angle Flake Coconut
  (or 3/4 cup) (or 1/2 pkg.)
  Cook till thickens + pour over
  warm cake.
  10 of these cakes will serve
  225 or 250 people
  
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  # Fruit Cocktail Cake
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 2 eggs
  - 1 No. 303 (16 oz) can fruit cocktail
  - 1 1/2 cups sugar
  - 2 cups flour
  - 1 tsp baking soda
  - Pinch of salt
  - 1 tsp vanilla
  - 1/2 cup nuts
  - 1/2 cup brown sugar
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Beat eggs whole, add fruit cocktail and beat slightly.
  2. Add sugar and beat again.
  3. Sift dry ingredients (flour, baking soda, salt) and add to mixture.
  4. Add vanilla and mix.
  5. Pour into a greased and floured 12 x 14 pan.
  6. Sprinkle 1/2 cup nuts and 1/2 cup brown sugar over the top.
  7. Bake 30 to 35 minutes at 350°.
  
  ## Topping
  
  - 1 cup sugar
  - 1 stick margarine
  - 1 small cup evaporated milk (or 3/4 cup)
  - 1 can Angel Flake Coconut (or 1/2 pkg.)
  
  ## Topping Instructions
  
  1. While cake is baking, combine sugar, margarine, milk, and coconut in a pan.
  2. Cook until thickened.
  3. Pour over warm cake.
  
  *Note: 10 of these cakes will serve 225 or 250 people.*
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  ItemTextcategory:Dessertdecade:1950s...7 more

  Pecan Torte

  from the kitchen of M.Randall PECAN TORTE
  1 c. flour
  1 stick butter
  1/3 c chopped pecans
  Mix above like pie crust - pat into 9x 12
  glass pan. Bake at 375° for 15 min. When
  cool cover with the following.
  "Topping"
  1 (8oz. cream cheese
  1 C powdered sugar
  1/2 of 16 oz. "Cool WHIP"
  ** Mix cheese and sugar (cream).
  Blend in in Cool Whip. Spread
  this over crust.
  over
  
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  Whip 1 large pkg. Instant Vanilla pudding
  with 2 3/4 C. milk. Spread this on next.
  Spread remaining Cool Whip over all. Sprin-
  kle pecan chips on top (additional 1/2 C)
  for garnish.
  
  ** Topping mixture must be very soft & creamy
  so crust will not be broken while spreading
  
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  # Pecan Torte
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 cup flour
  - 1 stick butter
  - 1/3 cup chopped pecans
  
  ## Instructions
  
  1. Mix flour, butter, and chopped pecans together like pie crust.
  2. Pat into a 9x12 glass pan.
  3. Bake at 375° for 15 minutes.
  4. Allow to cool completely before adding topping.
  
  ## Topping
  
  - 1 (8 oz.) cream cheese
  - 1 cup powdered sugar
  - 1/2 of 16 oz. Cool Whip (reserve remaining half)
  - 1 large pkg. instant vanilla pudding
  - 2 3/4 cups milk
  - Additional 1/2 cup pecan chips, for garnish
  
  ## Topping Instructions
  
  1. Mix cream cheese and powdered sugar together, creaming until smooth.
  2. Blend in 1/2 of the Cool Whip. Spread this over the cooled crust. Note: topping mixture must be very soft and creamy so crust will not be broken while spreading.
  3. Whip the instant vanilla pudding with 2 3/4 cups milk. Spread this on next.
  4. Spread remaining Cool Whip over all.
  5. Sprinkle pecan chips on top for garnish.
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  ItemTextcategory:Otherdecade:1970s...4 more

  Mayonnaise

  1 Tablesps. Mayonnaise
  dry mustard
  2 eggs
  2 Tbls. flour
  salt + pepper
  1/2 cup sugar
  1/2 " vinegar
  1 1/2 " water
  mix together until
  thickens
  
  Olga - Apr. 10/75
  
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  wine
  sugar
  Vinegar
  water
  
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  # Mayonnaise
  
  ## Ingredients
  
  - 1 Tbsp dry mustard
  - 2 eggs
  - 2 Tbsp flour
  - Salt & pepper
  - 1/2 cup sugar
  - 1/2 cup vinegar
  - 1 1/2 cups water
  
  ## Instructions (Inferred)
  
  1. Whisk all ingredients together in a saucepan
  2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly
  3. Continue until thickened (a few minutes once it comes to temperature)
  4. Cool before using
  
  Editors note: From what I can tell, this is a starch thickened, cooked "mayonnaise" also called "cooked dressing" or "boiled dressing" during this time period.