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Wilted Lettuce

This comes originally from M.L.’s kitchen.

6 slices of bacon
½ c sliced green onion
¼ c vinegar
¼ c water
2 t sugar
½ t salt
8 c leaf lettuce torn into bite-sized pieces
6 radishes, sliced thin
1 hard cooked egg, chopped

In a skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Remove bacon; drain, cool and crumble. Add onions to drippings in skillet; cook over low heat until onion is tender,a bout 3 minutes. Add vinegar, water, sugar, salt, and bacon. Cook and stir until boiling. Place lettuce in large bowl; pour hot dressing over lettuce; toss till well coated. Garnish with radish slices and chopped egg. Note: Salad should not be made ahead and refrigerated.

Broccoli Salad

1 bunch broccoli, chopped
¾ c mayonnaise (I use ½-3/4 c)
½ c chopped onion
½ c chopped green olives
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
Salt and pepper to taste

Mix all well. Chill. Serve in lettuce cups.

Sweet Potato Puffs

Three large sweet potatoes boiled in skins, then peeled. Mash with 1T butter, a little cream and a little sugar. Cool overnight. Make into balls and roll in crushed corn flakes. Bake for 20 minutes at 350. Serves 6-8.

Spinach Crunch

This dish should be called “spinach sneak” because it is so tasty that even the kids will eat it and not recognize the taste of spinach, which they hate.
3 c. Rice Chex cereal crushed to 1.5 c
1 t onion powder
3 T melted margarine

Combine above and set aside.

8oz Philadelphia cream cheese
5 oz evaporated milk
2 t lemon juice
¾ t salt
Dash pepper
1 egg, well beaten
10 oz frozen chopped spinach, cooked and drained.

In saucepan, combine cream cheese, milk, lemon juice, and seasonings. Cook over low heat until smooth. Add egg. Stir constantly until sauce thickens. Stir in spinach until well blended. Turn into shallow 1 ½ quart dish. Cover with crumbs. Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Serves 8.

Meat-Stuffed Peppers

8 green peppers
1 small onion, chopped
1 lb ground beef
2 Tbsl fat
4 medium tomatoes, chopped
1 ½ c cut fresh corn (3-4 ears)
salt and pepper

Remove tops and seeds from peppers parboil 5 minutes.  Drain.  Brown onion and meat in hot fat, add tomatoes, corn and seasonings.  (I just drained, canned, whole kernel corn.)  Stuff peppers and top with buttered crumbs.  Stand upright in greased baking dish, add a small amount of water.  Cover and bake in moderate (350°) oven 1 hour.  Serves 8.  Could be topped with can of tomato sauce.

Seven Layer Salad by M.L.

In deep glass or pottery dish (9×11 or 10×12” round) layer ingredients as given :
Head lettuce, broken in pieces
Celery, diced small
Green onions, sliced, include tops
Frozen or fresh peas, cooked but not overdone
Frost with one cup mayonnaise
Sprinkle heavily with parmesan cheese
Top with crumbled bacon
Do not toss.

Baked Beans

1 16-18 oz can pork and beans
2 Tbsp brown sugar
¼ tsp dry mustard
¼ c catsup
2 slices bacon, chopped

Combine ingredients.  Bake covered at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover. Bake another 20 minutes.

1 16-18 oz can pork and beans

2 Tbsp brown sugar

¼ tsp dry mustard

¼ c catsup

2 slices bacon, chopped

Combine ingredients.  Bake covered at 350° for 20 minutes. Uncover. Bake another 20 minutes.

French Epicurean Peas

Mom always served these with leg of lamb.

4 slices bacon, chopped
1 Tbsp chopped onion
1 Tbsp flour
1 #2 can peas, drained
salt and pepper
1 c light cream or evaporated milk
1 c chopped fresh mushrooms
2 Tbsp butter

Partially fry bacon.  Add onion. Cook until soft and yellow.  Add flour and blend. Add peas and cream.  Cool until thick, stirring occasionally.  Cook mushrooms in butter 5 minutes. Add to peas and season.  Serves 6.

Cabbage Slaw

Cut head of cabbage in two and cut fine the tender leaves.  Put in dish and mix some mayonnaise dressing with little sugar and heat together. Add little sour cream, also put small piece of onion, cut fine, and if you have sweet pickle juice put some in the slaw.

Hashed Brown Potatoes

Cut cold boiled potatoes up in small cubes.  Fry little bacon, remove and cut up small.  Heat potatoes in the bacon grease, add some onion and bacon pieces and brown and put in a little sweet cream.  Then cover and put in oven for a little while.  Serve hot with meat of any kind.