Pumpkin preserves
Recipe of the Week
Pumpkin preserves
Courtesy of
Jackie Clay
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Ingredients
4 lbs. pumpkin
2 lemons
sugar
1/2 tsp. each, cloves, cinnamon, nutmeg
pinch salt
Method
Mash the pumpkin and lemon meat in...
Canning 101 — Pickles, fruits, jams, jellies, etc.
By Jackie Clay
Issue #53 • September/October, 1998
For some reason, (definitely unknown to me) canning, as a method of very long term food storage, fell into disuse. Maybe it's the hurry/rush syndrome many folks have...
French Onion Soup
Recipe of the Week
French Onion Soup& Julia Child's Beef Stock
Courtesy of
Richard Blunt
Thirty-some years ago the publisher, Dave Duffy, the food editor, Richard Blunt, and I all lived in or near Boston.
Butch, that’s Richard Blunt,...
Nameless salad and dressing
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Nameless salad and dressing
Courtesy of
Rodney Merrill
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Salad Ingredients
2 cups lettuce, coarsely diced
3 stalks green onion, 1/4-inch slices
1 medium tart green...
Banana-Apricot Bars
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Banana-Apricot Bars
Courtesy of
Beverly Rosssman
Ingredients
Pastry:
12 ounces pot cheese, sieved
1 pound butter (room temperature)
4 cups flour, sifted
2 teaspoons grated lemon peel
1 teaspoon salt
Garnish:
Confectioners' sugar
1 one pound can apricot halves, well drained
Filling:
1 egg...
Mexican Stuffed Shells
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Mexican Stuffed Shells
Courtesy of
Rebecca Weinstein
Ingredients
18 uncooked jumbo pasta shells
32 ounces tomato sauce
1 teaspoon chili powder
3 teaspoons ground cumin
3/4 pound extra-lean ground beef
1 small onion, chopped
1 teaspoon ground cumin
1 tablespoon fresh cilantro,...
Crabapple jelly
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Crabapple jelly
Courtesy of
Charles A. Sanders
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Ingredients
3 lbs. crabapples (about 10 cups, cut up)
4 cups water
2 cups sugar
2 Tbsp. lemon juice
1...
Dark moons
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Dark moons
Courtesy of
Tanya Kelley
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Ingredients
1 cup butter (not margarine)
1 cup confectioner’s sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
1-1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 cup...
Layered casserole
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Layered casserole
Courtesy of
Nathele Graham
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Ingredients
1 cup uncooked rice
1 can whole-kernel corn, drained
2 cups tomato sauce
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup finely chopped...
Apple and Potato Soup
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Apple and Potato Soup
Courtesy of
Don Peterson
Ingredients
Soup:
4 Tablespoons butter
2 Leeks (white part only) , cleaned and sliced
5 cups tart Apples, peeled, cored, and chopped
6 cups Chicken Stock
2 cups...
Blueberry wine jam
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Blueberry wine jam
Courtesy of
Jan Cook
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Ingredients
1 pkg. (10 oz.) frozen blueberries, unsweetened
4 cups sugar
2 cups berry wine
2 Tbsp. frozen orange...
Anne’s Sausage and Cabbage
Recipe of the Week
Anne's Sausage and Cabbage
Courtesy of
Elizabeth Flora
Ingredients
8 slices Bacon
4 Italian Sausages, casings removed
1 large Onion, chopped
1 large Cabbage, shredded
1-1/2 cups Chicken Broth
Salt & Pepper to taste
Cayenne Pepper...
Greens and rhubarb are spring tonics
By Jennifer Stein Barker
Issue #45 • May/June, 1997
Rhubarb and greens are classic spring tonics. The reason for this is that they are among the first things to grow to a usable size in springtime,...
Dishpan cookies
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Dishpan cookies
Courtesy of
Darlene Campbell
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Ingredients
4 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
2 cups brown sugar
2 cups granulated sugar
2 cups oil
4...
Traditional trail foods — Transportable calories
By Brad Rohdenburg
Issue #81 • May/June, 2003
Napoleon said that an army marches on its stomach. Frederick the Great defined an army as a group of men who demanded daily feeding. One can imagine the...































