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GLORIA'S RECIPES

My mother Gloria was a good cook! What I know about cooking I learned from her! Many years ago, I asked her to write down some of her basic recipes in a recently purchased, spiral-bound, blank cookbook. It was a lot of work (over 30 pages/42 recipes), but she gladly did it. I am grateful that I have this special cookbook in my mother's own handwriting. I still refer to it today.

In my presentation, I have included a few samples of her handwritten recipes along with the more traditional formulations. All recipes can be found in my copy of "I'm Writing My Own Cookbook." JHM

CHILI

Brown hamburger

Add onion

Finish browing

Add two cloves of garlic

1 qt. tomatoes or more

1 cup chopped celery

1 T. chili powder

1 t. salt

1 t. pepper

1 can chili beans

SLOPPY JOE'S

1 # ground beef

1 cup cut-up celery

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 T. brown sugar

2 T. vinegar

1/2 t. dry mustard

3/4 cup ketchup

1 T. flour

Brown beef in skillet, pour off fat.

Add celery, onion, brown sugar, vinegar, mustard and ketchup.

Sprinkle flour on mixture

Stir to mix well

Simmer about 20 minutes

Cut buns in half, fill.

About 6 sandwiches

(6 buns)

STUFFED PEPPERS

Cook rice - 1/2 cup or more

Brown 1 # hamburger, onion, garlic chopped

1 t. salt / 1/4 t. pepper

1 can tomatoes, some in rice, some on top

jalapeno peppers

Bake 1 hour 350

PORCUPINE BALLS

1 1/2 # Hamburg

1/2 cup uncooked rice

2 T. cut-up onion

1 t. salt, pepper (opt.)

1 can tomato soup

1 soup can water

Mix beef, rice, onion, salt, pepper in medium bowl

Make 18 balls same size

Stir soup, water in deep skillet

Heat to boiling, lower heat

Add meat - rice balls

Cover skillet

Cook over low heat for 1 hour

8 servings

Good with mashed potatoes - Maybe -

 TUNA CASSEROLE

2 cups Macaroni

1 can tuna

1 can Golden Mushroom Soup

Peas (frozen)

Boil 2 cups macaroni, Drain

Melt 1 T. butter

Add 1/4 cup sliced onions

Saute

Add drained macaroni, drained tuna, broken up with fork

1 can Golden Mushroom Soup

1 t. salt - 1/4 t. pepper

Add 1 cup frozen peas

Can top with potato chips (crushed)

Bake at 350 about 1/2 hour

(Can do on top of stove)

DINNER IN A DISH

1 # Hamburger

Onion

Potatoes

Carrots

Canned tomatoes

Green Beans

Brown hamburger, onion

1 level t. salt, pepper

Set aside

Put layer of potatoes

Put layer carrots

Layer of beans

(Salt each layer lightly except beans)

Put hamburger on top

Pour tomatoes on

Cover/bake 1/2 hour

Take cover off

Finish 1-1 1/2 hour

350

 MACARONI SALAD

3 cups Macaroni

1 cup celery, diced fine

1/4 cup green pepper

cucumber, radishes

1/2 cup onion

1 cup Mayonnaise

2 t. salt - 1/4 t. pepper

Chill

Ideas: Sliced tomatoes, cheese

BAKED BEANS/"DOCTORED UP"

4 cups from can

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 t. dry mustard

1/2 cup catsup

6 slices of bacon, crisp

1/2 cup thinly sliced onions

Combine all plus bacon. Mix

Bake at 325 about 1 hour

BEAN SOUP

2-3 cups of beans

Wash, clean, soak overnight

Use smoked pig hock (good)

Or ham

1 3/4 full of water

1 onion

celery

1 carrot

salt, pepper, garlic

dried parsley opt.

POTATO PANCAKES

Grate potatoes

Add 1 egg

A little flour

Piece of bread

Salt, pepper

Little onion (opt.)

Fry in fry pan

Use oil to fry in 400-425

GREEN BEAN BAKE

2 cans of green beans

or fresh (cook)

1 can cream of mushroom soup

1/2 can milk

Mix, bake 20 minutes

Put dried onion rings on top, (probably 1/2 can)

Leave in 5 min. Serve

Can put mushrooms in

ASPARAGAS (fresh)

Steam, drain

Melt butter

Shake a little flour in

Put aspargus in

Stir

COLESLAW

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 t. salt 1/8 t. paprika

1 t. sugar (opt)

1 T. vinegar

1 T. light cream

4 cups shredded cabbage

1 T. onion

1/3 cup diced celery (opt)

1/3 cup grated carrot

or chopped green pepper

Mix mayo, salt, pepper, vinegar, cream etc. in small bowl. Cover, chill in refrig.

Just before mealtime, put cabbage, onion, celery, carrot, green pepper in salad bowl.

Add chilled dressing

 BREAD STUFFING

For CHICKEN:

6 cups bread crumbs

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 cup ground celery (chopped)

1/4 cup butter or margarine1 t. salt / pepper

1 1/2 t. poultry seasoning

(opt.)

For TURKEY:

12 cups of bread crumbs

1/2 cup butter 2x onion etc.

Saute onion, butter

Add to dry crumbs 1 1/2-2

cups celery & seasoning

Mix all together. Stuff.

ANOTHER DUMPLING RECIPE

2 cups of flour

3 t. baking powder

1 t. salt

2 T. shortening

1 cup of milk

Sift together flour etc.

Cut in shortening

Add milk

Drop by tablespoon on hot stew

Cover tightly.

Cook 10-12 min. covered.

SPAGHETTI

1# Hamburger - Brown meat.

Add 1 onion

3 cloves garlic

1 1/2-2 quarts of tomatoes

canned or fresh

12 oz. Contadino tomato paste

1 t. oregano

1 Bay leaf

1 cup celery (opt.)

Salt & pepper

Can add mushrooms

SCALLOPED POTATOES

Greased casserole dish:

Add 1 slice of bread at bottom and sliced potatoes in layers

On each layer - add a little flour, salt, pepper, butter tabs, a little onion

Fill 1/2 full with milk

(3 cups)

Bake at 350 about 1 hr.

+++ EXTRA MEATLOAF RECIPE +++

When Mom and I visited Graceland, we both bought Elvis's cookbook and this postcard. Mine is still in the recipe book she wrote out for me. I have tried a smaller version of his recipe; I don't know if Mom ever did.