August, 2006

  1. Summer Salad Event

    August 24, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio

    If you don’t regularly read My Life as a Reluctant Housewife (and why not, you really should), then you haven’t seen the fabulous summer salad event she hosted. Go take a look. (and be sure to thank her for all her work. It is huge!)
    Summer Salad Recipes Round Up #1

    Summer Salad Recipes Round Up #2

    Summer Salad Recipes Round Up #3

    I really need to sort out finding a camera that I can take good pictures with where it doesn’t make the food look like it is running past the camera as I took the picture. Seeing everyone’s beautiful pictures makes me realize how visual food is when you talk about it.

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  2. Canapes-Midget Open-Faced Sandwiches

    August 24, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio

    More appetizers…this time….”Canapes…designed to be eaten gracefully from the fingers…”

    “It is important that the canape tray look “as pretty as a picture”…irresistible to the eye as well as the taste.”

    Canapes

    Includes retro favorite recipes for Peanut Butter-and-Bacon, Chutney-and-Bacon, the appealing Minced Clam-Cheese, caviar, Tomato-and-Shrimp, Deviled Ham, Anchovy or Sardine, Smoked Turkey or Goose Liver Paste, Smoked Oyster, Cucumber-and-Anchovy, Savory Mushroom Canapes as well as how to prepare toast for canapes. From Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook

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  3. Braised Beef Balls

    August 23, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio

    Check out this retro ground beef recipe: giant balls served with brown gravy. These are braised and have our favorite: bacon fat. The horseradish must add a bit of zing. Don’t leave that out!

    1¼ lbs. ground beef
    1 small onion, grated
    1 egg, beaten
    1 teaspoon salt
    few grains pepper
    ½ teaspoon dry mustard
    1 tablespoon horseradish, if desired
    2 tablespoons bacon fat

    Mix beef with onion, egg and seasonings. Shape into 5 or 6 balls and brown well in a heavy skillet containing hot bacon fat. Add 1 cup water, cover and simmer about 30 minutes or until flavors are blended and meat is done. Thicken liquid remaining in skillet, if desired, with 2 tablespoons flour blended with ¼  cup cold water. Add enough milk to make 1¼  cups gravy. Serve hot. 5 servings. From The Modern Family Cookbook

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  4. Clever Wife…

    August 22, 2006 by Tarrant Figlio

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    The clever wife has a simple appetizing cocktail (cold in summer, hot in winter) ready for her weary husband when he comes home at night.

    Betty Crocker’s Picture Cookbook, 1950, First Edition, Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company and General Mills, Inc

    Category Beverages, Cookbooks, retro food | Tags: | 2 Comments

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