My Mother's Mother, my Grandma Curtin, would have had her birthday today. So I was looking at my transcripts of her handwritten recipes and clips today, and found these. She was a wonderful baker and cook. She also knit, sewed and crocheted. I show a slide of her and Grandma Alessio at the beginning of my shows, and discuss how the recipes and programs make me feel closer to their memories.
Now these recipes are a bit mysterious - remember I typed them in exactly as I found them. Also the BBQ Beef has no BBQ sauce, but I know it's delicious.
I've been looking at several binders and recipe boxes of handwritten recipes for a new freelance project lately. Do you have one gathering dust from your family? These things are filled with treasures.
‘Plain Cake’ 400 for (no minutes written)
1 ¼ cups sugar
½ cup butter
Cream those two well.
1 cup milk
2 ¼ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Last break 2 eggs in batter and beat well. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Makes 2 layers
1 ¼ cups sugar
½ cup butter
Cream those two well.
1 cup milk
2 ¼ cups flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
Last break 2 eggs in batter and beat well. Add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Makes 2 layers
Barbecued Beef
Six servings
½ cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon of fat or oil
1 ½ lbs. ground beef
½ cup chopped celery
¼ cup chopped green pepper
1 bottle (14 oz.) catsup
1 cup of water
½ cup of tomato paste
1 teaspoon each; prepared mustard, salt, and brown sugar
¼ teaspoon of celery salt
Cook onions in fat for five minutes. Add beef and cook about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered about 45 minutes.
Six servings
½ cup chopped onions
1 tablespoon of fat or oil
1 ½ lbs. ground beef
½ cup chopped celery
¼ cup chopped green pepper
1 bottle (14 oz.) catsup
1 cup of water
½ cup of tomato paste
1 teaspoon each; prepared mustard, salt, and brown sugar
¼ teaspoon of celery salt
Cook onions in fat for five minutes. Add beef and cook about 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add remaining ingredients and simmer uncovered about 45 minutes.
1 comment:
So many projects, so little time. I'd love to catalogue all those old recipes I have. Including the ones I have handwritten myself at the start of my cooking journey. I 'get' the BBQ beef, that mix of catsup (ketchup) brown sugar and mustard gives a gorgeous sticky sauce just like bbq. Thanks for sharing.
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