Potatoes Supreme

Potatoes Supreme          

Vegetable        

7 boiled whole medium sized potatoes          

2 c. melted butter  

2 c. grated cheese 

1/3 c. green onions (cut in circles)

1 pint sour cream  

1/2 tsp salt       

1/4 tsp. pepper                                    

Boil potatoes until tender, but still firm.  (May be done the night before)  Cover & refrigerate.  Potatoes need to be completely cold to grate.  About an hour before serving, grate potatoes coarsely & mix with remaining ingredients.  Bake in 1 ½  qt. baking dish for 35 min. @ 350.                

Serves 6-8      

 Mom & Audrey Miller

Crabmeat Dip

Crabmeat Dip  

 

Appetizer        

 

1 lb. crabmeat 

3 (5 oz. containers cream cheese & chives)         

1/2 c. butter     

Worcestershire or Tabasco sauce to taste               

                                               

 

Mix all ingredients well .  Heat in a serving dish.  Serve surrounded by a variety of crackers.            10 min.

Serves a crowd           

 

Mom

Party Pink Pineapple Punch

Party Pink Pineapple Punch  

 

Drinks 

5 ¾  cups pineapple juice 

1 cup lemon juice    

1 cup sugar      

1 pint cranberry juice                            

2 qt. bottles gingerale          

                                                           

Chill all juices.  Combine all but gingerale.  Stir well to dissolve sugar. (perhaps, heat a cup of juice to dissolve sugar in)  Add gingerale just before serving.             

Makes 1 gallon

 

Mom

Golden Punch

Golden Punch  

 

drinks  

 

2 cups water    

1/4 cup Nestea

3 cups orange juice    

1 cup unsweetened pineapple juice 

1 cup lemon juice    

1/2 cup sugar   

1/4 cup grenadine         

1 28-oz. bottle ginger ale, chilled              

                                   

 

In 21/2 qt. bowl, combine water & Nestea Instant Tea: stir until dissolved.  Add orange, lemon & pineapple juices, sugar and grenadine; stir until sugar dissolves.  Chill.  Pour tea mixture into 41/2 to 5 qt. decorative bowl; add ice cubes or ice ring.  Before serving add ginger ale.  Garnish w/ halved fresh strawberries and orange slices, if desired.  Punch cups may be garnished with a whole strawberry or orange wedge slipped onto the rim.  (Nestea w/ lemon may be substituted for Nestea; omit 1/2 cup lemon juice.)    

22 (4oz.) servings

           

Mom

Vegetable Soup

Vegetable Soup

 

Soup   

 

8 cups water    

1 can (1lb.12 oz)tomatoes     

6 beef bouillon cubes  

1 c. chopped onion   

1 c. thinly sliced carrots 

1c.diced raw potatoes          

10 oz. pkg. frozen peas           

10 oz. froz. gr. beans  

10 oz. pkg.  frozen baby lima beans       

10 oz. pkg. frozen corn (white shoe peg is best)

1 Tbsp. salt,

1 bay leaf,

1/2 tsp basil,

(I add any leftover veggies from refrig.  I also add 1 pkg. froz. okra.)

1/4 tsp pepper 

 

                       

Combine ingredients in a large heavy pot Over meduim heat bring mixture to a boil.  Reduce heat and simmer for about 1 hour, or until vegetables are tender. Add meat as desired (shredded beef roast, chunks of baked chicken, or browned ground beef)    

 

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Iced Tea (brewed)

Iced Tea (brewed)         

 

drinks  

 

4 family size tea bags ( or 10 indiv.)  

2 Tbsp. orange juice (frozen concentrate, not diluted)      

2 Tbsp. lemon juice    

1 1/2 to 1 3/4 c. sugar

                                                                                                           

Pour 2 qts. boiling water over tea bags and steep for approx. 10-15 minutes.  Take out tea bags and add remaining ingredients.  Stir to dissolve.  Add ice or water to make 1 gallon.

 Mom

Instant Spiced Tea Mixture (Regular & Diet)

Instant Spiced Tea Mixture                 

  

2c. Tang          

1 c. Instant tea w/ sugar & lemon  

1 tsp. cinnamon           

1 tsp. allspice   

3/4 tsp. cloves             

 

Mix all ingredients & store in covered container.  Use 1-2 spoonfuls per mug of hot water.                                                                                        

 

DIET TEA                                                    

1/2 CUP DIET TEA                                                                                 

2 TUBS DIET TANG                                                   

1TSP. CINNAMON                                                   

1TSP.ALLSPICE                                                       

3/4 TSP. CLOVES                                                         

 Use 1/2 to 1 spoonful per mug hot water.

Christmas roll out cookies

Christmas roll out cookies      

 

cookies           

2/3 c. shortening (butter or marg.) 

1 1/4 c. gran. sugar   

2 eggs 

1 1/2 tsp. salt   

2 tsp. baking powder           

1 1/2 tsp. vanilla                                                                          

 

Cream shortening, sugar & eggs together til light & foamy.  Sift flour, salt & b. powder together.  Add to 1st mixture.. Add vanilla.  Mix until smooth.  Chill dough overnight (at least 2-3 hours). Roll to desired thickness on floured surface.  Bake in 350 oven 12 minutes.                                   

 Mom & Grammy

Down South BBQ

Down South Barbecue

meat

2 onions, sliced
4-5 pound pork roast
5-6 cloves
2 c. water
16 oz. bottle barbecue sauce
1 large onion, chopped

Put half of onions in bottom of crock pot then add meat & other ingredients with remaining onion on top. Cover & cook overnight or 8-12 hours on low. Remove fat & bone from meat. Put meat back in crockpot. Add onion and barbecue sauce. Cover & cook additional 3-5 hours on high or 8-12 on low, stirring 2 or 3 times. Serve from crock pot on large buns. crock pot

Mom

Cowboy Cookies

Cowboy cookies           

 

cookies           

 

1 c. shortening(1/2 crisco & 1/2 marg. or all of either)  

1 c. granulated sugar   

1 c. brown sugar (firmly packed)           

2 eggs 

2 c. quick rolled oats       

1 tsp. vanilla    

1 pkg choc.chips

6 oz size (1-2 c. depending on taste)   

1 c. chopped nuts                 

2 c. flour          

1 tsp. soda      

12 tsp salt                            

1/2 tsp baking powder           

 

Sift dry ingredients together (flour, soda salt, b. powder).    Cream shortening (but not as fine as for cake baking), add white sugar & mix well, then add brown sugar.  Add eggs one at a time.  Add dry ingredients, then rolled oats and vanilla.  Dough is very stiff.  Fold in by hand nuts & choc. bits.  Drop by scant tsp. for each cookie on baking sheet, not too close together as they flatten out and are very crisp.   

 

Bake 10-12 minutes @ 350.                                   

 

Mom & Grandmother