Herself's Recipes

Grandma’s Collected Recipes

1 cup sugar
1/2 cup shortening
1 can tomato soup
2 cups flour
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp each nutmeg, cinnamon and clove
2 eggs beaten
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 cup raisins or dates

Blend together sugar and shortening
Add eggs and mix well
Add soup and mix
Mix flour, powder, soda, and spices and add to batter
Add nuts and raisins
Bake at 375 for 30 mins

Frosting
1 package cream cheese
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
Combine and mix well

I can’t date the paper my grandmother cut this out of, but on the back side is a movie time listing for ‘The Blob’ and ‘Thunder Road’

1/2 pound salt pork
1/4 cup olive oil
1/4 cup butter
3/4 pound onions, peeled and diced
1 pound lean beef, cut into small cubes
1/2 pound lean pork shoulder cut into small cubes
4 chicken livers, chopped fine
4 chicken gizzards, chopped fine
2 bay leaves
5 cloves garlic, mashed
1 tsp rosemary
1/2 tsp allspice
1 tsp pepper
5 pounds fresh tomatoes, chopped fine
1/4 pound carrots, grated
1/4 pound celery, minced
salt to taste
7 ounces tomato paste

Combine salt pork, olive oil, and butter in heavy pan and heat
Add onions and saute until clear

Add beef, pork, livers, gizzards and bay leaves
Cook over low heat 30 minutes stirring occasionally

Chop garlic and rosemary together and add to sauce along with allspice and pepper
Stir well and continue over low heat another 20 minutes
Cover and cook 5 minutes

Add tomatoes, carrots, celery and salt
Simmer over low heat another hour and a half stirring occasionally

Remove from heat and let cool 10 minutes

Strain sauce and put remains in food processor and grind fine then put it back into the sauce.

Add tomato paste, stir well and bring to a boil

**keeps well in freezer
I can’t date the paper my grandmother cut this out of, but on the back side is a Jordan Marsh Dress add, probably late 50s early 60s by the look of the dresses.