Herself's Recipes

I found two recipes for meat stuffing in my grandmother’s recipes, both are listed here

4 medium potatoes
1 small onion diced
1 Tbsp diced celery
1 tsp chopped parsley
1/4 ground beef
1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
1/4 pound butter
1 egg, beaten
1 tsp aromatic bitters
1/2 tsp salt

Peel and boil potatoes
Saute onions, celery and parsley, in a small amount of the butter, in large skillet Add meat to skillet and cook until done
Drain and mash potatoes with remaining butter
Combine all and mix well
Let stuffing cool before stuffing bird

2 1/2 pounds lean ground beef
2 medium onions diced
salt, pepper, poultry seasoning to taste
2 large potatoes
Simmer meat and onions together slowly until done
Boil and mash potatoes
Combine ingredients and cool before stuffing bird

I can’t date the paper my grandmother cut this out of, but on the back side is an add for a box of 24 Hershey Chocolate Bars for 85 cents.

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.