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French's? Classic Burgers
Makes 6 Servings

prep 10 min.
cooking 10 min.

1 1/2 lbs. ground beef 1 1/2 lbs.
1/4 cup FRENCH'S? Classic Yellow? Mustard
1/2 teaspoon garlic salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
6 hamburger rolls


MIX ground beef, mustard, garlic salt and pepper. Shape into 6 hamburger patties.

GRILL burgers over medium-high heat until juices run clear (160?F internal temperature).

SERVE burgers on hamburger rolls with extra mustard.
Used with Permission from French's Kitchen
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I am also from Dubuque, Iowa. We retired to Arizona several years ago, but I will always be a Dubuquer. There was a place in town where we could get our Turkey Dressing Sandwiches, they were delicious. This is a similar recipe I was given to me by my daughter. This recipe is for a large crowd, but could be cut down for a smaller group.

I appreciate your recipe newsletter. I have copied many of the recipes to my recipes folder, but it will take another lifetime to try all of them.
Julie

Turkey Dressing Sandwiches

2 Bags Brownberry Sage Dressing Mix
1 Stick Margarine
2 Med. Onions, Chopped fine
4 Stalks Celery, Chopped fine
1 tsp Pepper
1/2 tsp. Pepper
1/2 tsp. Salt
1 48 oz. Can Chicken Broth
1-10-12 lb. Turkey-(reserve turkey juice), Shred turkey

Over medium heat melt margarine, add celery & onions, cook until onions are translucent., add chicken broth & turkey juice. Add stuffing mix, shredded turkey & mix well. Keep warm covered in slow oven or Crock Pot until serving. mixture should be sticky. Add more chicken broth if it becomes dry. Serve hot on buttered buns. Makes enough for 50-75 sandwiches, depending on bun size. Can be frozen & reheated later. This recipe can use up your leftover turkey, also.
Julie
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Old Fashioned Recipes - Pancakes/Waffles Recipes
Rice Griddle Cakes
Graham Griddle Cakes
Cornmeal Griddle Cakes from 1918
Apple Pancakes
Buckwheat Griddle Cakes

Old Fashioned Recipes - Chicken and Noodle Recipes
Chicken and Rice Soup
Chicken Pie
Chicken Pot Pie

Old Fashioned Recipes - Salad Recipes
Kraut Salad
Lemon Jell-O with Red Hots
Pineapple Jello Salad

Mom is looking for the spice company that was posted on your site. The company was located in Tennessee. She thought they had good prices and wanted to restock with new spices.

Also, there was discussion about electric mixer beater blades that scraped the side of the bowl as it worked. (Christmas Gift Idea) Need to know where to order them please.

Mom is also finding it hard to find recipes for Thai food that doesn't call for the truly exotic spices...anyone out there that can help it would be appreciated. Cousin is trying to work, take classes, keep house, and start her own business at the same time. Mom wants to help by cooking for the couple or making simple things that they can heat up and eat (you know, homemade TV dinners). They love Thai, and lean toward being vegetarians, ugh. Personally, wondered if anyone had a truly great Russian Tea mix that you just add water and heat...looking forward to cool days and thought it also would make a great "sharing" gift for others.

Oh, and please let Jim in Texas know that I went and got the MasterCook computer program for mom and myself so we ready to request a Jim Jubilee CD special. Please let us know how to obtain a copy. And Jim, you never knew how many friends you have, until you buy a cottage by the lake!

Nancy, have you thought of a "picnic on the ground" (with all your friends bringing some of the wonderful recipes) and just meeting at a park or somewhere (Jim, here is your opportunity to cook for a LOT of people). Plan it in the Spring time, we could plan for a getaway weekend to Texas and boost the American economy! Make it the official "Nancy Day"!

Back to work and thanking the Lord it's Friday. Thanks to all of your readers/contributors too!
Sincerely,
Gloria Dixon

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Easiest Pie" recipe sent by Teresa in SC (Sept. 21 newsletter) I baked this Tuesday and was very surprised how good it was. For a quick and easy dessert for drop in company, this is the answer. Of course, you don't have to wait for company.
PatZ in Texas

Hi Nancy,
Apples, apples, apples galore. Great crop this year. I also have a huge crop of Jalapenos, so I'm making my oldest son a batch of Jalapeno and Apple Jelly.

Yesterday I took time out to try Dianne in Wisconsin's Crockpot Caramel Rice Pudding , did you miss something from the recipe? I cut the raw rice down to 2 cups, we like a nice moist pudding and I thought that 3 cups was way too much. Followed the rest of your recipe, had to add half a pint of milk after an hour, even with the couple of alterations and turning the cooker off, it turned out to be completely inedible.
Sylvia <Scotland>

Hi Nancy and all 'Landers!

I made the Party Size Crunchy Onion Chicken Tenders tonight for dinner with mashed potatoes and a shared avocado. I made some changes to the chicken recipe. This is the original recipe:

Party Size Crunchy Onion Chicken Tenders Redone
Makes 8 Servings

prep 10 min.
cooking 15 min.

(3 cups) FRENCH'S? Original or Cheddar French Fried Onions 6 oz. can
1/4 cup flour
2 lbs chicken tenders .
2 eggs, beaten

CRUSH French Fried Onions with flour in plastic bag. DIP chicken tenders into egg; coat in onion crumbs. BAKE 15 min. at 400?F until chicken is cooked. SERVE with French's Honey Mustard and Spicy Buffalo Ranch Dip.

and here is my version:

Party Size Crunchy Onion Chicken Tenders
serves 2

(1 ? cups) FRENCH'S? Original or Cheddar French Fried Onions 6 oz. can
1/8 cup flour
1/2 lbs chicken tenders .
1 egg, beaten

CRUSH French Fried Onions with flour in plastic bag. DIP chicken tenders into egg; coat in onion crumbs. BAKE 15 min. at 400?F until chicken is cooked.

What I found out is that I should have dipped the tenders in the egg, then flour, then the crushed onions. The coating had a tendency to fall off the chicken. I also pan fried them in an electric skillet in a small amount of canola/olive oil. I have made chicken in the oven before and it turned out very dry. Ours was very tender and juicy! If you notice, we did not use a dip. It was not needed.
Chris in NM

Hi Nancy. Think I've got a 'relative' of Dianne in Wisconsin's old time potato recipe. And she's right, they're really good.

Grated Creamed Potatoes
an old fashioned goody to make in advance

3 baking potatoes
1 to 1 1/8 c. heavy whipping cream
Salt & coarse pepper

Cook potatoes in their skins; cool, peel, & grate into a 1 1/2 qt. buttered casserole**, salting & barely dusting with pepper after each potato. Cover tightly with plastic wrap & chill 8 hours to overnight.

To bake, heat oven to 350?, pour cream all over potatoes, & bake 1 hour. **If using a clay or china baker, set at room temperature 20 minutes & start in a cold oven. This will hold, covered, for 15 minutes. Simple but excellent; several qualities make it a great company potato dish. Serves 4, if doubled, use a larger but not much deeper baker. Amazing with Swiss Bliss Baked Steak. Also Slow Cooker Short Ribs or any pork roast. Somebody deserves thanks, wish I remembered who.

I love the old dishes best too.
Marilyn in FL
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A cousin of mine sent this recipe to me. Sounded really good so thought I would share it with everyone. Take care and enjoy it.

Subject: Pineapple Pie
This is so easy even I can do it and it doesn't require baking! Also, it makes TWO pies! Yum!

Pineapple Pie

1 lg sugar free instant vanilla pudding
1 lg can crushed pineapple in juice
8 oz fat free sour cream
1 lg cool whip (12 oz)
2 ready made graham cracker pie crusts

in a bowl, sprinkle pudding mix over pineapple and stir until mixed (will be very thick). Add sour cream and cool whip and stir well. Pour into pie crusts and refrigerate at least two hours before serving.

See......told you it was easy! It's very light and not very sweet. That's why you can't stop eating it!
Enjoy! Ida
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For Vivian in Pa. In the recipe for Easy Microwave Fudge
from Wed. 7 Oct Newsletter, what do you do with the vanilla wafers? Do you crush them? Please give us some additional instructions.
Thanks, Sara in FL

This is a good recipe that my daughter's 4-H leader served a couple of years ago at a meeting. She served it with key lime tortilla chips, and had printed out the recipe for everyone ahead of time because she always received requests for the recipe once someone had tried it. Hope you all enjoy it!

Mango Papaya Salsa

2 ripe, firm mangoes
1 sweet onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1/2 green pepper, chopped
1 small jalapeno, seeded and minced
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 Tbsp. fresh lime juice
1 ripe papaya
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Tbsp. chopped cilantro
1 tsp. minced lime peel

Seed and peel the papaya, peel mangoes and cut flesh from pit-cut into 1/4 inch dice. Mix onions, peppers, garlic, lime peel, lime juice, cilantro, salt and pepper. Stir well. Add papaya and mango, toss gently. Chill covered at least 2 hours and up to 24 hours. Enjoy!
Jannan in Wellington, Ohio
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The turkey/chicken sandwich discussion of yesterday (Oct. 7) reminds me of a tasty sandwich served in a Worcester, Ma. deli in the 1990s called a Pilgrim Sandwich. Between 2 slices of your bread of choice was layered thin slices of turkey, a Tablespoon of gravy, dressing, and a small amount of jelled cranberries. The small amounts of gravy and cranberries moisten the sandwich to perfection! I love to make these sandwiches using leftovers anytime of the year.

Thanks for the most interesting food newsletter online!
Grandma T

Is there any chance someone would remember the ingredients for the body cream/lotion that was in the newsletter sometime ago. I remembered baby lotion and there was 2 other products, also need to know the amounts to be used. This is the greatest I have ever used and thought I saved it.

Thanks so very much to anyone who can help.
Duffy

I don't know about you good cooks, but I use a lot of Jiffy mixes. However, I add 1/4 cup of oil to the batter. I have found that whatever I make stays moist longer. If I don't add any oil, no matter how I wrap what I have made, it dries out too much before it is all eaten.
~Dar in IA~

Thanks to Dorie in Wisconsin for the mention of Tip-Nut website. I checked it out, subscribed, and know it will be a worthwhile one.

Thanks to Nancy for making this neat website available to us readers.

Here's a cake recipe for the season. This is especially for the ones who "think" they don't like pumpkin. Just give it a try.

Pumpkin Pecan Bundt Cake

1 (18 oz.) spice cake mix
1 cup canned pumpkin, (not pie filling)
1/2 cup vegetable oil
3 eggs
1/2 cup water
1/3 cup whole pecans
1 small pkg. instant vanilla pudding mix
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. butter flavoring

Mix all but pecans; beat at medium speed for 5 minutes. Grease bundt pan with Crisco and sprinkle with flour. Place pecans in bottom of pan. Pour in batter; bake 40-50 minutes in preheated 350 deg. oven. Let cool 10-15 min. Invert on wire rack. Then, add Carmel Icing.

Carmel Icing
1/3 cup brown sugar and 1/4 cup oleo
Bring to boil stirring constantly for 2 min.

Add
1/2 tsp. vanilla
2-3 tablespoons milk (Can use evaporated or regular milk)

Return to boil

Add
1 cup powered sugar

Beat with mixer for 30 seconds or till thick; Drizzle over cake. This hardens very quickly so observe the 30 seconds.

Suggestion... you may choose to use 1/2 cup of chopped pecans added to the batter instead of the whole pecans in the bottom of pan. Also, instead of icing, whipped cream garnish at serving time is another choice. However, the carmel icing makes this exceptionally pretty and festive.
Marvis in Texas
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Recently I used a recipe I have had for years.  I had forgotten how good it was.

Baked Chicken Breasts

4 chicken breast (skin removed)
1 can whole cranberry sauce
1/2 cup Catalina dressing
1/2 package dry onion mix

Arrange chicken breasts in greased 9 by 12 pan.  Heath cranberry sauce, Catalina dressing and dry onion soup mix. Cover and bake for 50 to 60 minutes in a 350 degree oven.

Note- This is very good.  I like to make 1/2 of the recipe for smaller portions.
Nancy Rogers 
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Vivian in Pa., I am a little confused with your instructions for your Easy Microwave Fudge recipe in the 10/7 newsletter. Do the vanilla wafers melt with the chocolate or do you crush them first? Help? Thanks!
Chris in NM

Nancy, my soup, Like a Restaurant Potato Soup, in the 10/7 newsletter was out of this world! DH says it is a keeper! The next time I make it I will have some good homemade bread with it! Chris in NM

These are great! Here ya go, Robbie In!

Fluffy Pumpkin Casserole

1 (29 oz.) can solid pack pumpkin
1/3 c. brown sugar
5 tbsp. margarine, melted
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. ground ginger
3 eggs, well beaten
1/2 c. cream or milk
2 tbsp. honey
1/2 c. walnuts, chopped

Mix pumpkin, sugar, margarine, salt, and spices in large bowl. Add eggs and cream; mix thoroughly. Spoon mixture into casserole dish. Drizzle honey on top. Sprinkle with walnuts. Bake at 375 degrees in preheated oven for 50 minutes or until slightly puffed. Serve at once. http://www.nancyskitchen.com
Chris in NM
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Pumpkin Dump Cake

4 eggs
1 1/2 cups sugar
1 can condensed milk
1 - (16-20 ounce) can pumpkin
1 tablespoon pumpkin pie spice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 yellow cake mix
1 1/2 stick margarine

Mix 4 eggs, 1 1/2 cups sugar, 1 can condensed milk, 1 can pumpkin, pumpkin pie spice & cinnamon. Pour into a dry 9 x 13 inch pan. Sprinkle the dry cake mix evenly over the top of the custard mix. Cut margarine into slices & lay them evenly over the cake mix. Bake at 350? for 1 hour. Top will be brown & custard set. Serve with whip cream.
http://www.nancyskitchen.com
Chris in NM
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These are great during Thanksgiving and Christmas!

Cranberry Kiss Cookies

1/2 cup margarine or butter
1 cup all-purpose flour
3/4 cup sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup quick cooking rolled oats
1 cup coarsely chopped cranberries
1/2 cup finely chopped walnuts
42 milk chocolate kisses

In a mixing bowl beat margarine or butter with an electric mixer on medium to high speed for 30 seconds or until softened. Add the flour, sugar, egg, vanilla and baking powder. Beat until thoroughly combined. Stir in oats, cranberries and nuts. Drop by round teaspoons onto a greased cookie sheet . Place a chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie. Bake in a 375 oven for 10 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove and cool on a wire rack. Makes 42 cookies.
http://www.nancyskitchen.com
Chris in NM
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Dear Nancy, it was such fun to read Sandy in Iowa's letter about the turkey or chicken sandwiches which are famous in Dubuque. I lived there for five years, 1970-1975. My husband worked for Tel Graphics the printing company the newspaper owned at that time. We considered our life their like a little Camelot. Enjoyed the area so much. We went to a wedding also and guess what they served? Thanks Sandy you brought back memories.
Dee Olsen in What Cheer

Enjoyed the Cheesy Lasagna for Two recipe yesterday... am wondering if anyone tried Alton Brown's Eggplant Pasta
which was featured on "The View" 10/06/09?? I am fascinated by how he turned the eggplant into noodles.
You can check it out on theview.abc.go.com.

Healthy Pumpkin Smoothie

Blend 1/2 c. canned pumpkin, 1/2 c. vanilla soy milk, 1/2 c. crushed
ice, 1 T. honey & 1 t. pumpkin pie spice.
Pour and drink! 162 cal., 0 chol.
Athena in DE
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Pumpkin from Hades Hot Pumpkin Relish

1 c. finely diced pumpkin
1/2 c. finely diced canned papaya
1/8 c. finely diced onion
1/2 clove minced garlic
1 T. cilantro
1/2 diced Habanero pepper
4 oz. juice from canned papaya

Combine all in bowl & cover. Set in frig overnight. Serve on
grilled or barbecued pork medallions.
( Source: World Championship Punkin Chunkin Cooking Contest)
Athena in DE
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This is for Marlene FL, who asked for my pumpkin butter recipe. I am not sending it as Chris had her recipe in the 10/7/09 newsletter and the 10/6/09 newsletter had a link for a pumpkin butter recipe that is on Nancy?s site. Barb Oh also had a great pumpkin butter recipe in the 9/4/09 newsletter that uses applesauce and apple juice. Marlene was also interested in apple butter recipes. Feel free to adjust the spices in the apple butter recipe to meet your taste. I have also made it using all white sugar and substituting half the sugar with Splenda.
Robbie In

Crockpot Apple Butter

4 Quarts peeled tart apples, finely chopped or thinly sliced
1 1/2 cups sugar
3/4 cup Brown sugar
2 3/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. ground cloves

Place apples in crockpot. Combine remaining ingredients and pour over apples. Cover and cook on high for 3 hours. Stir with a large spoon every hour. Reduce heat to low and cook 10-12 hours until mixture becomes thick and dark in color. Using a wire whisk, stir occasionally. Freeze or refrigerate. Can also be canned in sterilized jars.
Robbie In
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I have a miniature muffin pan and I was wondering how long you bake them. Is it the same as the big ones or is it different? If somebody knows could you please let me know? Thank you in advance.
Sharrie from MI

I have never heard of floured bacon, but I learned from my Mother-In-Law that to flour streak O' lean would make it a lots better. A lot more crispy. To be honest I didn't eat streak O' lean until I ate it this way.

It's surprising the hints you learn from this letter.
Thanks Nancy and Furry Friends.
Chris In GA 

Grilled Chicken Salad
Makes 4 Servings

prep 15 min.
cooking  10 minutes 

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