Being as this thread was started by somebody called "SausageMaker", I thought it would be fun to offer a couple recipes on that line from a 20 year old cook book, authored by a western Canadian Mennonite Church, with the "inputs" coming from people well into their '60's (and of course, there's a plethora of desserts, veggies and all in the book...) Mind, many of these people have since passed away, but you get an idea of what "pioneering cooking" was like...
Anyways...
Head Cheese
Pork Head
Pork hocks
Tongue
Heart and extra rinds (skin)
2 lbs ground beef
Clean pork head, remove bristles, ears, eyes, jaws and bones of nose, and then cook with hocks, tongue heart and beef. Cook the rinds in a separate container. When well done, remove meat from bones and grind all through a fine plate. Mix well, adding a bit of the meat juice, some salt, some pepper ...put in a cloth bag and press down into a baking pan to rid the mass of extra fat.
Refridgerate.
When cold, cut into big pieces, and make a mixture of 2 cups water and one cup vinegar; bring to a boiol, cool, pour over meat, and let stand in a crock for five days. Seve with raw onion and vinegar for supper, or heat and serve with fried potatoes...
BBQ Meatballs
2 cups soft breadcrumbs
1/3 cup milk
1 tbspn soya sauce
1/2 tspn garlic powder
1/4 tspn onion powder
1 lb ground beef
Combine first 5 ingredients and mix, then add beef. Make one inch meatballs and bake on cookie sheet for 35 minutes at 350 degrees F
Sauce
1/2 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
2 tbsp margerine
1 can condensed tomato soup
2 tbsp brown sugar
1 tbsp vinegar
1 tbsp Worcestshire
1 tspn prepared mustard
dash of cayenne
Saute onion and pepper in margerine until tender, then add remainder of ingredients. Bring to a boil and simmer 15 minutes, stirring occaisionally. Pout on baked meatballs and heat thoroughly. Made be made and frozen, with or without sauce, works well with macaroni.
Five Cup Salad
A cup of sour cream
A cup of flaked coconut
a cup of fruit cocktail (drained)
a cup o mandarin orange segments (drained)
a cup of minimarshmallows
mix well
refridgerate for a couple hours...and serve...
Variations...
Substitute yoghurt for the sour cream
Substitute maraschino cherries for the orange segments
Substitute fresh fruit cubes for fruit cocktail...
Anyways, do enjoy!
Lifter