Notes about Recipes in this book

• Cranberry-orange nut bread

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    My verdict from decades ago: "delicious."

• Company beef and peaches

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    My verdict from decades ago: "Good--cook for less than the suggested 1½ hours."

• Italian-style meat stew

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    My verdict from decades ago: "Good. I simmered this one as long as 2½ hours, before the meat was finally tender. Made seven large servings."

• Beef-corn casserole

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    My verdict from decades ago: "Good. Cook the meat, onion and green pepper all at once, though--or else the meat gets overcooked."

• Polynesian supper

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    My verdict from decades ago: "delicious."

• Curried veal and vegetables

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    I no longer eat veal, but my verdict on this one from years ago was "good".

• Skillet veal loaf

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    I no longer eat veal, but my verdict on this one from years ago was "delicious".

• Chicken Polynesian style

  • whitewoods on May 01, 2023

    Had my doubts about this recipe before I even began. It's just that I was looking to use up an old can of ripe olives and this was one of the first main-dish recipes that I came across which looked fairly simple. I'll leave it at that. Don't bother making this, as it's not very good. Of course, I'm not going to throw it away. I'll still eat it, but I'm never going to make this one again. Also, not sure what makes this Polynesian--to me it seems closer to Chinese chow mein.

• Two-layer salmon-rice loaf

  • whitewoods on November 17, 2019

    This was a weird little recipe from a weird cookbook. Well, I've made a couple of good things from this cookbook, but this recipe seemed very mid-20th-century American. Too rich and not palatable for modern tastes. And making a tomato sauce from canned tomato soup? Yuck. It wasn't very good. Unfortunately, I have a lot of leftovers. I'm sending two portions home with Mom. She eats anything. LOL. *Edit. Another recipe that was much better at the leftover stage. Not sure why with this one. I don't think it was a case of flavors melding more in this loaf. I think perhaps the portion that I served up on the first night was just too large. But it actually made nice lunches during the rest of the week.

• Lentil-cheese supper

  • whitewoods on June 06, 2023

    It's edible. The cheese makes it palatable. Also, I wouldn't omit the parsley either. That helps too--it lightens it up a bit and makes it seem a little less dense/rich.

• Chilled macaroni supper salad

  • whitewoods on July 28, 2024

    I uploaded photo. This was pretty standard fare, with the luncheon meat and all. I layed it out as was recommended in the recipe. So the recipe gets bonus points for presentation. The protein makes for a nice filling macaroni salad though, and the pimientos added nice flavor.

• Orange-oatmeal cookies

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    Still delicious.

• Lumberjack cookies

  • whitewoods on January 19, 2019

    My verdict from decades ago: "good--taste like gingersnaps".