Onion-Beef Roulade

Whew ,it has been a long time since I have posted a main dish...so for todays recipe will not be one but two.......

these are from 1968....if anybody wanted to know...finally on a different year of the Kansas City Kansan`s Silver Spoon cookbook.

Onion-Beef Roulade
Mrs. Andrew Kuzila

8 minutes or cube steaks
instant unseasoned meat tenderized
16 green onions
3 Tablespoon flour
2 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 can or 1 envelope onion soup mix
1 1/2 cups boiling water

Moisten minute steaks and sprinkle with meat tenderizer, following label directions. ( If using cube steaks tenderizer is not needed). Trim green onions a little wider then steaks. place 2 on end of each steak; roll up, jelly rolls fashion and fasten with wooden picks. Sprinkle rolls with flour; brown in vegetable oil in large frying pan.
 Stir onion soup mix into boiling water and pour over steak rolls. Cover and simmer for 45 minutes or until meat is tender. Remove rolls from pan and keep warm while making gravy. Smooth remaining flour in a little water to make a paste; stir in onion mixture. Cook, stirring constantly until gravy thickens and boils 1 minutes. Arrange steak rolls on platter and spoon gravy on top.

Deep Dish Pie

This recipe calls for any pie filling, use whatever.....and is the last recipe from 1967 Silver Spoon Cookbook from the Kansan.

Deep Dish Pie
Mrs, R. E. Rice

1/2 stick margarine
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
3/4 cup milk
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 can prepared pie filing mix , any flavor

Melt margarine in baking dish. Mix sugar, flour, salt and baking powder. Add milk. Batter will be thin. Pour batter on margarine in baking dish. DO NOT STIR. Spoon pie filling on top. Try to distribute evenly, but do not spread. Bake 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

Date Torte

I have decided to finish off the rest of  1967 cookbook this week......so next week will start another year of Kansas City Kansan`s Silver Spoon Cookbook.

Date Torte
Mrs. R. E. Rice

1 cup dates, finley cut
1 teaspoon soda
1 cup hot water
1/2 cup butter
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup flour
1 Tablespoon cocoa
2 Tablespoon sugar
1 package chocolate chips
3/4 cup chopped nutmeats

Combine dates, soda and hot water. Let stand. Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs and date mixture. Sift flour with cocoa. Add to batter. Pour into 9 x 13-inch pan. Sprinkle with 2 Tablespoon sugar, chocolate chips and nutmeats. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Spoon Date Pudding

Here is a date recipe..... from 1967.

Spoon Date Pudding
Mrs. Floyd Page

1 cup sugar
1 cup flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
1 egg
1 cup pecans, chopped
1 cup dates, chopped
2 cups hot water
1 cup brown sugar
2 Tablespoon butter

Combine sugar, flour, baking powder and salt. Add milk, egg, pecans and dates. Mix well and pour into 8 x 12-inch greased pan. Combine hot water, brown sugar and butter. Boil 10 minutes and pour over batter. Bake 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Dip with spoon and top with whipped cream.

Wanda` Chocolate Cake

Here is another recipe using chocolate for those chocolate lovers out there.

Wanda`s Chocolate Cake
Lou Ann Carmean

2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon soda
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs, well beaten
1/4 pound margarine
1/2 cup shortening
4 Tablespoon cocoa
1 cup water

Mix flour and sugar. Melt margarine, shortening, cocoa and water. Bring to a boil. Add to flour and sugar. Add all ingredients except eggs and mix well. Add eggs and beat until smooth. Pour into 8 x 8-inch square pan. bake 30 to 45 minutes at 400 degrees. Serve warm with whipped cream.

Chocolate Pie

Who doesn`t like Chocolate!.....

Chocolate Pie
Mrs. Charles P. Becker lll

1 3/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup plus 1 Tablespoon cocoa
3 Tablespoon flour
2 1/2 Tablespoon cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks
1 3/4 cups milk
1 pastry shell

Mix dry ingredients in top of double boiler. Add milk. Cook, stirring constantly, until mixture starts to thicken. Beat egg yolks and add small amount of chocolate mixture. Add egg mixture to remainder of chocolate mixture in double boiler. Cook until thickened. Pour into baked pie shell. Top with meringue or whipped cream.

interesting fact about soup....

The word "restaurant" originally referred to soup rather than eating to an establishment. In the 18th century, Frenchman Boulinger, who sold soups to the public called them " magical restoratives" and the places where he sold soups came to be known as restaurants.