The Allen Princess Money Saving Cook Book (1949)

 

A few delicious recipes from The Allen Princess Money Saving Cook Book, published in 1949 by Allen Manufacturing Company, Inc. of Nashville, Tennessee.

Cold Weather Stews & More

 

These newspaper clippings were left in a copy of Worcester Evening Post Prize Cook Book by a previous owner. The recipes for Burgoo and Dutch Chestnut Soup caught my eye, as did Mexican Ham (what makes it Mexican, I wonder).

Spiced Pot Roast with Ginger Snap Gravy

Spiced Pot Roast with Ginger Snap Gravy

3-1/2 pounds pot roast (eye, round, top, or bottom round)

3 onions, large, cut in half

3 cups boiling water

12 ginger snaps

6 whole cloves

Brown quickly on all sides in a little dripping in a heavy pot. Add 1-1/2 cups water, onions, and cloves. Cover tightly and cook until tender, about 1 hour over a slow flame. Remove meat and discard cloves.

Ginger Snap Gravy

In remaining 1-1/2 cups boiling water dissolve 12 ginger snaps, add to stock remaining in meat pot and cook until thickened, stirring constantly.

Hide and Seek Salad

 

Hide and Seek Salad

1 gallon green tomatoes
1 dozen onions, medium size
1 gallon cabbage
1 dozen sliced green peppers
1/2 dozen hot green peppers
3/4 cup salt
6 cups sugar
2 tablespoons ginger
2 tablespoons dry mustard
1 tablespoon turmeric
1 tablespoon cloves
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1/2 gallon vinegar
1 tablespoon celery seed

Mix tomatoes, onions, cabbage, green peppers and hot green peppers; add salt, mix and let set for 2 hours, drain. Add sugar, ginger, dry mustard, turmeric, cloves, cinnamon and vinegar. Boil for 5 minutes, then add celery seed. Makes 7 quarts.

Hazel Drake's Casserole

I found this type-written recipe inside a copy of The Helena Woman's Club Home Economics Department cookbook. While the cookbook was published in 1923, I think is a bit more recent. Regardeless, it sounds absolutely delicious!