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Beef Stew for Six
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BEEF STEW FOR SIX
By Mrs. Ralph W. Snyder, wife of the 1955 State Cattleman of the Year.
2 pounds mature beef, trimmed 6 or more small onions
of bone, fat and most of the 2 stalks celery in 1/4 inch slices
gristle, from chuck, round, shoul- flour
der, arm or rump. 1 tsp. sugar
1/4 pound kidney suet 1/8 tsp. summer savory
6 or more small potatoes, or large 1/8 tsp. sweet basil
ones may be cut in cubes 1/4 tsp. thyme
6 small carrots, or 3 large ones cut 2 to 4 peppercorns
in 1-inch pieces 1 tsp. ground Jamaica ginger
2 tsp. salt
RECOMMENDED BY THE WASHINGTON COW BELLES
Compliments of the WASHINGTON CATTLEMEN'S ASS'N.
(See other side)
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Use a heavy pan provided with a tight cover, preferably a Dutch oven.
Fry the suet at a moderate temperature and remove the cracklings.
Cut the meat in one inch squares about 1½ inches long. Brown care-
fully on all sides in the rendered fat, not letting it get too hot. Dredge meat
with flour, sprinkle with 1 tsp. sugar and brown again. Add one pint of boiling
water, cover tightly, and simmer (no boiling) for one and ½ hours.
Peel the onions, hold them in scalding water for five minutes and drain.
Add to stew with the seasonings and other vegetables and simmer one hour
longer. If necessary more water can be added. If steam escapes, kettle is
too hot.
Taste and correct seasoning before serving.
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# Beef Stew for Six
*Recipe from the kitchen of Mrs. Ralph W. Snyder — 1955*
*Serves 6*
## Ingredients
- 2 pounds mature beef, trimmed of bone, fat, and most of the gristle, from chuck, round, shoulder, arm, or rump
- 1/4 pound kidney suet
- 6 or more small potatoes, or large ones cut in cubes
- 6 small carrots, or 3 large ones cut in 1-inch pieces
- 6 or more small onions
- 2 stalks celery, in 1/4-inch slices
- Flour (for dredging)
- 1 tsp. sugar
- 1/8 tsp. summer savory
- 1/8 tsp. sweet basil
- 1/4 tsp. thyme
- 2 to 4 peppercorns
- 1 tsp. ground Jamaica ginger
- 2 tsp. salt
- 1 pint boiling water (plus more as needed)
## Instructions
1. Use a heavy pan with a tight cover, preferably a Dutch oven. Fry the suet at a moderate temperature and remove the cracklings.
2. Cut the meat into one-inch squares about 1-1/2 inches long. Brown carefully on all sides in the rendered fat, not letting it get too hot.
3. Dredge the browned meat with flour, sprinkle with 1 tsp. sugar, and brown again.
4. Add one pint of boiling water, cover tightly, and simmer (no boiling) for one and one-half hours.
5. Peel the onions, hold them in scalding water for five minutes, and drain.
6. Add the onions to the stew along with the seasonings and other vegetables. Simmer one hour longer. If necessary, more water can be added. If steam escapes, the kettle is too hot.
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Oven Stew Short Ribs
OVEN STEW SHORT RIBS
By Florence Harting, Dayton, Washington, Past President of State Cow
Belles Association and wife of John Harting, a former Columbia County
Cattleman of the Year.
2 lbs. boned short ribs 4 carrots
or round steak Flour, salt, pepper, paprika
1 can small onions (garlic salt and Worcestershire
1 can small new potatoes sauce optional)
Cut beef in small pieces, roll in flour, and braise meat in small amount
of fat. Put in baking dish. Add flour to fat in braising pan, adding liquid
of onions and potatoes to make gravy.
RECOMMENDED BY THE WASHINGTON COW BELLES
Compliments of the WASHINGTON CATTLEMEN'S ASS'N.
(See other side)
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Some water may be necessary. Pour gravy over beef. Cover and bake
2½ hours at 325° F. Add whole canned onions and potatoes and sliced
carrots. Season. Bake 1 hour longer. Serves six.
(I like to bone some of the short ribs and freeze pieces cut in cubes
for stew.)
Short ribs are among the many Thrifty Beef Buys. You can easily
bone them out yourself and save money. They can be used many different
ways.
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# Oven Stew Short Ribs
*Recipe from the kitchen of Florence Harting, Dayton, Washington*
*Serves 6*
## Ingredients
- 2 lbs. boned short ribs or round steak
- 1 can small onions
- 1 can small new potatoes
- 4 carrots, sliced
- Flour
- Salt, pepper, paprika
- Garlic salt and Worcestershire sauce (optional)
- Fat (for braising)
- Water (as needed)
## Instructions
1. Cut beef into small pieces and roll in flour.
2. Braise meat in a small amount of fat. Transfer to a baking dish.
3. Add flour to the fat remaining in the braising pan. Add the liquid from the canned onions and potatoes to make a gravy. Add some water if necessary.
4. Pour gravy over the beef. Cover and bake at 325°F for 2 1/2 hours.
5. Add the whole canned onions, whole canned potatoes, and sliced carrots. Season with salt, pepper, paprika, and optionally garlic salt and Worcestershire sauce.
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French Fried Onion Rings
FRENCH FRIED ONION RINGS
3 Sweet Spanish onion
1¼ cups flour
½ teaspoon salt
⅛ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon sugar
2 eggs
1 cup milk
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Remove skins and slice onions ½-inch
thick. Separate into rings. Sift together
flour, salt, pepper and sugar. Beat eggs
until thick. Blend in milk and Worcestershire sauce. Add liquid to dry ingredients
and stir just until smooth.
Dip onion rings in batter. Fry a few at a
time in deep fat heated to 375 degrees.
Drain thoroughly on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt. Serve immediately, or keep
warm in oven. Serves 6.
To make whole slices: Remove skins
and slice ¼-inch thick. Dip into batter
and deep fry as for onion rings. Drain,
sprinkle with salt and serve immediately.
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# French Fried Onion Rings
*Serves 6*
## Ingredients
- 3 Sweet Spanish onions
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 1 tsp sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
## Instructions
1. Remove skins and slice onions 1/2-inch thick. Separate into rings.
2. Sift together flour, salt, pepper, and sugar.
3. Beat eggs until thick. Blend in milk and Worcestershire sauce.
4. Add liquid to dry ingredients and stir just until smooth.
5. Dip onion rings in batter.
6. Fry a few at a time in deep fat heated to 375°F.
7. Drain thoroughly on paper towels. Sprinkle with salt.
8. Serve immediately, or keep warm in oven.
### Variation: Whole Slices
1. Remove skins and slice onions 1/4-inch thick.
2. Dip into batter and deep fry as for onion rings.
3. Drain, sprinkle with salt, and serve immediately. -
Lyonnaise Potatoes / Noodle Kugel
Potatoes.
*The Week's Favorite Recipe
Lyonnaise Potatoes.
Cut potatoes into thin slices.
Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Have
a skillet ready with a thin layer
of fat, so hot that it throws off a
faint blue smoke. Cut up a few
onions, drop them into the hot fat
and cook until they begin to curl.
Add sliced potatoes to onions, keep-
ing fat to the blue-smoke temper-
ature. Turn the potatoes occasionally
as they brown. Lift them out with a
flat spoon and place on brown paper
to dry.
Noodle Kugel.
3 cups noodles
½ cup shortening
4 well beaten eggs
Salt—Pepper
METHOD: Cook noodles until ten-
der in rapidly boiling water. Drain,
then add eggs and seasoning. Line
muffin pans with bacon strips, fill
with noodle mixture and bake until
well browned in moderate oven.
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# Lyonnaise Potatoes & Noodle Kugel
## Lyonnaise Potatoes
### Ingredients
- Potatoes, thinly sliced
- Salt and pepper
- Fat (for frying)
- Onions, cut up
### Instructions
1. Cut potatoes into thin slices. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
2. Have a skillet ready with a thin layer of fat, so hot that it throws off a faint blue smoke.
3. Cut up a few onions, drop them into the hot fat and cook until they begin to curl.
4. Add sliced potatoes to onions, keeping fat at the blue-smoke temperature.
5. Turn the potatoes occasionally as they brown.
6. Lift them out with a flat spoon and place on brown paper to dry.
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## Noodle Kugel
### Ingredients
- 3 cups noodles
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 4 eggs, well beaten
- Salt
- Pepper
- Bacon strips (to line muffin pans)
### Instructions
1. Cook noodles until tender in rapidly boiling water. Drain.
2. Add eggs and seasoning to the drained noodles and mix.
3. Line muffin pans with bacon strips.
4. Fill lined muffin pans with the noodle mixture.
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Bread & Butter Pickles
Bread & Butter
pickles
1 doz cucumbers
sliced
1/2 " small onions
sliced
Salt lightly and
let stand 1 hr.
Rinse in cold water
and drain well.
Make a brine of the
following:-
2 C sugar
1 C vinegar
1/2 C. water
1/2 tsp turmeric
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1 tsp mustard
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp celery seed.
add cucumbers &
onions. let come to
a boil and seal in
hot jars.
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# Bread & Butter Pickles
## Ingredients
- 1 dozen cucumbers, sliced
- 1/2 dozen small onions, sliced
- Salt (for salting)
### Brine
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup vinegar
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/2 tsp turmeric
- 1 tsp mustard
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1 tsp ginger
- 1 tsp celery seed
## Instructions
1. Slice cucumbers and onions.
2. Salt lightly and let stand 1 hour.
3. Rinse in cold water and drain well.
4. Make a brine of the following: sugar, vinegar, water, turmeric, mustard, cinnamon, ginger, and celery seed.
5. Add cucumbers and onions to the brine.
6. Let come to a boil.
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Green Tomato Pickles
Green Tomato Pickles
Slice 1 pk green tomatoes
and 6 large onions pulled
& sliced, place in layers in
a stone jar, sprinkling each
layer with salt, using 1 C in
all & covering with a large
plate & on this put a weight
so that the juice will form a
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brine to come up over the
vegetables. Let remain overnight.
In the morning drain - thoroughly
dissolve 2½ lbs. brown sugar
in 1 qt of pure vinegar, in a
porcelain kettle, add 1 tb sp each
of cinnamon & allspice - 2 tbsp
mace & tsp of clove & spice tied
into a muslin bag. & cook until
vegetables are tender.
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# Green Tomato Pickles
*Yield: approximately 6 to 8 pint jars*
## Ingredients
- 1 peck (approximately 10 to 12 lbs) green tomatoes, sliced
- 6 large onions, sliced
- 1 cup pickling salt (for layering)
- 2 1/2 lbs (approximately 5 cups) brown sugar
- 1 qt pure white vinegar
- 1 Tbsp ground cinnamon
- 1 Tbsp ground allspice
- 2 Tbsp mace
- 1 tsp whole cloves
## Instructions
### Day 1 — Salt Draw
1. Slice green tomatoes and onions.
2. In a large stone jar or crock, layer tomatoes and onions alternately, sprinkling each layer with salt — 1 cup total distributed across all layers.
3. Place a large plate directly on top of the vegetables and weight it down so the juice is pressed out and rises up over the vegetables as a brine.
4. Let stand overnight.
### Day 2 — Cook and Can
1. Drain vegetables thoroughly in the morning.
2. Tie cinnamon, allspice, mace, and cloves in a double layer of muslin or cheesecloth to form a spice bag.
3. In a large non-reactive pot (porcelain, enameled, or stainless steel), dissolve brown sugar in vinegar over medium heat.
4. Add spice bag and drained vegetables.
5. Cook until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally.
6. Remove spice bag.
7. Pack vegetables into sterilized jars using a slotted spoon.
8. Ladle hot syrup over vegetables, filling to within 1/4 inch of rim.
9. Wipe jar rims clean, apply lids and bands, and seal.
10. Process in a boiling water bath for 10 minutes (pint jars) according to current canning guidelines. -
Pickle Chips
Chips
40 cucumbers 7 large onions
stand in salt water 4 hrs drain
4C white vinegar 2C. water
1½ C sugar 2 tsp celery seed
2 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp ground ginger boil 3 min
together
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# Pickle Chips
*(Bread and Butter Style)*
*Yield: approximately 15 to 20 pint jars*
## Ingredients
### Vegetables
- 40 medium cucumbers, sliced 1/4 inch thick
- 7 large onions, thinly sliced
- 1/2 cup pickling salt per gallon water (for brine soak)
### Pickling Syrup
- 4 cups white vinegar
- 2 cups water
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 tsp celery seed
- 2 tsp mustard seed
- 1 tsp ground ginger
## Instructions
1. Slice cucumbers 1/4 inch thick and onions thinly.
2. Place cucumbers and onions in a large bowl or crock. Cover with cold salt water (1/2 cup pickling salt per gallon water). Let stand 4 hours.
3. Drain cucumbers and onions thoroughly. Rinse briefly and drain again.
4. Combine vinegar, water, sugar, celery seed, mustard seed, and ground ginger in a large pot. Bring to a boil and boil together 3 minutes.
5. Add drained cucumbers and onions to the hot brine. Heat through until just beginning to simmer — do not boil.
6. Pack cucumbers and onions into sterilized jars.
7. Pour hot brine over vegetables, filling to within 1/4 inch of rim.
8. Seal jars while hot. Process in a boiling water bath according to current canning guidelines. -
Quick Deep-Fried Onion Rings
QUICK DEEP-FRIED
ONION RINGS
Sweet Spanish onions
1 cup complete pancake mix
1 cup beer or milk
Remove skins and slice onions ¼ to ½
inch thick. Dip onion rings in batter and
fry in deep fat at 375 degrees until golden
brown. Drain, sprinkle with salt or grated
or:until golden brown. Drain, sprinkle
with salt or Parmesan cheese.
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# Quick Deep-Fried Onion Rings
## Ingredients
- Sweet Spanish onions
- 1 cup complete pancake mix
- 1 cup beer or milk
- Salt or Parmesan cheese, to taste
## Instructions
1. Remove skins and slice onions 1/4 to 1/2 inch thick.
2. Dip onion rings in batter.
3. Fry in deep fat at 375 degrees until golden brown.
4. Drain and sprinkle with salt or Parmesan cheese. -
Hungarian Stew
Hungarian Stew
6 Pork chops
6 tb sp uncooked rice
1½ C tomatoes
¼ tsp pepper
2 onions
2 c. water
Sear the pork chops in hot
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frying pan. Place in a
buttered casserole and put
1 tb sp uncooked rice on each
chop. Slice onions on top.
Sprinkle with salt + pepper
and pour tomatoes + hot
water over chops. Bake for 3 h.
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# Hungarian Stew
## Ingredients
- 6 pork chops
- 6 Tbsp uncooked rice
- 1 1/2 cups tomatoes
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 2 onions
- 2 cups water
- Salt, to taste
## Instructions
1. Sear the pork chops in hot frying pan.
2. Place in a buttered casserole and put 1 Tbsp uncooked rice on each chop.
3. Slice onions on top.
4. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
5. Pour tomatoes and hot water over chops.
6. Bake at 300F for 3 hours. -
Quickie Pickle
Quickie Pickle
2 medium cucumbers ½ c. sugar.
3 " onions
½ c. white vinegar ½ tsp salt.
Do not peel cucumbers, score them
lengthwise with tine of fork. Slice
paper thin. Slice onion, separate
into rings. Combine with cucumbers
combine vinegar & sugar salt. Stir
over low heat until sugar dissolves.
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Bring to a boil. Pour over cucs &
onions. Chill, recipe 6 hr 8 serving
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# Quickie Pickle
## Ingredients
- 2 medium cucumbers
- 3 onions
- 1/2 cup white vinegar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
## Instructions
1. Do not peel cucumbers; score them lengthwise with tine of fork. Slice paper thin.
2. Slice onions and separate into rings. Combine with cucumbers.
3. Combine vinegar, sugar, and salt. Stir over low heat until sugar dissolves.
4. Bring to a boil. Pour over cucumbers and onions.
5. Chill. Recipe makes 6–8 servings. -
French Fried Onions / Cherry Pie
CUT HERE FOR FILING
Additional
RECIPES
FOR ARMOUR'S FEBRUARY
"MEAL OF THE MONTH"
★ FRENCH FRIED ONIONS
3 large Bermuda onions 3/4 teaspoon salt
1 cup flour Star Lard for frying
1 1/3 cups milk
Mix flour and salt and stir in milk to form a
very thin pour batter. Cut onions in 1/4-inch
slices and separate into rings. Dip each ring
in batter and fry in deep Star Lard heated to
365° to 375° F. Drain on absorbent paper.
Serve piping hot.
★ CHERRY PIE
2 cups pastry flour 2 tablespoons Cloverbloom
1 teaspoon salt Butter
1/2 cup Star Lard 4 tablespoons flour or
6 tablespoons ice water minute tapioca
2 cups drained cherries 3/4 cup sugar
1 cup juice from cherries
Crust: Sift flour and salt. Cut in lard with two
knives or pastry blender. Add water gradually,
pressing the dough together. Chill. Divide and
roll out in 2 circles to fit pie pan. Fit lower
crust to pan, sprinkle lightly with a little
flour and add the hot filling. Cover with top
crust, crimp edges, cut holes in top crust to
allow steam to escape and bake at 425° F. for
20 minutes. Turn oven to 350° F. and bake an
additional 20 minutes.
Filling: Mix sugar and flour or tapioca. Add
juice and butter and bring to a boil. Add
cherries and pour into pie shell.
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ARMOUR'S STAR BACON
A mild, sweet bacon with the deli-
cious flavor that makes it preferred
by American appetites. Buy it sliced
—wrapped in cellophane or in the
convenient nu-pack carton.
fixed flavor!
Celebrating
ARMOUR'S 70TH
ANNIVERSARY
ARMOUR AND COMPANY
Makers of Star Ham, Star Bacon, Texturated Star Lard and Other Fine Foods
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# French Fried Onions & Cherry Pie
*Additional Recipes for Armour's February "Meal of the Month"*
## French Fried Onions
### Ingredients
- 3 large Bermuda onions
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/3 cups milk
- 3/4 tsp salt
- Star Lard for frying
### Instructions
1. Mix flour and salt and stir in milk to form a very thin pour batter.
2. Cut onions in 1/4-inch slices and separate into rings.
3. Dip each ring in batter and fry in deep Star Lard heated to 365° to 375°F.
4. Drain on absorbent paper.
5. Serve piping hot.
## Cherry Pie
### Crust Ingredients
- 2 cups pastry flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup Star Lard
- 6 Tbsp ice water
### Filling Ingredients
- 2 cups drained cherries
- 2 Tbsp Cloverbloom Butter
- 4 Tbsp flour or minute tapioca
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup juice from cherries
### Instructions
1. Sift flour and salt. Cut in lard with two knives or pastry blender.
2. Add water gradually, pressing the dough together. Chill.
3. Divide and roll out in 2 circles to fit pie pan.
4. Fit lower crust to pan, sprinkle lightly with a little flour and add the hot filling.
5. Cover with top crust, crimp edges, cut holes in top crust to allow steam to escape.
6. Bake at 425°F for 20 minutes. Turn oven to 350°F and bake an additional 20 minutes. -
Bake Beans
Bake Beans - Kay Winter
Pour pork n' beans into dish or
pan to about 3" (at least) deep.
Cover completely with thin sliced
onions. Then cover completely with
bacon strips (I cut strips in half).
Last - add brown sugar on top -
use lots of brown sugar. Bake
350° for 4-6 hours. Watch so
they don't dry out. I find that
(over)
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4 hours is usually
plenty of time. If your oven
is hot - use 325°.
These are so good &
so easy. Enjoy!
Just layer & bake!
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# Bake Beans
## Ingredients
- Pork and beans (enough to fill dish or pan to at least 3" deep)
- Thin sliced onions (enough to cover completely)
- Bacon strips, cut in half (enough to cover completely)
- Lots of brown sugar
## Instructions
1. Pour pork and beans into a dish or pan to about 3" (at least) deep.
2. Cover completely with thin sliced onions.
3. Then cover completely with bacon strips (cut strips in half).
4. Last, add brown sugar on top — use lots of brown sugar.
5. Bake at 350° for 4–6 hours. Watch so they don't dry out.
6. 4 hours is usually plenty of time. If your oven runs hot, use 325°.