Showing posts with label Household hints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Household hints. Show all posts

Monday, October 27, 2008

Still Digging in the Box of Vintage Recipes



I am truly enjoying reading every scrap in this box of recipes. Today I will share excerpts from a magazine page clipped out. I have no idea of the age, except that it is pre-zip code (1962) The illustration looks to be Ward & June Cleaver-esque.

Cook's Corner appears to be a column in the American Family magazine. I wanted to share some of the fun helpful hints on the column.
l
Boil orange and lemon rinds in water for a short time and use the liquid in iced tea, lemonade, and fruit drinks. It costs nothing amd helps make a fine thirst quencher
l
Next time you make a single crust pie, try this with the left-over dough: Roll out flat; cover lightly with layer of crumbled cookies or cake; fikkiw wutg kayer of grated apple, sprinkling of raisins, a 1/2 teaspoon of cinnamon, on teaspoon sugar, 1/4 of a grated lemon rind. !/3 cup chopped nuts may be added if desired. Roll up dough, pinching eacg end closed; pierce in several placed with a fork, and bake along with your pie. Delicious served as a dessert, or with that morning cup of coffee.
l
I put a lollipop in the center of each popcorn ball when I make them. It gives the ball a handle for easier eating and it's a nice surprise for the consumer.
l
For something different- a delightful flavoring is obtained by placing a geranium leaf in the bottom of a cake tain and pouring the cake batter over it.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Vintage Recipe for Creamed Beans & a Helpful Hint

Well, this page in the show box had little notes scribbled all over it. The first is this recipe for Creamed Green Beans or Wax Beans.

Marie's Good Creamed Beans


¼ cup milk
¼ cup Mayonnaise
2 tbs Minced Onions
1 can Wax beans or Green beans



1 Drain beans and warm them up
2 Mix milk, mayo, and onion and pour over beans
3 Warm briefly and serve


Servings: 4
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Cooking time: 10 minutes

Serving size: 1 serving
Percent daily values based on a 1500 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients.


Now being the ever careful dieter that I try to be, the nutrition was calculated with skim milk, low-fat mayo, and minced onion flakes. If you rinsed the canned beans or cooked fresh beans, I am sure you could get that sodium level down, too!


Amount Per Serving
Calories 36.81
Calories From Fat (2%) 0.67
% Daily Value
Total Fat 0.09g 0%
Saturated Fat 0.03g 0%
Cholesterol 0.31mg 0%
Sodium 110.98mg 6%
Potassium 135.83mg 5%
Carbohydrates 8.73g 4%
Dietary Fiber 1.47g 8%
Sugar 2.31g
Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
Net Carbohydrates 7.26g
Protein 1.49g 4%


Also noted was a tip for removing grease spots from clothing. It says to simply place corn starch on spot, iron over starch, brush off and repeat until spot is gone.