Christmas treats
I just can’t wait for Christmas to come around again and the kitchen abounds with the cooking smells of Christmas pudding.
From My Mother’s Kitchen
Pancakes
I come from a time when tradition dictated that Friday was Pancake Friday. That meant we had pancakes for supper on Fridays. At the time,
Chicken a la king, fit for a king
Chicken a la king Ingredients 4 ounce medium noodles 1 can condensed cream of chicken soup 16-oz can Carnation evaporated milk 1 tsp salt 1-1/2
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Tasty Soups and Salads
Many people are doing more cooking and baking at home right now, and as well leaning more towards vegetables than meat. This week we will
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Homemade salads
Murray shares a variety of salads and dressings to make at home… Let me take you back to the 1940s when Mom did not rely
For the sweet tooth
Cranberry bread I love old-fashioned toasted raisin bread, but digging into some old recipes, I came across one for cranberry bread. Checking our cupboard, the
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Affordable harvested fish recipes
Murray serves up a number of cost-saving recipes for your harvested fish, including multiple chowder recipes Fish are one of the most healthy foods you
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They’re never “just desserts”
Some kids eat their meals just to get to the desserts. I can well remember when dear old Mom would tell me to eat my
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When home cooking wasn’t frozen in a box
Murray shares some “instant meals” for families from the 40s and 50s that don’t come from a box Chili con carne Now we are going
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Forgotten meals
Here are some old and mostly forgotten meals that still linger on my taste buds and I, once again, long to dig into the good
A real Canadian pancake breakfast
First of all, let’s return to the 1930s and make our pancakes in a real heavy iron pan. The pan is ready for the mixture
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There’s no cookin’ like home cookin’!
Murray’s old big stone house, back in St. Marys, Ontario, where cookies cooled on the window ledge every Saturday There is no dessert like a
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Cake recipes from the 1940s and ’50s
When you bake using basic ingredients, you know where they come from. Jump back 1/2 century and try your hand at these home-baked cakes.
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Old-fashioned tasty pancakes
As promised, this week’s recipe is from my Grandmother’s Kitchen and is on great pancakes of the 1920s. Remember, these are not ingredients from a
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Old-fashioned breads, old-fashioned taste from the 1920s
Bread recipes from the 1920s. Home-baked bread from Grandmother was a natural thing and you always knew what the ingredients were.
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Old-Fashioned Marmalades from Grandmother Davenport’s Recipes
INGREDIENTS Oranges Peaches Sugar METHOD Wash the oranges and then cut in half lengthwise. Place on a flat surface and cut into thin slices. Hold
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Old fashioned baked breads
If you are from the 1930s and ‘40s, you may still long for those old-fashioned baked breads of all different tastes. You will also know
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Hints about cooking from the 1950s
Back in the early days of the 1940s and ’50s we made most desserts at home. Here are some of great hints for how to enhance your home baking:
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Chicken out on the wing
One thing about chicken … just about anywhere you travel, you can bet you will find a thousand different recipes to match just about any taste.
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Chicken Galore
Travelling back into time to the 1950s you would see some great old cars, but we would like to bring the cherished food recipes from the ’50s forward to 2017. Here are some great old fashioned, tasty recipes. We hope you will try them and enjoy.
Fish soups to warm the stomach
Newfoundland Oyster Soup Ingredients 1 cup milk 8 oysters 2 Tbsp soda cracker crumbs ¼ tsp. salt 1 Tbsp butter A touch of pepper Method
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Mushrooms From the Open Fields
As a youngster back in the 1950s, one of our responsibilities was to go out in the open fields and pick fresh mushrooms – and
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Old time treats
Back in the 1930s and 40s mom baked her own goodies and desserts. They tasted far better than the modern off-the-shelf desserts.
Mmmmm! Sweet, Delicious, Bread
If you like homemade bread, then let me take you back to my mother’s kitchen, back to the 1950s.
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Homemade Treats
Having grown up in the 1930 and 40s, I was used to homemade food such as pancakes, bread and fresh-from-the-garden homemade soups. Nothing was prepared in
Warming Fall Recipes
Flemish Beef Stew, Baked Pork Chops, Hot Pot Luck and more!
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Good Ol’ Comfort Food
Baked Fish and Vegetables 4 large mushrooms, sliced 1 cup peas 2 chopped white onions 1 cup string beans 2 tomatoes chopped 1 cup shredded
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Fish Chowder
When out on a day’s fishing and you don’t catch one of those big clunkers, don’t be dismayed. You can make a great chowder with
Cookies
My mother was a master cook sent down from heaven, and as she looks down upon me, I think back to the 1930 and 40s.
Muffinize Your Snack Time
Muffins are not only a treat, but a very healthy treat – especially when you bake them with fresh fruit. Here are some tasty muffin
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Wonder What to do with a Pike?
Pike Chowder Supreme This will take some time, but it is time well spent. Ingredients: 1 pound of freshly caught pike fillets, cut into stew-size
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For the Love of Potatoes
Let’s go back in time, say 60 some years ago. Potatoes in those days, in my mother’s kitchen, were an everyday vegetable and cooked in
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Desserts
Apple Crisp Cake: 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar 1 ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 2 eggs 1 ½ cups
Pizza, Ribs and Lasagna
Mini Biscuit Pizzas 1 lb ground beef ½ lb lasagna noodles two 6 oz. cans of tomato paste 1½ cups hot water
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