American Cooking
"So if any of you have got a good recipie for me id be reall grateful, Pumpkin pie, brownies, corn, meatloaf - we just dont have that here!!!! anything good id be Soooo grateful, I like to think of people when i cook - its much more intimate that the BBC food site!"
These are from a cookbook that is about as American as it can get, an American "icon"
BETTY CROCKER'S COOKBOOK
1978, 1979, 1981 General Mills Inc.
Golden Press/New York
Western Publishing Company Inc.
ISBN 0-307-09800-1 (ringbound), -0(wirebound), -2(casebound)
Since Pumpkin Pie, brownies, & meatloaf have been covered...
CORN
Corn Sesame SAute
Summer Succotash
Chili Corn
Tomatoed Corn
Scalloped Corn
Cheese Scalloped Corn
Corn Oysters
MACARONI & CHEESE
1-1 1/2 Cups uncooked elbow macaroni, rigatoni, or spinach egg noodles (about 6 ounces)
1/4 margarine or butter
1 small onion, chopped (about 1/4 cup)
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1/4 cup all purpose flour
1 3/4 cup milk
8 ounces process sharp Ameircan or Swiss cheese, process American cheese loaf or process cheese spread loaf (Velveeta or equivalent to us Americans)cut into 1/2 inch cubes.
Cook macaroni until tender. Cook and stir margarine, onion, salt, pepper over mediumheat until onion is slightly tender. Blend in flour. Cook over low heat, stirring constatnly, unti, until mixture is smooth and bubbly; remove from heat. Stir in milk. Heat to boiling, stirring constatnly. Boil and stir 1 minute; remove from heat. Stir in cheese until melted.]]Place macaroni in ungreased 1 1/2 quart casserole. Stir cheese sauce into macaroni. Cook uncovered in 375 degree oven 30 minutes.
ADD-INS
GARDEN
Stir in 1 package (10 ounces) frozen gren peas or green beans into cheese sauce.
HAM
Stir in 1 cup cut-up fully cooked smoked ham into cheese sauce
HOT DOG
Stir in 1 cup sliced frnakfurters (about 3) or cut-up luncheon meat into cheese sauce
OLIVE
Stir in 1/4 cup chopped pimento stuffed olives into cheese sauce
PEPPER
Stir in 1/3 cup chopped green and/or red peppers or 1 can (4 ounces) green chiles, drained and chopped, into cheese sauce
TOMATO
Stir in 1/4 cup sliced ripe olives into macaroni in casserole. Arrange 1 large tomato, cut into 5 slices, around edge of casserole before cooking
TUNA
Stir 1 can (6 1/2 ounces) tuna, drained, into cheese sauce
TOASTY TUNA CASSEROLE
12 slices sandwich bread, toasted, crusts removed
1 can (6 1/2 ounces) tuna, drained
1 small onion, chopped (about 1/4 cup)
1/4 cup mayonnaise or salad dressing
6 slices process American cheese
1 pkg (10 ounces) frozen mixed vegetables or 1 pkg (10 ounces)frozen chopped chopped broccoli, thawed
1 can (10 3/4 ounces) condensed cream of celery soup
1/4 cup milk
1/4 tsp salt
Arrange 6 slices toast in ungreased oblong baking dish, 12 x 7 1/2 x 2 inches or oblong pan, 13x9x2. Mix tuna, onion, and mayonnaise; spread over toast in dish. Top each slice of toast with 1 slice cheese; place remaining slices toast on cheese.
Mix remaining ingredients; pour on center of toast, spreading to within 2 inches of edges. Cook uncocvered in 350 degree oven until hot and bubbly, 25-30 minutes.
CHICKEN A LA KING
1 can (4 ounces) mushroom stems and pieces, drained (reserve liquid)
1 small green pepper chopped (about 1/2 cup)
1/2 cup margarine or butter
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 tsp salt
1/4 tsp pepper
1 1/2 tsp instant chicken bouillion
1 1/2 cups milk
2 cups cut-up chicken or turkey
1 jar (4 ouncesP whole pimiento, chopped
toast, hot mashed potatoes, waffles, cooked rice, or noodles
Cook and stir mushrooms and greenpepper in margarine over medium heat 5 minutes; remove from heat. Blend in flour, salt, pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly, remove fromheat. Stir in instant bouillion, milk, water, and reserved mushroom liquid.. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in chicken and pimiento; heat through. Serve over toast.
I think the above is about as American as an old car jingle put it, "baseball, hot dogs, apple pie, and Chevrolet"
