Ingredients:
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
2 cups water
1 tsp salt
1 tbs shortening
1/3 cup mollases
1 package yeast
5 cups flour (aprox)

Instruction:
1. Stir cornmeal into salted water
2. Mix well. Bring to boil stirring constantly. Lower heat and cook 5 minutes
3. Add shortening and mollasses. Cool to lukewarm.
4. Add yeast dissolved in 1/2 cup water
5 Add enough flour to make a stiff dough
6. Place in greased bowl until doubled
7 Bake at 400 degrees for 1 hour
Butter when removed from oven and cover with a cloth

Pearl

Ingredients:
1 cup seasoned stuffing mix
1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup evaporated milk
1 can mushroom soup
2 tsp worchester souce
1 tsp catsup

Instructions:
Prepare stuffing mix according to package directions. Mix ground beef with evaporated milk. Divide into 5 patties and flatten each with wax paper to form 6″ circle. Spoon stuffing into center of each circle. Draw edges over stuffing and seal. Place on a 1.5 quart casserole.

Combine soup, sauce, catsup and heat until bubbly. Pour over meat and bake uncovered at 350 for 45 to 50 minutes. Garnish with parsley.

Mom Carver

Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
1/2 cup chopped onion
1 can tomatoes
2 cups cooked rice
1 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
1 tsp chili powder
1/2 cup grated cheese
1 tsp paprika

Instructions:
Cook beef and onions until brown. Stir in next 5 ingredients and 1/2 the cheese. Arrange in pan and top with the rest of the cheese. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes.

Mom Carver

Ingredients:
1 lb ground pork
2 lbs ground ham
1 cup cracker crumbs
2 eggs
1/2 onion

Just enough milk to hold together. Mix and shape into loaf.

Then mix:
3/4 cup vinegar
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp dry mustard

Pour liguid over loaf and bake at 350 for 1.5 hours.

Serves 8-10

Mom Carver

Ingredients:
3/4 to 1 lb lean pork shoulder, ground
1 large onion (sliced thin and chopped coarse)
1 can B&B mushrooms
1 8 oz pkg finely cut noodles
1/2 lb grated sharp cheddar
1 cup tomato soup puree
1 garlic clove minced

Instructions:
Brown onion,garlic, mushrooms and pork. Cook noodles. Mix in tomato puree and most of your cheese. Using a large baking dish, layer your mixture and sprinkle generously with cheese. Bake 20-30 minutes at 375 until cheese is completely melted.

Serve with Italian bread spread with garlic butter.

Note: This is an old recipe from the prohibition. There was a famous chef called John Mosette who cooked in a cafe called Collissimos in Cicero, Ill. – a suberb of Chicago. Al Capone, John Dillinger and a lot of other notorious gangsters used to like this dish that John Mosette used as his special.

Mom Carver

Ingredients:
1 lb hamburger
2 slices bacon
1/2 cup chopped onion
3/4 tsp salt
1/4 tsp paprika
1 can mushroom soup
1 cup sour cream
Hot noodles; buttered

Instructions:
Brown beef and bacon (both crumbled) – add onions. Cook until tender, add seasonings and soup. Cook slowly 20 minutes. Add sour cream. Serve over hot buttered noodles.

Mom Carver

Ingredients:
2 cups brazil nuts
2 cups walnuts
2 cups almonds
1 13 oz can evaporated milk
4 eggs
1 stick butter
2 cups flour (plain)
1/2 tsp salt
1 Tb baking soda
1 Tb vanilla
2 1/2 cups sugar
2 tsp baking powder

Instructions:
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and beat well. Add flour, baking powder, salt, soda, nuts, milk alternately.

Grease and flour 3 cake pans. Add mixture evenly between the pans.

Bake at 375 – 25-30 mins.

Cut each cake in half (Should have 6).

Frosting:
1 box confectioners sugar
1 tsp vanilla
3 cups pecans crushed
1 stick butter
Add evaporated milk until right consistency. Frost each layer and top.

Mom Carver