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Authors: Mignon F. Ballard
Augusta's Savory Fish Stew
4 cups mild fish
3 strips bacon
1 lb. can diced tomatoes
1 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 28 oz. can vegetable juice
½ lemon, sliced
1 large onion, chopped
5 or 6 small potatoes, peeled and diced
2 teaspoons salt (or to taste)
1 tablespoon hot sauce
2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon curry powder (optional)
Precook fish. Fry bacon in large pot. Remove bacon and save. Combine all ingredients except fish and bacon, bring to a boil, and simmer, uncovered, for 1 hour. Scoop out lemon and add crumbled precooked fish. Cover and simmer for an hour or more, topping servings with crumbled bacon. May be served over rice. Serves 6-8.
Orange Cranberry Scones
2 cups flour
½ teaspoon baking soda
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ cup sugar
grated rind of one orange (can use dried variety)
½ cup butter, chilled
½ cup buttermilk
½ cup dried cranberries
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Stir together flour, baking soda, salt, sugar, and orange rind. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse meal. Gradually stir in buttermilk until all ingredients are moistened and a dough forms. Turn out onto a floured surface and knead in cranberries. Roll out dough to
½
inch thickness and cut in rounds. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown, on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Makes about a dozen.
Grated Sweet Potato Pudding
2 fairly large raw sweet potatoes, peeled and grated (about 2 cups)
1 cup sugar
¾ cup milk
2 eggs, beaten
¼ cup melted butter
½ teaspoon cinnamon
¼ teaspoon nutmeg
¼ teaspoon cloves
¼ teaspoon allspice
¼ teaspoon ginger
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine all ingredients and pour into a greased baking dish (better in a cast-iron pan). Bake for 1 hour, stirring several times during cooking. Good served with cream. (Or even without!) Serves 6.
Lemon Mystery
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons flour
juice and grated rind of one lemon
3 eggs, yolks and whites beaten separately
1½ cups milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream butter and sugar together. Add flour, salt, lemon rind and juice. Stir in egg yolks mixed with the milk, then add beaten whites. Pour into a greased baking dish and set the dish in a pan of hot water. Bake for 45 minutes. Good just plain or served with whipped cream. Serves 6.
Lemon Chess Pie
1 tablespoon plain flour, sifted
1 tablespoon plain cornmeal, sifted
2 cups sugar
4 eggs
¼ cup milk
¼ cup melted butter
¼ cup lemon juice
1 teaspoon grated lemon rind
1 deep dish unbaked pie shell
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Toss together flour and cornmeal and add sugar. Cream in eggs, milk, butter, lemon juice, and grated rind. Pour into pie shell and bake until set (about 40â45 minutes). Cover crust with foil for part of the baking time to keep it from burning. You can get two pies from this recipe, but I find they are a little shallow. I sometimes use this filling for tarts. Serves 6.
Mimmer's Squash Casserole
1½ pounds small summer squash (about 2 cups, cooked)
1 medium onion, chopped (save half for casserole)
3 tablespoons butter
½ cup milk (canned is good)
2 eggs, beaten
1 cup toasted bread crumbs or soda-cracker crumbs
¾â1 cup grated cheddar cheese (optional)
¾ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
extra bread crumbs and a little extra butter
paprika
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cook squash and
½
onion in salted water until tender; drain well and mash coarsely with fork. Add butter, milk, eggs, crumbs, cheese,
½
onion, and salt and pepper. Pour into greased casserole dish and sprinkle with extra crumbs. Dot with about a tablespoon butter and sprinkle with paprika. Bake for 45 minutes, uncovered. Serves 6-8.
Cheese Olive Balls
2 cups sharp cheddar cheese, grated
½ cup butter, softened
1 cup sifted flour
½ teaspoon salt
½ teaspoon paprika
dash of hot sauce
dash of Worcestershire sauce, if desired
48 small pimento-stuffed olives, drained
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
Cream butter and cheese and stir in other ingredients, except the olives. Mix well.
Wrap a little over a teaspoon of dough around each olive, covering it completely. Bake on ungreased baking sheet for about 15 minutes, or until done. (Watch closely, as ovens vary.) These can be frozen on a cookie sheet and transferred to a freezer bag, to be baked later if you want to make them ahead of time. Makes 48.
Mignon F. Ballard
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The Angel Whispered Danger
Shadow of an Angel
An Angel to Die For
Angel at Troublesome Creek
The War in Sallie's Station
Minerva Cries Murder
Final Curtain
The Widow's Woods
Deadly Promise
Cry at Dusk
Raven Rock
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