potatoes, pared and sliced thin; add
salt and pepper, 2 tablespoons of butter; the parsley and onions and
then beat lightly the three eggs into the mixture. Put this mixture on
the circles of dough after it has stood a little while. Fold half the
circle of dough over like a half moon and press edges together tightly.
Drop these into the pot with the meat and stew water. Cover tightly and
cook for 30 minutes. Into a frying pan put a couple of tablespoons of
fat skimmed from the stew before putting in the dough rolls, add to this
1 tablespoon of butter. In this brown small cubes of hard bread and stir
in a half cup of milk. Pour this milk sauce over the Meat rolls when
serving.
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SCRAPPLE
1/2 lb. chopped raw meat (beef or pork)
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 cup corn meal
1 medium onion chopped
1-1/4 qts. water
Brown onion slowly in a little fat. Add meat, seasoning and water. Cook
at simmering point 20 minutes. Add to corn meal and boil for 1 hour.
Turn into a mold, cool, cut in slices and fry in fat until brown. Serve
with gravy or tomato sauce.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH CHICKEN AND OYSTER PIE
1 stewing chicken
1 pt. oysters
1/4 lb. butter
salt and pepper
a little flour
pastry crust
Stew chicken until tender, season with 1/4 lb. butter, salt and pepper.
Line deep dish with pastry crust. Pour in the stewed chicken and cover
loosely with a crust in the center of which a hole the size of a tea cup
has been cut. Prepare separately 1 pt. oysters, heating the liquor with
a little flour and water. Season with salt, pepper and 2 tablespoons of
butter. When it comes to a boil, pour over oysters. 20 minutes before
pie is done, lift the top crust and put the oyster mixture in.
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
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Vegetable Dishes
LANCASTER COUNTY BAKED CORN
To 1 cup of dried corn (ground in food chopper) pour on 2 cups of hot
milk and let stand about an hour. Then add 2 beaten eggs, 1 cup milk, 1
tablespoon butter, 2 tablespoons sugar and salt to taste. Bake 1/2 hour
in oven of 350 to 360 degrees.
SEVEN-MINUTE CABBAGE
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons flour
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups chopped cabbage
Heat the milk to boiling. Add butter and the cabbage. Cook seven
minutes. Thicken with the flour, mixed with a little cold water.
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