Philathea Cook Book

A church class in Worcester, Massachusetts pooled its recipes in 1922 — and signed every one of them.

Fish and Meat Dishes

"Some hae meat and cannot eat, And some would eat that want it, But we hae meat and we can eat Sae let the Lord be thank it."

Shrimp en Casserole One can shrimp, 4 tbsp. butter, cracker crumbs, minced onion, salt and Slade's pepper. Arrange like any escallop dish. Bake 20 minutes. MRS. CHESTER W. DOTEN.

The Recipes

Salmon Omelet Loaf

One can salmon; pork sausage, 1/4 lb. or more if you wish the sausage to be more…

Salt Fish for Lunch

Pick up one cup of cod fish quite fine; soak in warm water, mix two cups of mashed…

Mock Lobster

11/2 cups salmon, 1 cup tomatoes, 2 tbsp. cracker crumbs, 1 tbsp. butter, salt, pepper or…

Creamed Canned Meats or Fish

Salmon, lobster, crab meat, shrimp, chicken, or dried beef may be used with one can of…

Cottle Steak

Cut 3 lbs. bottom round (or a cheaper cut of beef will do) into pieces the size of an…

Pepper Steak Chines

One pound top round steak; 1 tbsp. butter, 2 large onions, 1 can tomatoes, 2 medium size…

Pork Chops Stuffed

Remove bones from chops. Put spoonful of poultry dressing on each, roll and pin with…

Ham Rolls

Put a spoonful of poultry dressing on slices of cold boiled ham. Roll and pin with…

Potted Meat

One pound beef, let simmer for four or five hours, with just enough water to cover. When…

Escalloped Cheese

Line dish with bread sliced 1/2 inch thick, butter side next to dish; 2 cups cheese cut…

Cheese Custard (Butter slices of bread and cut)

Butter slices of bread and cut into dice. Put into the buttered baker, a layer of the…

Cheese Custard (Fill a shallow dish)

Fill a shallow dish with alternate layers of bread crumbs and grated cheese, using one…

Welsh Rabbit

1 tbsp. flour, 1 tbsp. butter, heaping cup of finely cut cheese, 1/2 cup of milk, 1 egg…

Welsh Rarebit

Melt 2 tbsp. butter, add 1 tbsp. flour, 1/2 tsp. mustard, 1/4 tsp. salt. Mix together and…

Mexican Omelette

Cut up half pound fat salt pork into small dices and fry out. Slice up about 3 good sized…

Vegetable Loaf

3/4 can spinach, 3 cups 2 cups of white sauce. 3 tbsp. butter). Salt. Bake 20 minutes…

Meat Loaf

11/2 lb. hamburg, 1 cup cracker crumbs, 1 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 tsp. poultry dressing, 1…

Creole Meat Loaf

Add to 1 pound chopped round steak, 1/2 cup tomato pulp, 1/2 cup bread crumbs, yolk 1…

Beef Loaf

Two lbs. hamburg steak, 1 cup sweet milk, 4 crackers rolled, 1 egg, a little poultry…

Hamburg and Rice Loaf

One lb. hamburg, 1 cup cooked rice, 1 onion fried, 1/2 tsp. salt, pinch pepper, 1/2 cup…

American Chop Suey

One-half lb. hamburg steak, 1 can Campbell's tomato soup, 2 onions, 1 cup spaghetti. Fry…

Spanish Rice

Boil cup rice, ten minutes. Fry in bacon fat or drippings, heaping tbsp., 1. onion and 1…

Casserole of Rice and Meat

Boil 1 cup of rice 15 min. in 2 qts. of boiling salted water, drain and line casserole…

Rice and Tomato

Cut up small piece of pork size of egg. With two small onions fry until brown. Add can…

Spaghetti and Tomato

Put the ends of a handful of spaghetti in boiling salted water, so it softens, bend and…

Stuffed Sweet Green Peppers

Six green peppers, two cups soft bread or cracker crumbs, pinch salt, two cups finely…

Green Corn Pudding

Scrape 6 ears of green corn (do not cut off, but open and scrape), beat 2 eggs with 1/2…

Nantucket Corn Pudding

12 ears corn cut from cob and put through meat grinder. Add to corn: -4 eggs well beaten…

Get Ready Quick Lunch

Slice bread. Cover bread with thin slices of Young American Cheese. Over this place two…

Italian Sandwiches

1/2 lb. dried beef (scald if very salt) 1/4 lb. American Cheese 1 pt. canned tomatoes Put…

Nut Loaf (Sub. Meat Dish)

Blanche 1/2 cup each of almonds, pecans, English walnut meats; chop fine; mix well with 2…

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