July 22, 1955 Fillet of Sole -- Lobster Sauce, Cheese Potato Balls, Lemon Rice Pudding

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Fillet of Sole -- Lobster Sauce

Cheese Potato Balls

Buttered Green Beans

Lemon Rice Pudding

Fillet of Sole -- Lobster Sauce

4 fillets of sole
Butter
1/2 pound lobster meat
4 T. butter
Salt and pepper
2 T. butter
2 T. flour
1/4 t. salt
1 c. milk

Spread fillets with butter, roll up and secure with toothpicks. Place in buttered baking dish, bake at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until center of fish is cooked. For sauce cur lobster meat into 1/4 inch pieces, sprinkle with salt and pepper, saute in 4 T. butter for 5 minutes. Make white sauce with 2 T. butter, 2 T. flour, salt and 1 c. milk. Add lobster to white sauce. Pour sauce over cooked fillets, garnish with parsley. Serves 4.

Cheese Potato Balls

Pare and boil 4 medium sized potatoes. Mash, season well with butter, salt, pepper and beat in enough hot milk to make smooth and creamy. Allow mixture to cool slightly to stiffen somewhat and to make handling easier. Roll heaping tablespoon of potato around a cube of American cheese. Roll ball in finely crushed corn flakes, dip in butter. Place in baking pan and bake at 350 degrees until heated. Serve 2 to each person.

Note: This is an excellent recipe for left-over mashed potatoes. May be made ahead and heated in oven just before serving. Warm in oven with fish -- same temperature.

Lemon Rice Pudding

1 c. cooked rice
2 c. hot milk
2 egg yolks, beaten
Pinch salt
1/4 c. butter
Grated rind of 1 lemon
1/4 c. sugar

Combine all ingredients and set in pan of warm water. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. When done, spread wit the following topping.

2 egg whites, stiffly beaten
8 T. sugar
Juice of 1 lemon

Add sugar to stiffly beaten egg whites along with juice of lemon. Spread topping over pudding and brown in oven slightly.

June 24, 1955 Broiled Lobster Tails, Cole Slaw, Milk Coolers, Banana Milk Shake, Brown Cow, A Good Home Made Chocolate Syrup, Peppermint Parfait Pie

Broiled Lobster Tails

"Butterfly fashion"

Thaw the lobster tails. Split along the top hard shell with a heavy knife and open tails butterfly fashion. Turn shell up side and broil for 5 min. Turn flesh side up, spread with butter spiked with a dash of Tabasco sauce. Broil 6 minutes are under 10 ounces, broil  9 minutes on the flesh side for larger tails. No other seasoning necessary. Serve with cups of melted butter and lemon wedges.

Cole Slaw

2 c. crisp shredded cabbage
1/2 c. chopped parsley
1/2 c. sliced green onions
2 to 3 T. sugar
3 T vinegar
2 T. salad oil
Garnish: Radish strips

Combine chilled vegetables. Mix together remaining ingredients. Stir to dissolve sugar. Pour over vegetables. Serve in hollowed out cabbage as bowl. Garnish with radish slices. Makes 6 servings.

Milk Coolers

Here's one way to get that important amount of milk the family needs daily.

Banana Milk Shake

For each tall glass, slice 1 fully ripe banana into bowl, beat until smooth and creamy. Add 1 c. cold milk; beat well. Pour into glass. Top with whipped cream and a little cinnamon or grated unsweetened chocolate.

Brown Cow

With milk add 1 1/2 to 2 T. chocolate malted milk powder ot home made chocolate syrup with 1/4 t. vanilla. Top with ice cream.

A Good Home Made Chocolate Syrup

4 squares unsweetened chocolate
1 2/4 c. hot water
1 c. sugar
1/4 t. salt
1/2 t. vanilla

In saucepan over low heat, cook chocolate and water, stirring until thick and well blended. Add sugar, salt, boil 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; add vanilla. Cool; refrigerate. Makes 2 c. To use: allow 2 to 3 T. for each cup of milk.

Peppermint Parfait Pie

1 pk. lemon flavored gelatin
1/4 c. finely crushed peppermint stick candy
1 1/4 c. hot water
Few drops red coloring
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 baked 8 inch pie shell
Garnish: Whipped Cream and shaved chocolate

Dissolve gelatin and candy in hot water in 2-quart saucepan. Add food coloring. Add ice cream by spoonfuls, stirring until melted. Chill until thickened, not set (15 to 20 minutes). Turn into pie shell. Chill until firm. Garnish with whipped cream and shaved chocolate.

April 22, 1955 Lobster in Butter Toast Cups, Quick and Tangy Tomato Juice Aspic, Refrigerator Rolls (without eggs)

Lobster in Butter Toast Cups

from Mrs. A. Hardwick, Rochester, N.Y.

6 slices day-old bread
3 T. melted butter
1/4 t. paprika
1/4 c. chopped onion
4 T. butter
3 T. flour
1 t. salt
1/4 t. nutmeg
1/8 t. pepper
2 c. milk
1 c. frozen peas
4 lobster tails (good size)
3 T. chopped pimento
1/4 c. grated sharp cheddar cheese

Remove crusts from bread, brush both sides with butter.Sprinkle one side with paprika and place in muffin tins, paprika side up. Be careful not to break the bread. Bake in 350 degree oven for 15 minutes. This can be prepared ahead and baked just before serving. Cook onion in butter until lightly browned, stir in flour and seasonings and blend well. Add milk gradually and cook until thick, stirring constantly. Add cheese, when cheese is melted add lobster tails have been cooked, shelled and cut into pieces, pimiento and peas. Heat and serve on toast cups. Serves 6.

Mr.s Hardwick's suggestion: Delicious served with a fruit salad on the side or served with French Fries and a salad for dinner.

Tip on Cooking Lobster Tails: Place tails, either thawed or frozen into large kettle boiling salted water (1 t. salt for each quart water). When water reboils, lower heat so water boils gently and begin counting time. Keep covered. Boil tails 1 minute longer than their individual weight in ounces. For example, boil a 4 ounce lobster tail 5 minutes. Add 2 minutes to all boiling times if tails are boiled frozen. To remove meat easily from shell drain off water, drench with cold water. Using scissors, cut lengthwise through center of membrane covering flesh, insert fingers under meat at open end and pull meat out.

Quick and Tangy Tomato Juice Aspic

1 T. unflavored gelatin
2 c. tomato juice
1 T. lemon juice
1/2 t. salt
1/8 t. pepper

Sprinkle gelatin on 1/2 c. cold tomato juice to soften. Heat remaining juice until very hot. Remove from heat. Add softened gelatin, lemon juice and seasonings. Stir until thoroughly dissolved. Pour into one large or 4 individual molds. Chil until firm. Unmold on platter; garnish with salad greens. Serves 4.

Variation: Use above recipe but before molding, chill to unbeaten egg white consistency. Stir in 2 c. crisp shredded cabbage. Turn into large mold (3-4 c.). Chill until firm. Serves 6.

Refrigerator Rolls (without eggs)

1 qt. milk
1 c. sugar
1 c. shortening
1 cake yeast
1/4 c. lukewarm water
8 c. flour
1 T. salt
1 t. soda
2 t. baking powder
1 c. flour

 Scald milk with sugar and shortening. Cool to lukewarm, add yeast dissolved in lukewarm water. Add the 8 cups of flour. Beat thoroughly. Let rise until double in bulk, then add salt, soda and baking powder which have been mixed together. Add enough of the 1 c. flour to make a soft dough. Cover and place in refrigerator. Make rolls as wanted. Bake on any type baking sheet or in muffin cups. Dough will keep a week. makes about 4 dozen rolls.

To use dough: Shape into rolls, let rise until double in bulk. Bake 425 degrees 15 to 20 min.

Biscuit Rolls: Roll dough 1/2 inch thick; cut into 2" rounds with a biscuit cutter.

Bowknots: Roll pieces of dough into ropes about 1/2" in diameter and 6 inches long. Tie loosely into a knot.

Cloverleaf Rolls: Shape dough into tiny balls; dip in melted shortening. Place 3 balls in each seaction of a greased muffin cup.

April 12, 1955 Seaburgers, Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies (Soft)

Seaburgers

"Something special for lunch"

1 7 oz. can lobster, crab, salmon or tuna
1/2 pound process sharp cheese
1/4 c. minced onion
1/4 c. chopped sweet pickle
1/2 c. catsup
1/4 c. mayonnaise
1 c. minced celery
2 t. salt
1/2 t pepper
2 T. minced pimiento
12 burger buns

Drain seafood; flake with fork, removing bones. Cut cheese into small chunks. Combine seafood, cheese, onion, pickle, catsup, mayonnaise, celery, salt, pepper, and pimiento. Mix well. Split burger buns crosswise without cutting all the way through, fill each with seafood mixture. Wrap each in foil or stand with cut side up in large casserole or roasting pan. Cover and bake at 350 degrees 20 minutes. Serve immediately in foil or casserole. Yield: 12.

Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies (Soft)

1/2 c. shortening
1/2 t. salt
1/2 t. soda
1/2 t. grated lemon rind
1/2 t. nutmeg
1 c. sugar
2 eggs
2 T. milk
2 c. flour
1 t. baking powder

Cream shortening, add salt, soda, lemon rind and nutmeg and blend well. Add sugar and cream mixture thoroughly. Add eggs and milk and mix well. Sift flour with baking powder; combine with creamed mixture. Drop from teaspoon onto lightly greased cookie sheet. Flatten by pressing with a damp cloth. Sprinkle with granulated sugar, bake at 375 degrees for 12 to 15 minutes.