January 12, 1956 Standing Ribs of Beef, Oven Browned Potatoes, Scalloped Potatoes, Jiffy Sponge Cake

Sunday Dinner

Fruit Cup

Standing Ribs of Beef 

Oven Browned Potatoes     Scalloped Tomatoes

Orange Sherbert      Jiffy Sponge Cake

Beverage

Standing Ribs of Beef

2 to 3 rib beef standing rib roast
Salt and pepper

Have butcher remove the chine bone to make carving easier. Season. Place fat side up on rack in open roasting pan. If you have a meat thermometer insert so the bulb reaches the center of the thickest part, being sure not to rest in fat or bone. DO NOT ADD WATER. DO NOT COVER. Roast in slow oven 300 degrees to the desired degree of doneness. Allow 18 to 20 minutes per pound for rare roast; 22 to 25 minutes for medium; and 27 to 30 minutes for well done.

Tip: The meat will carve easier if it is allowed to "set" out of the oven for 20 minutes before it is served.

Oven Browned Potatoes

Peel medium sized potatoes and steam for 10 minutes. Drain. Place in pan in which you are roasting meat. Place around meat last hour meat is to cook. Baste occasionally, and for really golden brown potatoes turn them once or twice.

Scalloped Tomatoes

3 T. butter
1/4 c. minced onions
2 c. fresh bread crumbs
1 t. sugar
1 t. salt
1/8 t. pepper
1 No. 2 1/2 can tomatoes
1/4 c. fresh bread crumbs
1 T. butter

Saute onion in butter. Add 2 c. of bread crumbs, sugar, salt and pepper. Arrange tomatoes in greased 1 1/2 quart casserole. Top with layer of onion-bread mixture. Continue until all is used ending with tomatoes on top. Combine 1/4 c. bread crumbs and 1 T. butter. Sprinkle over tomatoes. Bake uncovered 300 degrees for 45 minutes. 6 servings.

Jiffy Sponge Cake

1 1/2 c. cake flour
1 t. baking powder
1/2 t. salt
3 eggs
1 1/4 c. sugar
1/2 c. cold water
1 t. vanilla

Sift flour, baking powder and salt. Beat eggs until light and fluffy. Add sugar, continue beating until mixture is thick and lemon colored. Add flour mixture, water and vanilla all at once. Mix until thoroughly blended. Pour into 7 x 11 x 1 1/2 inch pan that has been greased and lined with waxed paper. Bake at 325 degrees for 60 minutes. When cake is baked cool slightly. Remove from pan, rmove paper. Cool cake on a wire rack. No frosting necessary.