Spaghetti Sauce

Recipe for spaghetti sauce:

Saute:

1/3 c olive oil
1 onion chopped fine
2 chopped garlic buds

Add:

1 lb ground beef, brown and add
1 can tomatoes
1 can tomato paste
1 can (4 oz) mushrooms + liquid
1/2 tea salt
1/2 tea oregano
1/2 tea basil
bay leaf
thyme
parsley
chopped green pepper
1 c chopped celery

Cook 2 hours or until right consistency

Found in "A Legacy" by Sybille Bedford. Published by Simon and Schuster, 1957.

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Lemon Jelly Filling

Recipe for Lemon Jelly Filling

1 cup sugar
1 egg
1 T water
1 t flour
1 lemon, grated rind and juice
Butter size of a small egg

Mix all ingredients well. Cook in boiler or in a sauce pan over low heat, stirring constantly if pan is used. Remove from fire when it thickens.

Found in "The Book On The Shelf" by Henry Petroski. Published by Knopf, 1999.

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Barbeque Sauce

Recipe for barbeque sauce:

Chicken or Ribs

1/2 C. brown sugar
2 tbls vinegar
1/4 C. Katsup
1 tsp Worchester (Worcestershire) sauce
1 1/2 tsp horse radish

Cook & cool

Found in "Prairie-Town Boy" by Carl Sandburg. Published by Harcourt and Brace, 1955.

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Rum Sauce

A recipe for rum sauce:

1 box (?) dark brown sugar
Water so you can boil
2 tbl rum
Margarine
2 teas cornstarch

Can be used on Date Nut Cake

Can be stored in covered jar

Heat before serving

Found in "Murderer: A Play in Two Acts" by Anthony Schaffer. Published by Marion Boyars, 1979.


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