I don't know how I missed this recipe. It was actually in the same special issue magazine as the Chicken Pickletelli. In that post I commented that I didn't think adobo had pickle juice in it. Either I am wrong or this is a really weird version of Chicken Adobo.
Chicken Adobo
2-1/2 broiler chicken, cut up
3 tablespoons oil
1/2 cup dill pickle juice
1/2 cup water
1 clove garlic
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
Dash pepper
1 medium dill pickle, diced
2 cups hot cooked rice
In large skillet brown chicken in oil. Drain chicken on paper towels and discard fat. Combine pickle liquid, water and seasonings in same skillet and add chicken. Cover and simmer 15 minutes. Add pickle and cook 5 minutes longer or until chicken is tender. Serve over rice.
Orange Glow Bundt Cake
I have seen quite a few cake recipes featuring unusual ingredients such as sauerkraut, mayonnaise, tomato soup etc. This recipe is a new one to me, it has Tabasco Sauce! I found it in a little supermarket booklet titled Grandma's Baking and more. About half of the recipes call for name brand ingredients so this one was obviously developed by the McIlhenny company. I don't know if one tablespoon of sauce is enough to really taste but it sure sounds weird to me!
Orange Glow Bundt Cake
1 (18.25-ounce) package moist yellow cake mix
1 tablespoon grated orange peel
1 cup orange juice
1/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon Tabasco brand Pepper Sauce
1-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease 12-cup Bundt pan. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding orange peel to batter. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until tooth pick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Meanwhile, heat orange juice, sugar and Tabasco sauce to boiling in 1-quart saucepan. Reduce heat to low; simmer, uncovered 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Reserve 1/4 cup orange juice mixture for glaze. Remove cake from oven. With wooden skewer, poke hoes in cake (in pan) in several places. Spoon remaining orange juice mixture over cake. Cool cake in pan 10 minutes. Carefully invert cake onto wire rack to cool completely.
Combine reserved -1/4 cup orange juice mixture and confectioners' sugar in small bowl until smooth. Place cake on platter; spoon glaze over cake. Garnish as desired.
Fresh Fruit Salad with a bonus
At first glance this looks like a lovely fresh fruit cup. It is up to the point that they added the canned tuna. Yummy slices and wedges of fresh fruit with a refreshing yogurt fruit dressing. Why did they ruin it with tuna? The fact that it is from the Starkist Sensational Tuna book is a clue. Another example of trying too hard to find a use for your product.
Tuna & Fresh Fruit Salad
Lettuce leaves (optional)
1 can (12-1/2 ounces) StarKist Tuna, drained and broken into chunks
4 cups slices or wedges fresh fruit
1/4 cup slivered almonds (optional)
Fruit Dressing
1 container (8 ounces) lemon, mandarin orange or vanilla low-fat yogurt
2 tablespoons orange juice
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Line a large platter or 4 individual plates with lettuce leaves if desired. Arrange tuna and desired fruit in a decorative design over lettuce. Sprinkle almonds over salad if desired.
For Fruit Dressing, in a small bowl stir together yogurt, orange juice and cinnamon until well blended. Serve dressing with salad. Makes 4 servings.
Devilish Corn Sauce
This recipe is from an ad in a 1967 Family Circle. A great example of a company trying to make its product into something it's not. Cream Corn is not a sauce and the ingredients they have you adding to it just makes it sound repulsive. I could maybe go with the horseradish and mustard but when they got to the pickles that just grossed me out.Devilish Corn Sauce
"Great news for corned beef!" Not!
1 No 303 can (17 oz.) Del Monte Brand Cream Style Corn
2 tablespoons prepared horseradish
1 teaspoons prepared mustard
1/4 cup Del Monte Fresh Cucumber Pickle Chips
2 tablespoon pickle liquid
Heat Del Monte Cream Style Corn to a simmer. Add the rest of the ingredients. Taste; then salt and pepper if needed, but don't over salt. Ladle over "boiled dinner of corned beef and cabbage, onions, carrots." Serves 4 to 6. For fun, you could serve the bowl of corn sauce as shown, nested in outer leaves of a Savoy cabbage.
No amount of cabbage garnish is going to make this recipe fun to eat.
Lobster Tails With Sherry Stuffing
This recipe is not so much weird as it is incongruous. I can not imagine anyone who likes lobster and can afford to prepare it using a recipe that also calls for Stove Top Stuffing. No, I just can't picture the large lobster tails on the counter next to a box of Stove Top. Don't get me wrong I like Stove Top, occasionally I make a casserole with leftover chicken, Stove Top and some other ingredients but with really expensive foods- no way.
Lobster Tails with Sherry Stuffing
"Can a working girl (born Leo, child of adventure) achieve a gourmet meal on a week-day night? Absolutely, when she keeps Stove Top Stuffing Mix on the shelf and this quick, successful recipe handy in the kitchen."
6 large lobster tails
1 package (6 0z.) Stove Top Chicken Flavor Stuffing Mix
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons dry sherry wine
1 teaspoon salt
Fill a large skillet 1-inch deep with salted water and bring to a boil. Arrange lobster tails in skillet. Bring again to a boil. Cover and simmer about 6 minutes. Drain, reserving 1-1/2 cups of the liquid for a sauce. With scissor, cut away thin undershell of lobster tails. Remove meat and cut into small chunks. Place empty shells in shallow baking dish; keep warm in oven.
Prepare stuffing mix as directed on package. Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoon butter in large sauce pan over low heat. Stir in lobster meat. Sprinkle with flour. Slowly stir in reserved liquid. Cook over low heat until mixture is thickened. Add sherry and salt. Stir in prepared stuffing and heat. Spoon the stuffing mixture into lobster shells. Makes 6 servings.
From Have A Beautiful Meal... with Stove Top Brand Stuffing Mix.
Lobster Tails with Sherry Stuffing
"Can a working girl (born Leo, child of adventure) achieve a gourmet meal on a week-day night? Absolutely, when she keeps Stove Top Stuffing Mix on the shelf and this quick, successful recipe handy in the kitchen."
6 large lobster tails
1 package (6 0z.) Stove Top Chicken Flavor Stuffing Mix
2 tablespoons butter or margarine
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons dry sherry wine
1 teaspoon salt
Fill a large skillet 1-inch deep with salted water and bring to a boil. Arrange lobster tails in skillet. Bring again to a boil. Cover and simmer about 6 minutes. Drain, reserving 1-1/2 cups of the liquid for a sauce. With scissor, cut away thin undershell of lobster tails. Remove meat and cut into small chunks. Place empty shells in shallow baking dish; keep warm in oven.
Prepare stuffing mix as directed on package. Meanwhile, melt 2 tablespoon butter in large sauce pan over low heat. Stir in lobster meat. Sprinkle with flour. Slowly stir in reserved liquid. Cook over low heat until mixture is thickened. Add sherry and salt. Stir in prepared stuffing and heat. Spoon the stuffing mixture into lobster shells. Makes 6 servings.
From Have A Beautiful Meal... with Stove Top Brand Stuffing Mix.
Rutabaga Cake- A rude thing to do to a cake
I have seen recipes for beet cakes and sauerkraut cakes but never a rutabaga cake. Rutabaga is not a particularly popular vegetable. Quite a few of the recipes I have seen for it combine it with some other vegetable, I guess to disguise it. Well this cake would certainly disguise it but why go to the trouble. Unlike zucchini I don't think many people have an abundance of rutabaga in their garden. If you are going to make a cake why would you risk ruining it by putting rutabaga in it.
Rutabaga Cake
3 eggs
1/2 cup margarine, melted
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 (13-1/4 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained plus reserve juice for glaze
1 cup shredded, raw rutabaga
1/2 to 1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flaked coconut
In large bowl, combine eggs, margarine, buttermilk, and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture. Drain pineapple well. Fold pineapple, rutabaga, walnuts, and coconut into batter. Bake in a greased and floured 9 cup Bundt pan at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10-15 minutes, turn out on wire rack or serving plate to complete cooling. Top with a glaze made with powdered sugar and pineapple juice.
From 300 Delicious Ways To Use Your Bundt Pan.
Rutabaga Cake
3 eggs
1/2 cup margarine, melted
3/4 cup buttermilk
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 cups sifted flour
1-1/2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon soda
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 teaspoons salt
1 (13-1/4 oz.) can crushed pineapple, drained plus reserve juice for glaze
1 cup shredded, raw rutabaga
1/2 to 1 cup chopped walnuts
1 cup flaked coconut
In large bowl, combine eggs, margarine, buttermilk, and vanilla. Sift together dry ingredients; add to creamed mixture. Drain pineapple well. Fold pineapple, rutabaga, walnuts, and coconut into batter. Bake in a greased and floured 9 cup Bundt pan at 350 degrees for 40-50 minutes or until cake tests done. Cool in pan 10-15 minutes, turn out on wire rack or serving plate to complete cooling. Top with a glaze made with powdered sugar and pineapple juice.
From 300 Delicious Ways To Use Your Bundt Pan.
Tuna-Noodle Luncheon Mold
This recipe needs no snarky comments. It speaks for itself. Thank goodness there was no photo, the idea of noodles in Jello is just too gross to contemplate.
Tuna-Noodle Luncheon Mold
1 tablespoons salt
2 quarts boiling water
1/2 pound San Giorgio medium egg noodles
1 3 ounce package lemon-flavored gelatin
1 cup hot water
1 cup cold water
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup pineapple juice
1-1/2 cups grated carrots
1 cup drained canned crushed pineapple
2 7 oz. cans drained solid pack tuna
1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
Add 1 tablespoon salt to rapidly boiling water. Cook noodles according to package instructions. Drain in colander. Combine gelatin and 1 cup hot water. Stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water and pineapple juice. Chill until slightly thickened. Fold in carrots, pineapple, tuna which has been broken into pieces with a fork, parsley, 1 teaspoon salt and cooked noodles; mix well. Turn into oiled 2 quart mold and chill until firm. Unmold and garnish with carrots and green pepper flowers, if desired. Serves 6-8.
From How to play Pick-aroni copyright 1957 San Giorgio Macaroni Inc.
Tuna-Noodle Luncheon Mold
1 tablespoons salt
2 quarts boiling water
1/2 pound San Giorgio medium egg noodles
1 3 ounce package lemon-flavored gelatin
1 cup hot water
1 cup cold water
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup pineapple juice
1-1/2 cups grated carrots
1 cup drained canned crushed pineapple
2 7 oz. cans drained solid pack tuna
1/4 cup finely chopped parsley
Add 1 tablespoon salt to rapidly boiling water. Cook noodles according to package instructions. Drain in colander. Combine gelatin and 1 cup hot water. Stir until gelatin is dissolved. Add 1 cup cold water and pineapple juice. Chill until slightly thickened. Fold in carrots, pineapple, tuna which has been broken into pieces with a fork, parsley, 1 teaspoon salt and cooked noodles; mix well. Turn into oiled 2 quart mold and chill until firm. Unmold and garnish with carrots and green pepper flowers, if desired. Serves 6-8.
From How to play Pick-aroni copyright 1957 San Giorgio Macaroni Inc.
Masked Hot Dogs- cold and quivering
This appetizer comes from a little 1955 phamplet: Hot Dogs with recipes from Woman's Day Kitchen. There are some recipes that still sound appealing but this idea just sounds really bad. A cold hot dog chunk with gelatin coating seems truly revolting. Were you suppose to just pop it in your mouth or sit it on a cracker or what. The photo makes it look just as bad as it sounds.
Masked Hot Dogs
Soften 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in 2 tablespoons water; dissolve over hot water. Add to 1/2 cup creamy French dressing. Dip frankfurter pieces in mixture; let set; redip; chill.
Orange Sauerkraut- What do you think?
Today at a thrift store my husband picked up a promotional booklet from a local radio station KFMB 76. It contains listener contributed recipes submitted to radio personality Don Ross in 1968. This recipe is just plain odd. Is it a side dish, dessert or what? I wonder why Don included it. Did he not want to offend a listener or did he think it sounded good? I don't know what to think about it. It might be good, but then again?
Orange Sauerkraut
1 can (1 lb. 12 oz.) sauerkraut
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup orange juice
Salt and pepper
2 whole oranges
2 teaspoons melted butter
Drain sauerkraut, then combine with orange peel, caraway seeds, orange juice and salt and pepper depending on the saltiness of the sauerkraut. Turn into 1-1/2 quart casserole, cover and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. While casserole is baking, peel oranges cutting away all the membranes and remove seeds. Carefully lift out orange section. After sauerkraut has baked, arrange slices on top and drizzle with milted butter. Return to oven and bake for 10 more minutes.
Orange Sauerkraut
1 can (1 lb. 12 oz.) sauerkraut
2 teaspoons grated orange peel
1 teaspoon caraway seeds
1/2 cup raisins
1/2 cup orange juice
Salt and pepper
2 whole oranges
2 teaspoons melted butter
Drain sauerkraut, then combine with orange peel, caraway seeds, orange juice and salt and pepper depending on the saltiness of the sauerkraut. Turn into 1-1/2 quart casserole, cover and bake for 1 hour at 350 degrees. While casserole is baking, peel oranges cutting away all the membranes and remove seeds. Carefully lift out orange section. After sauerkraut has baked, arrange slices on top and drizzle with milted butter. Return to oven and bake for 10 more minutes.
Chicken Pickletelli
This is a real doozy of a recipe. It seems like it is a simple Asian inspired chicken dish and then when you are not expecting it they throw in dill pickles! Yes you read that right- dill pickles. I can't think of why anyone would think of doing that. I know vinegar and soy sauce is used in Adobo but there is no dill in that. I found this in a Woman's Day Special Issue- Simply Delicious Meals In Minutes from 1981.
Chicken Pickletelli
2-1/2 to 3 pounds broiler-fryer pieces
1 chicken bouillon cube
2/3 cups hot water
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 small onion, cut into rings
1/4 cup sliced celery
1 can (16 oz.) bean sprouts, drained
1/2 green pepper, cut into strips
6 tablespoons dill pickle liquid (drained from dill pickles)
1/2 cup sliced dill pickles
Place chicken on broiler rack about 3 to 4 inches from source of heat. Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon dill pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Turn chicken over, brush again with 1 tablespoon of pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Transfer chicken to a baking dish. Dissolve bouillon cube in water and combine with 1/4 cup pickle liquid, soy sauce and seasonings; pour over chicken. Add dill pickles to baking dish and bake in 325 degree oven 25 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables to baking dish and continue baking for about 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Makes 4 servings.
Chicken Pickletelli
2-1/2 to 3 pounds broiler-fryer pieces
1 chicken bouillon cube
2/3 cups hot water
2 teaspoons soy sauce
1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1 small onion, cut into rings
1/4 cup sliced celery
1 can (16 oz.) bean sprouts, drained
1/2 green pepper, cut into strips
6 tablespoons dill pickle liquid (drained from dill pickles)
1/2 cup sliced dill pickles
Place chicken on broiler rack about 3 to 4 inches from source of heat. Brush chicken with 1 tablespoon dill pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Turn chicken over, brush again with 1 tablespoon of pickle liquid and broil until chicken is brown. Transfer chicken to a baking dish. Dissolve bouillon cube in water and combine with 1/4 cup pickle liquid, soy sauce and seasonings; pour over chicken. Add dill pickles to baking dish and bake in 325 degree oven 25 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables to baking dish and continue baking for about 15 minutes or until chicken is tender. Makes 4 servings.
Circus Caesar Salad with Happy Little Clowns
Well I wasn't sure if I should post this recipe here or on my other vintage blog but I decided it belongs here. I can understand a clown or circus theme cake or dessert, but a salad just seems wrong. I don't know if the idea is to entice the little ones to eat a green salad but it is just carrying a theme meal way too far. The clowns are actually small molded salads. The ladies in the Kraft Kitchens were really working overtime when they came up with this idea in 1965.
Circus Caesar Salad
In your salad bowl, toss 2 cups croutons with 1/4 cup Kraft Italian- the most tantalizing Italian of them all. Fill bowl with 2 quarts crisp greens, add 1/2 cup Kraft Italian and a raw egg. Sprinkle with 1/2 cup Kraft Grated Parmesan and toss until the greens are glistening with exciting flavor.
Happy little clowns-full of velvety Kraft Mayonnaise and other good things
For white clowns, soften 1 envelope unflavored gelatin in 3/4 cup cold water; dissolve over low heat. Gradually blend 1 cup Kraft Mayonnaise with 8 oz. softened Philadelphia Brand Cream Cheese. Stir in cooled gelatin, a 6-1/2-oz. can flaked crabmeat, 2 tablespoon chopped green pepper, 1 tablespoon each chopped onion and pimiento. Mold in 6 well oiled paper cups. Make red clowns of your favorite tomato aspic. Use clown cocktail picks for heads, peas and bits of ripe olives for buttons.
Spaghetti-Tuna Buns
No this is not spaghetti, tuna and buns. The spaghetti and tuna are in the buns. This recipe is from Good Housekeeping's Quick 'n' Easy Cook Book from 1958. I know the theme is quick and easy but putting the spaghetti in the bun is just carrying it too far. And personally the idea of tuna with spaghetti has always seemed nasty to me.
Spaghetti-Tuna Buns
Start heating oven to 375 degrees. Cut top from 6 large round hard rolls; scoop out soft part. Spread inside of each roll with soft butter or margarine. Into rolls, spoon 1 can spaghetti in tomato sauce with cheese. Top with 2 cans (2 cups) chunk-style tuna. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese. Spoon another can of spaghetti on top. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoon Parmesan, 1 teaspoon dried rosemary. Dot with butter. Bake 15 minutes.
Spaghetti-Tuna Buns
Start heating oven to 375 degrees. Cut top from 6 large round hard rolls; scoop out soft part. Spread inside of each roll with soft butter or margarine. Into rolls, spoon 1 can spaghetti in tomato sauce with cheese. Top with 2 cans (2 cups) chunk-style tuna. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoons grated Parmesan cheese. Spoon another can of spaghetti on top. Sprinkle with 2 tablespoon Parmesan, 1 teaspoon dried rosemary. Dot with butter. Bake 15 minutes.
Mock Fruit Soup
This recipe is from a 1969 booklet Pillsbury's Soup & Salad Cook Book. It is described as a "great appetizer or dessert soup. Especially good on a cold winter's night." I doubt that. I am not a fan of fruit soup anyway but you can't tell me it is going to look or taste like anything other than warm, slimey, watered-down fruit cocktail in a bowl.
Mock Fruit Soup
1 can (1 lb. 1 oz.) fruit cocktail, drain and reserve 1 cup syrup (adding water if necessary)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons orange liqueur, if desired
Dash nutmeg
In medium saucepan, gradually add reserved 1 cup syrup to cornstarch; stir until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and fruit cocktail. Heat through. Serve warm. If desired, top with toasted slivered almonds. 4 to 5 servings.
Mock Fruit Soup
1 can (1 lb. 1 oz.) fruit cocktail, drain and reserve 1 cup syrup (adding water if necessary)
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 cup orange juice
2 tablespoons orange liqueur, if desired
Dash nutmeg
In medium saucepan, gradually add reserved 1 cup syrup to cornstarch; stir until smooth. Add remaining ingredients and fruit cocktail. Heat through. Serve warm. If desired, top with toasted slivered almonds. 4 to 5 servings.
Eggs with Cucumbers- cooked cucumber chunks, no thanks
This recipe is from a vintage Crisco book from the 1920's. It is definitely something I don't see any one eating nowadays. The idea of a cooked cucumber is quite repulsive to me let alone the odd egg topping.
Eggs with Cucumbers
1 tablespoonful Crisco
3 eggs
1 large cucumber
1/2 cupful stock
1 tablespoon tomato pulp
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cupful tomato sauce
Peel cucumber, cut off ends and divide rest into two-inch pieces. Remove center portion of each with a cutter or small spoon. Place them in a Criscoed pan with stock; cover with greased paper and cook in oven till just tender. Great care must be taken so as not to break the shapes. Break eggs into saucepan, add Crisco and tomato pulp; season nicely and stir over fire until creamy and just set. Place cucumbers on hot platter and fill cavities with eggs. Cover with thick tomato sauce, and serve hot.
Eggs with Cucumbers
1 tablespoonful Crisco
3 eggs
1 large cucumber
1/2 cupful stock
1 tablespoon tomato pulp
Salt and pepper to taste
1 cupful tomato sauce
Peel cucumber, cut off ends and divide rest into two-inch pieces. Remove center portion of each with a cutter or small spoon. Place them in a Criscoed pan with stock; cover with greased paper and cook in oven till just tender. Great care must be taken so as not to break the shapes. Break eggs into saucepan, add Crisco and tomato pulp; season nicely and stir over fire until creamy and just set. Place cucumbers on hot platter and fill cavities with eggs. Cover with thick tomato sauce, and serve hot.
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