Sweet-Sour Baked Chicken

I found this recipe when going through my file of vintage chicken recipe clippings. It sure doesn't strike me as an average sweet-sour recipe. However I suppose it makes some sense because sweet pickles are obviously sweet and sour from the sugar and vinegar they are made with. If you get past the idea of sweet-sour in terms of a Asian dish, this might be good. However if you told people you were serving chicken with a barbecue and pickle sauce I am sure they would think it was weird.

Sweet-Sour Baked Chicken
1 broiler-fryer (2 1/2 to 3 lb.), cut in serving pieces
1/2 cup unsifted all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/3 cup salad oil
Sauce
1/2 cup cider vinegar
3 tablespoons light-brown sugar
1/3 cup chopped sweet gherkins
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon catsup

1. Wipe chicken well with damp paper towels.
2. In clean paper bag, combine four, salt, and pepper. Shake chicken pieces in bag until well coated.
3. Heat oil slowly in large skillet. Brown chicken, a few pieces at a time, turning often. Place, skin up, in 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
4. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make Sauce: In small bowl, combine vinegar and sugar, stirring to dissolve sugar. Blend in remaining ingredients.
5. Brush chicken pieces carefully with sauce. Pour rest over chicken.
6. Bake, covered, 30 minutes.
7. Baste with sauce; bake, uncovered, 15 minutes.
8. Serve with sauce spooned over
Makes 4 servings.

Sausageburgers

Tonight I was going through one of my boxes of old recipe clippings and came across this oddity. I used to save any recipe I came across regardless of whether it sounded good or I would be likely to make it. This one is neither, it sounds weird and would probably taste weird too. I can kind of understand the breakfast sausage in the hamburger bun part, there are all types of breakfast sandwiches out there. The small amount of barbecue sauce is ok but I draw the line at the bean sprouts. What possessed some magazine food editor to include them in this recipe? I can not think of one reason to add them except if La Choy was sponsoring the recipe and this isn't an ad it is just a recipe from an article.

Sausageburgers
1/4 cup softened butter or margarine

2 tablespoons bottled barbecue sauce

5 hamburger buns, split

1 8-oz. package brown and serve sausage links

1 1-pounds can bean sprouts, drained

Blend butter and barbecue sauce together; spread over cut surfaces of the buns. Split sausages in half lengthwise. Arrange over bottom halves of buns. Top each with 1/2 cup bean sprouts; cover with other half of bun. Wrap in aluminum foil. Buns may be prepared ahead of time and stored in refrigerator. To serve, heat oven to 400 degrees. Bake 10 to 15 minutes. Makes 5 burgers.

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.

Waldorf Salad Cookies

I found this recipe in a magazine type publication Women's Circle Home Cooking- Christmas Snacks, 1989. This is the type of booklet in which home cooks contribute their recipes. Apparently some frugul housewife found herself with some leftover waldorf salad and didn't want to throw it out so she made it into cookies. Then she figured out how to write it up in recipe form. I can't imagine anyone making this with fresh ingredients.

Waldorf Salad Cookies
2 3/4 cups flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
3/4 cups mayonnaise
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped apples
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
In medium bowl, stir together flour, baking soda, salt and cinnamon. In a large bowl, beat together sugar, mayonnaise, eggs and vanilla until smooth. Add flour mixture and beat at low speed until smooth. Stir in apples, nuts and celery. Drop by level tablespoonful onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 350 degrees 10-12 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool on racks completely before storing in tightly covered container.

Sardines- A nasty little fish

Sardine-Filled Eggs- Well maybe these aren't really weird but they don't sound good to me and I bet they look nasty.
6 hard cooked eggs
6 skinless sardines
2 tablespoons soft butter
1 tablespoon onion
1 tablespoon mince parsley
Salt and pepper to taste
Cut eggs in half, remove yolks. Crush remaining ingredients into a paste. with the yolks. Refill egg whites with the paste.

Well I might be picking on the poor defenseless sardine but this sounds yucky too:
Sardine Turnovers
Pastry for 1 crust
1 can sardines, drained
2 teaspoons mustard
3 tablespoons sweet pickle relish, moisture pressed out
Lemon juice to tastef
Roll the chillled dough out to 3/16-inch thickness. Cut into 3-inch squares. Mix remaining ingredients together. Place a small mound of filling on each square. Press oppposite points of turnovers together and pinch the seams firmly. Cut vents on top side and brush with cold milk. Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes, reduce heat to 350 and bake until golden about 10-12 minutes longer.