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		Box 444, River Road Route 128 Dresden, Maine 04342 (207) 737-2527 Email

	Here are some of our favorite recipes

Hasselbackspotatis
Potato Salad
Scalloped Potatoes
Beef Stew
Chunk Pickles

	Hasselbackspotatis - Hasselback Potatoes
	Ingredients: 12 medium sized potatoes 3 tbsp butter or margarine 3 tbsp grated cheese 1-2 tbsp dry bread crumbs salt	Proceed as follows: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees Place the peeled potatoes in a wooden spoon and make vertical slices, 2-3 mm apart, about 3/4 of the way through the potatoes. The wooden spoon will protect the final 1/4 of the potatoes. With the cut-side up, place the potatoes in a buttered baking dish Melt half of the butter and pour it over the potatoes, then sprinkle with salt. Bake for 30 minutes, now and then basting the potatoes with molten butter. After 30 minutes, sprinkle bread crumbs over the potatoes and, if desired, grated cheese. Continue to bake for another 15 minutes
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	Potato Salad
	Ingredients: 1 cup Miracle Whip Salad Dressing 1 tsp Kraft pure prepared mustard 1 tsp celery seed 1/2 tsp salt 1/8 tsp pepper 4 cups cubed cooked potatoes 2 hard cooked eggs chopped 1/2 cups each of onions, celery & chopped sweet pickles	Proceed as follows: Combine salad dressing, mustard, celery seed, salt, and pepper Mix well Add potatoes, eggs, onions, celery and pickles Mix lightly Chill Serves 6
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	Scalloped Potatoes
	Ingredients: 6 potatoes 3 onions 5 t flour 1.5 t salt 1/4 t pepper 5 t butter 1.5 to 2 cups milk	Proceed as follows: 1 lb hamburger Pare potatoes and onions Cut into 1/8 inch slices grease cassarole pan One layer each of potatoes, onions and hamburger Sprinkle with flour, salt, pepper, and dot with butter Repeat layers until potatoes, onions & hamburger are used up Add enough milk to come to top of potatoes. Cover and bake at 300 for 2 hours or until potatoea are soft Remove cover during last half hour of cooking If potatoes dry, add more milk Serves 6
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	Beef Stew
	Ingredients: 2 lb beef, chuck or stew meat, cut into 1.5" to 2" cubes 2 onions sliced 5 to 6 carrots either sliced or cut into strips 4 to 5 potatoes cut into chunks salt and pepper 1 cup water	Proceed as follows: Slow cooker Place vegetables in bottom ov cooker Add cubed beef, seasonings and water Cook on LOW 10-12 hours or HIGH 5-6 hours Thicken gravey if desired Pressure Cooker Brown cubed beef in pressure cooker in a small amount of fat Add seasonings and onion Place carrots and potatoes on top of meat and add water Cook 10-15 minutes at 10 lbs pressure Thicken gravey if desired Microwave oven In a 2.5 to 3 quart casserole or oblong dish, combine meat, onion, seasonings and water Sprinkle with 2 tbsp flour and 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce or Kitchen Bouquet Cook covered 20 minutes on full power, stirring twice Add vegetables Cook covered 10-12 minutes or until vegetables are desired doneness, stirring occasionally
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	Chunk Pickles
	Ingredients: 1.5 qt pared chunked cucumbers 2 large onions 3 tsp coarse salt 1 qt water 1.5 cups sugar 1/4 cups flour 1.5 tsp celery seed 1.5 tsp white mustard seed 1/2 tsp turmeric 2 cups vinegar	Proceed as follows: Pare medium sized cucumbers and cut into half length wise. Then slice them into chunks Add onions, salt and water Let stand 3 hours Drain thoroughly Combine dry ingredients then gradually add vinegar Cook until smooth and thick, stirring constantly Add cucumbers and onions Heat to boiling Seal into hot sterilized jars. Makes 4 pints
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