Crumb Cake

Dry ingredients:

2 eggs

4 cups flour

1 cup sour milk

2 cups sugar

1 ts. baking soda

1 cup butter or margarine

pinch cream of tartar

Mix flour and sugar; cut in butter as for   pastry.  Save about 2 c. for   topping.  Beat eggs; mix in remaining   ingredients.  Add crumb mixture;   beat.  Pour into greased 9" x   13" pan.  Put reserved topping on   top, in ½" chunks.  Bake at 350° for 30 minutes.

Note:  To make sour milk, add milk to 1 Tbs.   vinegar to make 1 cup.   Let stand a   few minutes.

Hamburger Casserole

1 lb. ground beef

1 Tbs. liquid smoke

2 - 31 oz. cans pork & beans

3 Tbs. white vinegar

1 - 16 oz. can kidney beans, drained

1 c. catsup

1 - 16 oz. can cannellini, drained

dash of pepper

¼ c. brown sugar

1 ts. salt

Brown 1 lb. ground beef; pour off fat; put   beef into crockpot.  Cook ½ lb. bacon,   1 c. chopped onion; drain; add to beef with remaining ingredients.  Cover; cook on low for 5-9 hrs. or on high   for 3 hrs.

Codfish Cakes

1 lb. dried codfish - soak in cold   water 12 hours; simmer 20 mins.

OR

1 lb. fresh or frozen cod - simmer   for 20 minutes.

About 3-4 lb. potatoes.  Either cook whole, peel, and mash.

OR peel, slice, cook, drain well,   and mash.

Note:    mashed potatoes should be fairly stiff.

Codfish cakes:  Mix mashed potatoes, fish (cooked,   drained, and flaked), 2 or 3 eggs, pepper, 1 ts. grated onion   (optional).  Shape into balls;   flatten; roll in flour; sauté in butter and oil.  (or bake at 375° for 35 minutes)  Serve with tomato sauce and mayo sauce.

Tomato sauce:  Heat a 2 lb. can Italian tomatoes,   oregano, basil, parsley, 1 ts. sugar (optional).  Add some toast cubes.    Thicken with about 2 Tbs. cornstarch mixed with 2 Tbs. water.

Mayonnaise sauce:  Mix together ½ c. mayonnaise, 1½ ts.   mustard, ½ ts. Worcestershire sauce, 1/8 ts. Tabasco (hot sauce).

X-Mas Cookies

1 cup margerine 2 cups sugar (bay be part brown) 3 eggs 2 teaspoons baking powder 3 tablespoons milk 5 cups of flour

Mix everything together in a big bowl. Chill at least 1 hour. Roll; Cut out; Put on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

Apple Dumplings

5 baking apples (e.g. Granny Smith) dough for 2 pie crusts (e.g. pie crust mix) 1.2 cup brown sugar 1 cup water 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 cup granulated sugar

Mix brown sugar and water in a 9" square pan. Mix cinnamon and sugar. Core and peel apples. Divide dough into 5 pieces. Roll each piece into a 6-7" square. Place an apple in the center of each square. Pour cinnamon mixture into core of apple. Bring corners of dough up and over apple to cover completely . Rub a little water on the dough to make it stick. Place apples in pan with sugar water. Bake at 425 for 40 minutes.