"Syssi" > wrote in message
news:TMpDg.10989$hH1.302@trnddc08...
> "Helen Harrand" >
> > My mom used to make this KILLER eggplant casserole that came from (I
> > think)
> > her 1936 cookbook. It went something like this
> >
> > Fry something like a pound of bacon until crisp, take it out and crumble
> > and
> > set aside. Fry a large onion in the resulting bacon grease. Add sharp
> > cheddar and one can of TOMATO SOUP (I remember thinking that I didn't
> > know
> > they had that then. Add a large eggplant or two that had been cubed and
> > blanched in boiling water for 4 minutes or so then drained. Mix all
> > together and top w/buttered crumbs and bake. God, I LOVED that stuff.
I
> > was the only kid in the world who would ask for eggplant casserole for
my
> > b'day dinner.
> >
> > DAmn, I wish I could find that friggin cookbook. It's somewhere here.
> >
> > helen
> > ==============
>
> Helen, when you find it - PLEASE SHARE!!
>
> My ex-step G'mother was in town a while back and I was telling her how
much
> I always loved her Swiss beef. It was AMAZING. She shook her head and
said
> that really wasn't anything to it... She pounded the steaks, added salt,
> pepper, (celery and onions? I need to ask her again when I can write it
> down), and Campbell's Tomato soup. I couldn't believe it. I just *knew*
> that it was something she slaved in the kitchen for hours and hours...
> --
> Cyndi (again)
>
>

If I ever find that book (I know it's in this damn house somewhere, along
w/all the recipes that I've collected during my work years in another
missing book damnit!) I'll write down the true recipe but what I"ve set down
up top is pretty much it. It's wonderful stuff.....it might even be able to
make rutabagas edible.....but I still wouldn't go there!

hugs,
helen