"Helen Harrand" & Cyndi
>> > 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
> =============

<giggle>

THANKS!! I look forward to seeing it.

I'm a vegetable fiend! I haven't found one that I didn't like (including
rutabagas!!)!


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Cyndi (again)