Hi, I was raised on that Salad as well - Cucumber and Onions............now....a favor.........do you have the recipe for the dressing....I know you diced up the Cucumbers and onions ....but, what was on / in the dressing ? I never had store bought bread until I got married...in our home everything was homemade....and, I had NO complaints ! And, give me a good old dish of homemade ham pot pie or ham bean soup and you have one happy camper.....kids today are spoiled - wouldn't you say ! Kindly Bea ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 5:42 PM Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook >I don't believe this subject is off-topic at all. After all, the old >recipes often bring back good memories, and some fun times for all of us. >Every dinner I ate at Grandpap Mellott's featured fried potatoes, canned >beef, and a cucumber and onion salad. My grandchildren love the cucumber >and onion salad, especially the dressing. > My mother was a very good cook, and she had a mixed origin repertoire of > meals. German, Italian, and PA Dutch. > She was well-known for leaving ingredients out of her recipes. > My son-in-law had never heard of potpie, and he never learned to like it > at all. Now I have a son-in-law from the Cove area, and he seems to prefer > sugar added to everything. > > On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:23:36 -0400 > "Sharon Sheldon" <[email protected]> wrote: >>In the event we aren't joking about all these substitutions - you need the >>sour milk in the recipe for the reaction it causes with the soda. At least >>that's what I've been told about these old timey recipes. And you don't >>need >>to let it get old, you just add vinegar (or even lemon juice, although >>I've >>never done that) to regular milk. This is also an acceptable substitute >>for >>buttermilk. >> >>I apologize in advance for being off topic! >> >>Sharon >> >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>On >>Behalf Of Peg Marple >>Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 7:18 AM >>To: Connie Burkett; 'Judy Banja'; [email protected] >>Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook >> >>fresh milk for sour milk? >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Connie Burkett" <[email protected]> >>To: "'Judy Banja'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:24 PM >>Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook >> >> >>> Hmmm! I wonder what would happen if I substitute >>> Spenda for the sugar >>> Butter substitute >>> Egg substitute >>> And whole wheat flour >>> ???? >>> >>> Connie >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>On >>> Behalf Of Judy Banja >>> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:15 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: PABlair local cookbook >>> >>> Favorite Recipes Contributed by Prominent Local Women Peoples Natural >>> Gas >>Co., >>> 1934 >>> >>> Mrs. Kincaid and Mrs. Elva Pollock Waple, Tyrone, Pa. >>> DEVIL'S FOOD >>> >>> 1 cup brown sugar >>> 1 cup white sugar >>> 1/2 cup butter >>> 2 eggs >>> 1/2 cup cocoa >>> 1 tablespoon vanilla >>> 2 cups flour >>> 1/2 cup sour milk >>> 1 cup hot water >>> 1 teaspoon soda >>> >>> Cream the butter; add the sugar and cream together until light and >>fluffy. >>> Add the eggs and beat well. Mix and sift the dry ingredients excepting >>soda, >>> which is dissolved in the hot water. Add the wet and dry ingredients >>> alternately to the first mixture. Flavor. Bake in a long, greased pan >>for 30 >>> minutes at 350 degrees. >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> 1930 Tyrone, Blair County census - >>> Charles M. Waple, 67 >>> Elva Waple, 47 >>> James A. Pollock, 20 >>> Gertrude E. Pollock, 17 >>> Beatrice A. Pollock, 16 >>> >>> George G. Kinkead, 46 >>> Grace P. Kinkead, 45 >>> Phyllis E. Kinkead, 20 >>> Nancy J. Lucas, 24 >>> >>> >>> >>> ----------------------------------- >>> No flaming permitted on this list. 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I don't have a tsp. of this, T. of that recipe. I just sprinkle sugar on the cukes and onions, and right before dinner add vinegar, a little salt and stir it up. Now I use splenda instead of sugar, but it tastes the same to me. On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 18:00:00 -0400 "Bea and Stan Rutherford" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hi, >I was raised on that Salad as well - Cucumber and Onions............now....a favor.........do you have the recipe for the dressing....I know you diced up the Cucumbers and onions ....but, what was on / in the dressing ? >I never had store bought bread until I got married...in our home everything was homemade....and, I had NO complaints ! >And, give me a good old dish of homemade ham pot pie or ham bean soup and you have one happy camper.....kids today are spoiled - wouldn't you say ! >Kindly >Bea > > >----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 5:42 PM >Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook > > >>I don't believe this subject is off-topic at all. After all, the old recipes often bring back good memories, and some fun times for all of us. Every dinner I ate at Grandpap Mellott's featured fried potatoes, canned beef, and a cucumber and onion salad. My grandchildren love the cucumber and onion salad, especially the dressing. >> My mother was a very good cook, and she had a mixed origin repertoire of >> meals. German, Italian, and PA Dutch. >> She was well-known for leaving ingredients out of her recipes. >> My son-in-law had never heard of potpie, and he never learned to like it >> at all. Now I have a son-in-law from the Cove area, and he seems to prefer >> sugar added to everything. >> >> On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:23:36 -0400 >> "Sharon Sheldon" <[email protected]> wrote: >>>In the event we aren't joking about all these substitutions - you need the >>>sour milk in the recipe for the reaction it causes with the soda. At least >>>that's what I've been told about these old timey recipes. And you don't need >>>to let it get old, you just add vinegar (or even lemon juice, although I've >>>never done that) to regular milk. This is also an acceptable substitute for >>>buttermilk. >>> >>>I apologize in advance for being off topic! >>> >>>Sharon >>> >>> >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On >>>Behalf Of Peg Marple >>>Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 7:18 AM >>>To: Connie Burkett; 'Judy Banja'; [email protected] >>>Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook >>> >>>fresh milk for sour milk? >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- From: "Connie Burkett" <[email protected]> >>>To: "'Judy Banja'" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> >>>Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:24 PM >>>Subject: Re: PABlair local cookbook >>> >>> >>>> Hmmm! I wonder what would happen if I substitute >>>> Spenda for the sugar >>>> Butter substitute >>>> Egg substitute >>>> And whole wheat flour >>>> ???? >>>> >>>> Connie >>>> >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] >>>On >>>> Behalf Of Judy Banja >>>> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:15 PM >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Subject: PABlair local cookbook >>>> >>>> Favorite Recipes Contributed by Prominent Local Women Peoples Natural >>>> Gas >>>Co., >>>> 1934 >>>> >>>> Mrs. Kincaid and Mrs. Elva Pollock Waple, Tyrone, Pa. >>>> DEVIL'S FOOD >>>> >>>> 1 cup brown sugar >>>> 1 cup white sugar >>>> 1/2 cup butter >>>> 2 eggs >>>> 1/2 cup cocoa >>>> 1 tablespoon vanilla >>>> 2 cups flour >>>> 1/2 cup sour milk >>>> 1 cup hot water >>>> 1 teaspoon soda >>>> >>>> Cream the butter; add the sugar and cream together until light and >>>fluffy. >>>> Add the eggs and beat well. Mix and sift the dry ingredients excepting >>>soda, >>>> which is dissolved in the hot water. Add the wet and dry ingredients >>>> alternately to the first mixture. Flavor. Bake in a long, greased pan >>>for 30 >>>> minutes at 350 degrees. >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------ >>>> >>>> 1930 Tyrone, Blair County census - >>>> Charles M. Waple, 67 >>>> Elva Waple, 47 >>>> James A. Pollock, 20 >>>> Gertrude E. Pollock, 17 >>>> Beatrice A. Pollock, 16 >>>> >>>> George G. Kinkead, 46 >>>> Grace P. Kinkead, 45 >>>> Phyllis E. Kinkead, 20 >>>> Nancy J. Lucas, 24 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> No flaming permitted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out >>>rule. >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> The Blair Co. mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. >>>> Genealogy >>>> Society. >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>> [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes in >>>> the subject and the body of the message >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> No flaming permitted on this list. This is a one flame and you are out >>>rule. >>>> ----------------------------------- >>>> The Blair Co. mailing list has no association with the Blair Co. >>>> Genealogy >>>Society. >>>> ------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >>>[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >>>quotes >>>in the subject and the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>>----------------------------------- >>>No flaming permitted on this list. 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