Recipe(tried): Old Fashioned Menu for a Family Dinner - Tomato and Cottage Cheese Salad, Cheese and Ham Macaroni Loaf, Corn Fritters, Country Style Green Beans, Brown Sugar Fudge

OLD FASHIONED MENU FOR A FAMILY DINNER
Tomato and Cottage Cheese Salad
Cheese and Ham Macaroni Loaf
Corn Fritters
Country Style Green Beans
Brown Sugar Fudge

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TOMATO AND COTTAGE CHEESE SALAD
Servings: 4

4 tomatoes
12 ounces cottage cheese
4 teaspoons chives
1 dash salt
1 dash pepper
Italian dressing

Cut the stem end from the tomatoes. Then, slicing downward but making sure not to cut all the way through, slice each tomato into eighths. The effect should be that of a flower.

Plop a spoonful of cottage cheese in the center of each tomato. Sprinkle on spices and pile the chives into the center of the cottage cheese.

Pass your favorite Italian Dressing.

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CHEESE AND HAM MACARONI LOAF
Servings: 6

8 ounces elbow macaroni, cooked, rinsed & drained
1 cup fresh bread crumbs

1/2 lb. diced cheddar cheese
3 eggs
1 (4-ounce) can deviled ham
2 tbsp butter, softened
2 strips green pepper
2 green onions sliced
3-4 parsley sprigs
1/4 tsp salt

1 1/2 cups hot milk

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Butter a 9x5x3-inch loaf pan.

In a mixing bowl combine macaroni and bread crumbs; set aside.

Put cheese, eggs, ham, butter, green pepper, onions, parsley, and salt into blender container. Cover and blend at Low speed for 10 seconds.

With blades spinning, remove cover or inner cap and gradually pour in hot milk (use caution when blending hot ingredients). Continue blending for 20 seconds.

Pour cheese mixture over macaroni and mix well. Pour into prepared loaf pan.

Bake in preheated oven for 1 hour or until firm. Cool for 10 minutes, then, unmold and serve hot or cold.

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CORN FRITTERS
Makes 12 fritters

1 1/3 cups flour
1 cup corn
2/3 cup milk
1 egg
1 tbsp. melted fat
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. sugar
1/2 tsp. salt

Mix all ingredients together well and drop by spoonfuls in hot oil.

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COUNTRY-STYLE GREEN BEANS

2 pounds fresh green beans, trimmed and snapped into 1-inch pieces
1 1/3 cups water
5 slices bacon, cut into small pieces (or one smoked ham hock)
1/2 teaspoon dried red pepper flakes
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Salt to taste

Combine all ingredients in large saucepan. Cover and simmer for about 1 hour.

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BROWN SUGAR FUDGE
Makes about 3 pounds of penuche

2 pounds light brown sugar
1 cup evaporated milk
1/2 cup butter
1/4 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
3/4 cup halved candied cherries, optional
1 teaspoon vanilla

Butter a 9-inch square pan.

In a medium saucepan, mix brown sugar, milk, butter, and salt. Cook, stirring, until sugar is dissolved.

Cook without stirring until soft ball stage is reached or to 238 degrees F on a candy thermometer.

Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm.

Add pecans, cherries (if using), and vanilla. Beat until thick.

Pour into prepared pan. When firm, cut into squares.