RECIPES

SIMPLE CHICKEN POT PIE

1 cup frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
1 cup cooked chicken cut-up
1 medium potato diced into small pieces
1 egg
1 can condensed cream of chicken mushroom soup
1-1/2 cup Bisquick
3/4 cup milk
Heat oven to 400 degrees.  Mix vegetables, potato, chicken, and soup into deep dish pie plate.

Stir remaining ingredients until blended.    Pour into pie plate.

Bake about 30 minutes, or until golden brown, then cover with aluminum foil and bake another 20 minutes.

6 servings.


BUTTERNUT SQUASH SOUP

1 medium butternut squash (approximately 1 lb.)
3 tart green apples, peeled and coarsely chopped
1 medium onion, peeled and chopped
1/4 teaspoon rosemary or marjoram
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
3 (10-1/2 OZ.) cans of chicken broth
2 soup cans of water
1/2 cup of heavy cream or half & half
Peel squash and seed.  Cut into chunks.  Combine squash with apples, onions, rosemary, salt and pepper, broth and water in a large pot.  Bring to a boil and simmer uncovered for 45 minutes.

Puree soup in blender of food processor.  Return mixture to pot and bring just to boiling point, then reduce heat.  Before serving add cream.


PORK BARBEQUE

3 lb. pork
1 large can tomatoes
1 large can water
2 Tbsp. sugar
1/2 cup vinegar
1/2 cup catsup
1/14 to 1/2 cup Worcestershire
2 medium onions, sliced
1 clove garlic
1 Tbsp butter
 salt & pepper
Cook 3 to 4 hours in uncovered Dutch oven on top of stove.  Slice meat when done and return to broth.

HARVEST POT ROAST

1 2 to 4-pound chuck roast
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 medium onion, cut into thin wedges
1 teaspoon dried dillweed
1 medium acorn squash
8 small potatoes, peeled (1-1/2 pounds)
3 large carrots, sliced
1/2 cup all-purpose flower
1/2 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet
 
In a Dutch oven brown meat in hot oil.  Spoon off fat.  Add onion, dillweed, 2 cups water, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.  Bring to boiling; reduce heat.  Simmer, covered for 1 hour.  Cut squash crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices; discard seeds.  Halve slices.  Add squash, potatoes and carrots to meat.  Simmer 30 minutes or till meat and vegetables are tender.  Remove to a platter.

Skim fat from pan juices.  Measure 1-1/2 cup juices.  Stir 1/2 cup cold water into the flower; stir into reserved juices.  Cook and stir till bubbly.  Stir in Kitchen Bouquet; cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes more.  Pass with meat.  Serves 8.


PORK WITH APPLE-CURRY SAUCE

1 5- to 8-pound fresh pork shoulder arm picnic or smoked port shoulder picnic whole (cook-before-eating)
2 teaspoons curry powder
2 tablespoons butter or margerine
2 medium apples, peeled, cored, and chopped (2 cups)
1/2 cup finely chopped onion

2 tablespoons all-purpose flour.

Heat oven to 325º
Place meat on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.  Insert a meat thermometer.  Roast in a 325º oven for 3 to 4 hours or till thermometer registers 170º.  Place meat on a serving platter; keep warm.  Skim fat from pan juices; reserve 2 tablespoons juices.  Add milk or cream to equal 1 cup liquid; set aside.

In a saucepan cook and stir curry powder in butter for 1 minute.  Stir in apples and onion; cook covered, till apples and onion are tender.  Stir in flour.  Add milk mixture all at once.  Cook and stir over medium heat till thickened and bubbly.  Cook and stir 1 to 2 minutes more.  Season sauce for fresh roast with salt and pepper.  If resided, spoon some sauce over roast.  Pass remaining sauce.  Serves 10 to 14.