Great Great Aunt Jessies 1940s Grilled Onion Halves Recipes

ROASTED ONION HALVES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F Grease a small baking or roasting pan with a little olive oil or line it with parchment paper. Rub the onions with the 2 tablespoons olive oil and sprinkle them all over with salt and pepper.
• Put the onions cut side down in the prepared pan. Roast, undisturbed, until they start to brown, about 20 minutes. Use a spatula to turn them over. Top with the thyme if you like, then return them to the oven for another 15 to 25 minutes, depending on how tender you want them. Check for doneness by sticking a sharp-tipped knife or skewer into the side of one. Serve hot or at room temperature.

GREAT GREAT AUNT JESSIE'S 1940'S TOMATO SURPRISE SALAD

Steps:

• Scald, peel and chill tomatoes.
• Carefully scoop out the inside out of the tomatoes.
• Remove the seeds from the pulp and chill all ingredients.
• When ready to serve mix chicken, cucumber, tomato pulp and nuts with the mayo.
• Add salt if needed.
• Fill tomatoes and arrange on lettuce leaves.
• Garnish with parsley and cauliflower buds.

LEFTOVER TURKEY-MUSHROOM-NOODLE CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Cook noodles until barely tender in boiling salted water.
• Drain well and place in shallow greased baking dish.
• Arrange turkey over noodles.
• Melt butter and add onion, cooking for a minute.
• Add in the rest of the ingredients and mix lightly then pour over the turkey and noodles.
• Bake in a moderate oven at 350 degrees until lightly browned (about 20 minutes).

GRILLED ONION BLOSSOM

Steps:

• Peel onions; cut almost through each onion forming eight wedges.
• Place each onion on square pieces of heavy aluminum foil.
• Stir together butter, mustard, sugar and hot sauce.
• Drizzle mixture over onions.
• Bring up two opposite edges of each foil square and seal with double fold.
• Fold remaining edges to completely enclose each onion leaving space for steam to build.
• Place packets on upper grill rack.
• Close cover and grill for 20 minutes.
• Sprinkle with pepper and serve.

HUNGARIAN NOCKERL

Steps:

• Add the water, eggs and salt to the flour in a large bowl.
• Mix well.
• Cover the bowl with a terry cloth towel until you are ready to use.
• Fill a large pot with water and add salt to taste.
• Bring to boil.
• Wet a wooden cutting board and put 1/3 of the dough on it.
• Using a sharp knofe, flick 1 inch strips into the water.
• Stir the pot occasionally and keep the water at a simmer.
• Cook for 5-10 minutes after the last batch is added.
• Drain and rinse with water.
• Melt 2 tablespoons of butter and add with the nockerl to a dish and keep in a low, warm oven until ready to serve.
• Serve with Chicken Paprikash, Stuffed Cabbage or braised meat dishes.

GREAT GREAT AUNT JESSIE'S 1940'S RHUBARB PIE FILLING

Steps:

• Wash and dry rhubarb (do not peel unless the skin is very tough).
• Cut the stalks into about 1/2 inch pieces.
• Beat the eggs and add sugar and flour which have been mixed together.
• Beat until the three are as one.
• Mix the egg-sugar mixture with the rhubarb and fill the pie shell.
• I like a high, rounding pie even if I do have to put a pan under it in the oven.
• Believe it or not, this is such a good and well-behaved pie that it didn't drip, but I betcha it would have if that pan hadn't been under it.
• To get the shiny countenance on this pie, brush the top with an egg or egg yolk diluted in water or milk when the pie is about halfway through its cooking period.
• If it doesn't get enough make-up with the first painting, brush it again just before it comes out of the oven.
• Where there is pie, there should be cheese.
• We chose this time a soft cheese molded into small balls- one for each serving.
• Then you'd better make a few more since there are always delightful"pigs" who want two scoops of ice cream and two hunks of cheese with pie.
• And it's only right, because these characters always look for the largest piece of pie to go with double the trimmings.

OLD FASHION MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Mix together the tomato sauce, barbecue sauce and sugar in a small saucepan.
• over medium heat. Heat the mixture until it begins to bubble, stirring often,.
• then remove it from the heat.
• In a large bowl, add all but 2 tablespoons of the tomato sauce to the meat.
• Mix the sauce into the meat, then add the remaining ingredients. Mix again.
• Pack a loaf pan with the meat mixture, cover with foil, and bake for about.
• 30 minutes. Remove foil and drain fat. Cut the meatloaf, while in the pan,.
• into eight separate slices. Pour remaining sauce over the meatloaf. Return.
• to oven and cook for another 30 minutes, uncovered. Allow to cool slightly.
• before serving.