Florence's Chicken

Flour, salt and pepper chicken (shake in bag). Deep fry.
In pan boil 1/2 cup sugar, 1 cup shoyu (soy sauce), crushed garlic and ginger.
Shake off excess oil from chicken and dunk into marinade sauce.

Grandma's Waldorf-Astoria's Frosting

5 tablespoons flour
1 cup milk
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Cook* flour and milk until thick, stirring constantly, on low heat (may start at high). Cover pan and let stand until cool, about 2 hours. Cream butter, sugar, and salt; add vanilla. Add to cooked mixture and beat at high speed until it resembles whipped cream. Cut the 8" layers in half and frost cake between layers.

Notes* Low heat - may start high

(See Waldorf Red Cake)

Grandma's Waldorf-Astoria's Red Cake

1/2 cup shortening
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 oz red food coloring
2 tablespoons cocoa
2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon vinegar

Cream shortening and sugar until light.  Add eggs and mix. Make a paste of coloring and cocoa and add to creamed mixture. Add sifted dry ingredients alternately with milk and vanilla mixed together. Add vinegar and mix gently, do no beat. Pour into 2 greased 8" cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 35 minutes.

(See Waldorf Frosting)

Pickled Mango

Boil mixture:
2 cups vinegar, cider
1/2 cup Hawaiian salt
4 1/2 cup brown sugar
6 cups water
2 tablespoons red food coloring

Cut mangoes in half or quarters. Peel and clean inside. Pour mixture over sliced mangoes. (Makes 2 gallons)

Grandma's Peanut Butter Cookies

Mix:

1/2 cup shortening

1/2 cup peanut butter

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 egg

Stir in:

1 1/4 sifted flour

1/2 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon soda

1/4 teaspoon salt

Chill dough. Roll into balls size of large walnuts. Place 3" apart on lightly greased baking sheet. Flatten with fork dipped in Crisco. Bake until set but not hard (10 - 12 minutes) at 375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Grandma's Butter Balls

1 cup butter
2 cup sifted flour
5 tablespoons confectioners sugar
1 cup nut meats
1 teaspoon water
1/2 teaspoon vanilla

Cream butter until smooth. Work in flour and sugar.  Then at nut meats, water and vanilla.  Shape into a ball then chill. Roll into 1" balls and place on cookie sheet. Bake in slow oven, 300 degrees Fahrenheit.  Roll cookies in confectioners sugar while still warm.

Grandma's Quick Vegetable Soup

1/2 lb ground beef

1 tablespoon fat

1/2 cup chopped onion

1 tablespoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1 bay leaf

3 cups or more water

1 cup sliced carrots

2 cups medium chopped cabbage

1/2 cup chopped celery and leaves

1 cup green beans cut in 1" pieces

3 1/2 cup canned tomatoes

Brown ground beef in fat.  Add onion and cook 3 minutes.  Add salt, pepper, bay leaf, water, green beans (if fresh), carrots, cabbage, celery and leaves.  Cover and cook until vegetables are tender.  Add tomato and green beans (if canned) during last 10 minutes of cooking.