Missionary Menus That Aren’t Quite Like Mom’s

Cut radishes and cucumbers into thin slices. Spread each slice of bread with mayonnaise or butter. Place slices of radishes and cucumber on one slice of bread, salt and pepper, add lettuce, and close the sandwich with the second slice of bread. Now enjoy eating.

Now the good part: you will need 1 1/4 cups of leftover anything—tomatoes, carrots, apples, oranges, pears, casserole, potatoes, sauerkraut, peas—any vegetable or fruit will do. Chop the leftovers into small bits—puree if possible.

Now blend all of your ingredients until thoroughly mixed. Add nuts if you want to. Bake in a 9-inch pan at 350° F for 35 minutes. Glaze the cake while still hot with a mixture of 1 cup powdered sugar and 1/4 cup water.

Mix all ingredients but franks. Put this mixture in a 1 1/2-quart casserole. Slice the franks and place them in a star shape on top of the beans. Bake uncovered for 30 minutes or until beans are bubbly and franks are brown. This dish serves 4 to 6 people. Your leftovers will keep in the refrigerator about one week and are delicious reheated.

Drop a teaspoon of dough every 2 inches on the cookie sheet. Bake for about 10 minutes. This recipe makes about 3 dozen cookies.

Cut the fish in two, lengthwise. Salt and pepper the fish, then place one layer of it in a baking pan. Place a layer of cheese and diced onions on the fish, another layer of fish on top of the onions, then add another layer of cheese and diced onions. Bake at 350° F for 10 minutes. Thin the catsup with 1 cup of water and add the garlic and bay leaf. Now pour this mixture on the partially cooked fish. Finish baking until the fish is flaky—about 30 minutes.

Put all the ingredients in a sauce pan and cook at medium heat. Water or milk are added while cooking until the right consistency is reached. A caramel sauce can be poured over it, but it is also great by itself. Cook the pudding until the apples are soft when pierced with a fork.

Put all the ingredients, except the hamburger and the tortillas, into a pan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Simmer until it is thick. While that is cooking, fry the hamburger until thoroughly browned, then drain the grease from the hamburger. Use the grease in the frying pan to heat a flour tortilla. Spoon the other ingredients on top of tortillas. Add cheese and hot sauce if you like. Roll it up and eat it.

Mix the ingredients, except for the juice and the 1/2 cup sugar, in the order given, then pour into a loaf pan. Put this into an oven preheated to 300° F and bake until done. (Stick a toothpick in the center of the loaf; if it is done, the toothpick will come out clean.) Mix the juice of 1 lemon with 1/2 cup sugar and pour over the bread while it is still hot.

Brown the hamburger and onion in a frying pan. Pour the grease off the hamburger and onion and mix the kidney beans and the tomato sauce right in the pan. Sprinkle the mixture with the Italian spice, then simmer over medium heat for about 30 minutes.

Sift together the dry ingredients. Combine the egg, milk, salad oil, and rootbeer and then add to the dry ingredients. Stir enough to mix well. Bake on a hot griddle on one side until bubbles appear, then flip the pancake over and lightly brown the other side. Makes about a dozen dollar-size pancakes or about eight 4-inch pancakes.