Bacon has always been a part of my life, as I am sure it has been a part of all your lives. As I recall a plate of fried bacon was typically set on the table daily when I was a child. For me, it was never served with eggs in our house, strictly oatmeal….
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Chicken Parmesan
Ingredients 24 oz. MOM’s Special Marinara24 oz. H-E-B Fully Cooked Chicken Breast8 oz. Shredded MozzarellaFresh basil for garnish Directions Follow heating instructions for chicken breast. Remove chicken from heat and pour over a little or a lot of MOM’s Special Marinara sauce and top with cheese. Place in oven for 2 min to warm sauce…
The Perfect Hamburger
After 1960 my mom began trying her hand at making hamburgers. Her patties were rather large and became even thicker as they were pan-fried. Sandwiched with toasted Dietz Bakery bread, the burgers once assembled nearly rivaled a Dagwood Sandwich. With lettuce, pickles, onions, and a slice of home-grown tomato they soon simply fell apart and…
PINEAPPLE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE
When I was a boy, women, like my mother, seemed to await the arrival of each day’s newspaper just to see what new recipes were being featured. We never knew what might catch her eye in the recipe department. I remember one cake very well, and I still have her original clipping that she saved from…
Creamed Carrots
We overlook some foods as just being ordinary, or even take them for granted, but nothing was more astonishing to me than the origin of carrots. Wild carrots from Western Asia and Europe initially had only a tiny, arid-tasting root. Eating the root was probably not popular, but they must have used them for something,…
Chili & Beans
The cold winter days of the past two years have reminded me of my childhood. That was a good time to have a hot bowl of chili. One might not believe that chili was a dish that Germans would relish, but not so! Had it not been for William F. Gebhardt introducing the first chili…
Estella’s Oven-baked BBQ Spareribs
I have learned much while putting together these recipes—particularly when attempting to recall things that occurred half a century or more earlier. Sometimes, it’s difficult, as it was with this recipe. I could not recall if the ribs that I had enjoyed so much had been beef or pork. I was rather certain that they…
MIRACLE WHIP CHOCOLATE CAKE
Miracle Whip is a condiment created by Kraft Foods that was developed as a less expensive alternative to mayonnaise. To win acceptance it was bolstered by Kraft’s extensive advertising campaign, which included sponsorship of a series of two-hour radio programs. Miracle Whip soon outsold all mayonnaise brands and by 1950 Ed Herlihy’s voice of “cheer…
Chicken and Dumplings (Klösse)
I am not certain what is more American than apple pie, but I would have thought that Chicken and Dumplings would be a close second. To me, this was about as classic an American food as one could have imagined. It isn’t and wasn’t – I was in for a surprise. We, as Americans, have…
HOME MADE BREAD
One might wonder with a bakery as famous as Dietz Bakery in one’s hometown why anyone would bother to make their own bread. Well, for one reason, my father insisted upon it. Local homemakers who made their own bread had two choices in those days. One was to purchase Fleischmann’s dry yeast or pick up…
Bourbon Cranberry French Toast Casserole
Seems I have been put in charge of all the holiday recipe articles this year. When brainstorming recipe ideas, all of us agreed that we thought it a good idea to share a holiday breakfast recipe. Funny, because none of the Fischers or Wiesers have any Christmas breakfast traditions. We never had a special Christmas…
Estella’s Bread Pudding and Red Wine Sauce
Having bread pudding for dessert was once a welcomed occurrence. It is a dish with very old roots. For those who remember the days when their moms baked bread, it might have often been served and never been questioned for its frequent appearance. Bread pudding was a popular way to use every bit of bread…