Wet Storage Recipes

TAMALE PIE
Serves 8 to 10

1 lb. hamburger OR 1 Cup chopped green pepper
1 (15 oz) can ground 1 clove garlic, minced
beef 1 (6 oz) can tomato paste
1 onion, chopped (Pg. 44) 1 (15 oz) can sliced ripe olives (optional)
1 (15 oz) can tomatoes 1 tsp. salt , dash of pepper
1 (12 oz) can corn, drained 1 ½ Cups sharp cheese, grated
1 Tbsp. sugar ½ Cup yellow corn meal
2 - 3 tsp. chili powder 1 Tbsp. butter
1 ½ Cups cold milk ½ tsp. salt

Brown the ground beef, green pepper, onion and garlic together. Drain the fat and add tomatoes, tomato paste, corn, olives, sugar, salt, chili powder, and pepper. Simmer 20 minutes until thick. Add cheese and stir until melted. Pour into 9x13-inch baking dish.

Make corn meal topping by heating milk in double boiler; add salt and slowly stir in corn meal. Cook and stir until thick (about 20 minutes), add butter and spread over top of meat mixture. Bake at 375' F. for 40 minutes.

MEAT PIE USING DRY SOUP MIX
Serves 20 - 25

6 Quarts water 1 (10 oz) can condensed
2 Cups dry soup mix tomato soup
2 lbs. frozen hash browns 1 (16 oz) can tomato sauce
1 (15 oz) can tomatoes 2 lbs. ground beef Or 2 (15 oz)
6-7 (9-inch) unbaked pie shells cans ground beef
If desired add left over vegetables, frozen carrots, corn, etc.

Fry hamburger (if using fresh ground beef, or warm if using canned ground beef) until well done and break into tiny pieces. Add to above ingredients, place in unbaked pastry pie shells. Add top crust and seal edges well. Bake in oven at 450'F. for 25 minutes or cover with foil and freeze for future baking.

BAR-B-QUE PATTIES
Note: Canned ground beef (1 ½ cans) may be used in place of fresh ground beef. Non-fat dry milk may be used in place of evaporated milk. (See Page 1 for evaporated milk recipe.)

1 ½ lb. ground beef 2 eggs, beaten
1 Cup evaporated milk (Pg. 1) 3/4 Cup oatmeal
salt and pepper to taste Hot oil

Mix all ingredients and drop by spoonful into hot oil in frying pan and brown both sides. Place in greased casserole dish or baking pan and cover with sauce.

SAUCE: Mix the following sauce ingredients and pour over patties:
4 Tbsp. Worcestershire Sauce 1 Cup catsup
3 Tbsp. vinegar 1/3 Cup water
2 Tbsp. sugar 6 Tbsp. minced onion
6 Tbsp. minced green pepper
Bake in 350'F. oven for 30 minutes. Serve.