Recipes: Stuffed Peppers

[Joxcee]

Vegetable-stuffed Peppers

6 medium green peppers
1-1/2 cups canned or fresh corn
1 cup diced fresh or canned tomatoes
1/2 cup soft bread crumbs
1/4 cup finely chopped celery
2 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
1 tablespoon finely chopped onion
2 slightly beaten eggs
1-1/4 teaspoons salt
Dash Pepper

OVEN: 350^o

Remove tops and seeds from peppers; parboil 5 minutes; drain. Combine remaining ingredients and stuff peppers.

Place upright in greased 10x6x1-1/2-inch baking dish; add small amount of water; cover and bake in moderate oven (350^o) 1 hour. Makes 6 servings.

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Meat-stuffed Peppers

8 green peppers
1 small onion, chopped
1 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons fat
4 medium tomatoes, chopped
1-1/2 cups cut, fresh corn (3 to 4 ears)
Salt and pepper

OVEN: 350^o

Remove top and seeds from green peppers; parboil 5 minutes; drain.

Brown onion and meat in hot fat; add tomatoes, corn, and seasonings; stuff peppers and top with buttered crumbs.

Stand upright in greased 11x7x1-1/2-inch baking dish; add small amount water. Cover and bake in moderate oven (350^o) 1 hour. Makes 8 servings.

[Quettalee]

Thanks, Jox!

[Joxcee]

You're very welcome, Q. The recipes were in a very old Betty Crocker cookbook, so if you happen to have an old one, or your Mom, you'll probably find them in there. Mom's cookbook is a notebook type thing.

[Quettalee]

Hey Jox

Mom gave me her favorite cookbook when we were there. Well, I came across it and when I mentioned it, she said to take it, but "not to let it get away". It's one she's had as long as I can remember. Published in 1942, but the first print wasn't until 1958. (Can someone please explain what that means, exactly) She only used a cookbook for baking, but this one was always around. I had it lying on the counter at the shop and one of our regulars picked it up as soon as he saw it. I was in the restroom and Mare told him quickly what mom had said when his first comment was he collected old cookbooks. It's tattered and the binding is broken, and I can only imagine what all the faded drops and smudges are, but there are notes and scribbles and added bookmarks all through its 600+ pages. I'll probably treasure it forever.

[Joxcee]

Very nice. Mom got her mother's cook books. I'm the book lover in the family, so I might get them some day. Then again, maybe not.

My family's not much on books and reading. So I told mom the other day that if anything happened to me while she was still alive: DO NOT throw all my books in the trash. Give them to a library or sell them to a used bookseller. Man. I'll haunt them is they throw my beloved books in the garbage.

BTW: Have you tried the recipes? Anyone like/hate them?

[Joxcee]

Hey Q. I added this recipe to the recipe board at CoS. The Google ads were in Chinese and I thought adding a thread in English might stop that. And it seems to have done the trick. I also thought this recipe might be easier to find over there too.

I added the following reply as well:

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Okay, I did a Google Search for: "vegan+vegetarian substitute for ground beef", and here are a few sites that have suggestions on making a substitute for ground beef.

Vegetarian Ground Beef

Fake Ground Meat

Subject: Substituting Ground Beef

For another variation you can substitute, by volume, black beans or pinto beans for the ground beef. Or you can use chopped portobello mushrooms. Other mushrooms or a combination of other vegetables (chopped, diced or shredded) can also be substituted for the ground beef.