Old-Time Recipe

Here’s and old-time recipe from the book written by Dorothy Kemball Walker called: ROOM, PATH, AND WALKING WATER ( a definite must-read). This recipe didn’t have a name but I guess you could call it a “one pot meal.” By the way, this is a fabulous book. I haven’t managed to be able to put it down for any long period of time!

One-half pound of bacon
Several onions
One pound of hamburger
One can of tomatoes
One can of kidney beans
Biscuit mix
Butter

Cook the bacon and crumble it into a separate kettle. Fry the onions and add them to the separate kettle. Cook the hamburger and add it, then add the tomatoes and beans. Let it all come to a boil. Add salt to taste and a bit of sugar. Make soft biscuit dough and drop it by spoonfuls onto the boiling mixture. Cover and let cook for twelve minutes. Uncover and poke a hole in the top of each dumpling to hold a lump of butter.

Sounds like a great winter dish to me. I’ll have to try it and if you do, let me know how you liked it.