50 year Old Shepherd Recipes   Venture into the kitchens of the past if you dare by trying these old fashioned recipes of a bygone generation of Shepherd homemakers.

 

FRUIT  SALAD (World War I army cook)  -  Mrs. Earlene Jones  -  1961

 

2 large apples                               4 oranges

1 #2 can sliced pineapple             3 bananas

(do not use pineapple juice)         1 can Bakers Angel Flake coconut

                                                     2 cups miniature marshmallows

 

    Cut into small pieces.  Make the following sauce:

 

1 whole grated lemon and                1 ˝ cups sugar

   the juice of another lemon             ˝ cup milk

1 beaten egg                                     dash of salt

 

     Mix all together and cook over low heat until it boils.  Let cool and pour over fruit.  Nuts and more sugar and lemon juice may be added, if desired.

 

From “Recipes of the Stars”, compiled and sold by Shepherd Chapter #1003,  Order of the Eastern Star.

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