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Homemade Powdered Cream Soup Mixes
I am looking to make homemade powdered cream soups to keep in my pantry. I live away from town and do not drive. Please help. Thanks. Tonya From the Hillbilly Housewife Hi Tonya, that’s a great request. It’s nice to have a mix or simple ingredients on hand to make a cup of soup. […]
Continue readingPineapple Graham Cracker Cake
I lost a recipe for the cake that was made with crushed graham cracker crumbs instead of flour and it had a pineapple topping. It may have been called Pineapple graham cracker cake or something along those lines. Taniesha Do you have some suggestions for Taniesha? From The Hillbilly Housewife I have a recipe for a […]
Continue readingPan-Fried Mushrooms With Garlic
Here’s an “I’m Looking For Request” I received via a comment on a different post. I’m slightly editing to make it easier to read. I am looking for a but I don’t think I will ever find. It is a mushroom recipe that I always ate in the Frankfurt Train Station on my way home from work. […]
Continue readingTater Cakes Recipe
My husband has been talking about what he calls a tater cake – not made with mashed potatoes more like hash browns and onion among other things – Does anybody have a really tasty recipe? Thanks! Tina From the Hillbilly Housewife: It sounds like you’re looking for a potato cake recipe. It uses grated potatoes, […]
Continue readingFloating Islands (Floats) Recipe
I have been looking for a recipe that my grandmother used to make. She just called it Float. I know it takes milk and eggs and sugar. Beyond that, I am just lost. I asked her once for the recipe and she said she really didn’t have one. I tried her directions and it was […]
Continue readingOld Fashioned Blueberry Buckle
I’m looking for a blueberry buckle recipe from twenty five years ago. I remember that it had a topping on it like a crumb mixture as for a pie. – Thalia From The Hillbilly Housewife Buckles are a favorite around here. They are the cousins of coffee cakes and the blueberry kind is my very […]
Continue readingCooked Dressing for Potato Salad
I’m looking for a recipe for boiled dressing. My grandmother wrote it down for me and I lost it! She used it on potato salad. Lynda Smith From The Hillbilly Housewife Here’s my recipe for a simple boiled dressing. It calls for 1/2 cup of sugar which gives me a nice balance. If you […]
Continue readingHow To Make A Mustard Plaster
I live with my sister in law and my brother They live on the dairy, and work on the dairy. My sister in law has really really bad congestion in her chest, she also is a smoker. She had made a comment on how she , wished, she knew the home remedy for a mustard […]
Continue readingYum Yum Cookies
I am looking for a bar cookie recipe called yum-yums. The main ingredients included brown sugar, egg, vanilla, flour and walnuts. After it cooks, a mixture of cream and powdered sugar is spread over the cooked recipe and then is covered in coconut. Lost this time honored recipe. Can anyone help? Gail Do you […]
Continue readingRice Cake Recipe
I would love to find a copy of the Rice Cake (or Rice Pancake) recipe from The Detroit Times Cookbook (circa 1933-1936). Cheryl From The Hillbilly Housewife While I’m not familiar with that particular recipe, but I have a delicious rice pancake one. Let me know if that’s similar to the one you’re looking for […]
Continue readingChinese Fried Chicken Wing Recipe
I’m looking for a recipe for chinese fried chicken wings. I know they must do something to them before they fry them. I’ve tried just frying plain wings and the flavor is just not there. Not looking for a coated fried wing like one local place has. Maybe I’m using the wrong oil, but my […]
Continue readingOld Fashioned Chocolate Gravy
The recipe I am looking for was a chocolate gravy my grandmother used to make in a skillet on top of the stove. I know it had cocoa and sugar in it and it tasted like warm chocolate pudding. It was made kind of like a milk gravy. Thank you, Mary From The Hillbilly Housewife I […]
Continue readingPineapple Cookie Recipe
I am looking for a recipe for pineapple cookies my mom use to make. They were soft and had bits of pineapple in them, so delicious. Since her and my grandma are now in a better place, I can’t find anyone that knows how to make them. Please help if you can. Thanks, Rene Do […]
Continue readingCabbage and Beef Stuffed Rolls
I’m looking for a recipe for some baked rolls that contained a ground beef and cabbage filling inside a lovely, soft yeast roll. If I recall correctly, the name looked/sounded German (and my mom’s family is originally from Germany), but I can’t recall what the name of it was. Hope you or other readers can […]
Continue readingPinto Bean Chili Recipe
I’m looking for a recipe for a pinto bean chili (with or without beef) with the flavor of a canned chili, or something like the chili sold at Steak N Shake. Thanks! Ali From the Hillbilly Housewife: I found a copy cat Steak N Shake chili recipe. It’s made with kidney beans instead of […]
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