Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have

Each week, this column offers recipes from Valley cookbooks. If your organization would like to have its cookbook showcased, please contact our society department at 330-747-1471, ext. 1283, or email society@vindy.com.

Hugh G. Earnhart’s “Eat like a Thresherman: Recipes of a Farming Generation”

Lima Bean Soup

21/2cups boiled lima beans

2 cups milk

1 slice onion, chopped

3 slices carrot, chopped

3tablespoons butter

2tablespoons flour

11/2 teaspoons salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

Simmer beans 20 minutes in 2 cups of water. Rub through sieve. Add milk. Saute onion and carrot 5 minutes in butter. Strain, discarding vegetables. Blend flour in butter. Add salt and pepper. Stir into hot soup. Serves 6.

candied sweet potatoes

6 medium sweet potatoes, peeled

1/4 cup orange juice

1 cup dark corn syrup

3 tablespoons butter or enriched margarine

3 tablespoons flour

Parboil sweet potatoes in salted water. Drain. Place in a greased utility dish. Combine flour with orange juice, add syrup, mix well. Pour over sweet potatoes and dot with butter or margarine . Bake uncovered for 1 hour.

Shepherd’s pie

2cups cold meat, cut in pieces

11/2 cups hot mashed potatoes

1/2teaspoon salt

1/8 teaspoon pepper

Few drops onion juice

3 tablespoons leftover gravy

1egg yolk

2 teaspoons cold water

Grease a baking dish and line bottom with mashed potatoes. Season meat with salt, pepper and onion juice; moisten with grave; place in dish. Cover evenly with mashed potatoes. Spread top with egg yolk beaten in cold water. Bake in hot oven (425 degrees) until brown and heated through, about 20 minutes. Individual pies may be made in small dishes or custard cups, cooking about 15 minutes. Serves 6.

HOW TO ORDER

Order Hugh Earnhart’s “Eat Like a Thresherman: Recipes of a Farming Generation” by contacting the author at 330-757-4727 or emailing gowie55@aol.com. Send checks or money orders to Hugh G. Earnhart, 2935 Red Maple Lane, Poland, OH 44514. If ordering by mail, indicate the number of copies needed, and name and address details. Cost is $11.95 plus $2.75 shipping and handling.