Ukrainian Potato Salad - Mrs.Sophia Teuber

This is an old Ukrarainian Recipe from 1966 in a Ukrainian (PA CHURCH) fund raising cook book  I found at a garage sale. I am giving honarable mention to the original posters of the recipe from the old book. The poster here of this recipe in the book was...Mrs. Sophia Teuber...here it is 44 yrs. later...your recipe will live on Mrs. Teuber. 



INGREDIENTS: 

• 3 C. diced cooked potatos
• 1/2 c. diced celery
• 1/2 c. diced cucumbers
• 3 hard boiled eggs, chopped
• 1/2 c. or more of sour cream dressing or mayo
• 3 Tbsp. of finely chopped green onions
• 1/2 c. sliced radishes
• salt to taste

The Finale: Mix all the vegetables and eggs very lightly with a fork or toss gently.  Season to taste w/salt. Add enough salad dressing to moisten these ingredients  sufficiently.  Heap the salad lightly into a bowl and decorate with riced cooked egg, radish rosettes, chopped parsley, or red or green pepper strips.

FYI: Riced means really shredded fine...

Puerto Rican Style Beef Stew - Lee Chico

• 1 1/2 lbs stew beef cut into medium size cubes about an inch size each
• approx 2 tbsp vinegar
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 2 leaves fresh culantro rinsed and ripped to pieces (culantro NOT Cilantro)
• 1/4 tsp cumin
• 1/2 tsp minced garlic (from a jar)
• 1/4 cup GOYA RECAITO
• 1 1/2 Knorr beef cubes
• 2-3 potatoes peeled and cubed (about half the quantity of the stew beef)
• 1/2 c tomato sauce ( can use jarred spaghetti sauce instead)

In a 5 qt pot brown the stew beef with the vinegar on low heat covered stirrring often, add tomato sauce, culantro, cumin garlic recaito Knorr beef cubes and sautee abt 2 mins. or till cubes break down, stir well and add potatoes sautee stirring constantly another minute or so or until it starts to get thick, add approx 30 oz of water and bring to a low boil let boil about a min, then put on low and cover. Let simmer at least 45 min stirring occasionally.

Variations: 

a can of chick peas with liquid and bring to low boil before adding the water Or diced carrots and peas.

Serve over white rice with a slice of avocado and or fried plantains.

NOTE: I do not measure so these are all approximate, taste test as you go along and adjust the recaito, cumin garlic to your taste. If you dont have fresh Culantro just add more recaito. Recao is culantro and goya recaito is a mixture of this with garlic onions peppers etc. Culantro is a long oval shaped leaf while cilantro resembles parsley. I always use the Goya Recaito but since I now have easy access to the fresh culantro leaves I like to add them in, ummmm you can smell it cooking.

Mom's Potato Salad - Dorothy A. Szemcsak

• 5 lbs. Potatoes
• 1 Large Onion Chopped Small
• 1 cup of Chopped Celery
• 1 cup of Mayonnaise 
• Small can of Evaporated milk
• 2 Tbsp. Vinegar
• 1 tsp. Sugar
• Salt & Pepper (to taste)

Boil Potatoes with skins, until you can stick a fork through the Potato, peel Potatoes while still warm.
Cut Potatoes in 1 or 2 inch cubes.  
Place in a large mixing bowl. 
Add Celery and Onions. 
Mix Vinegar,Sugar and Mayonnaise and mix with the Potatoes. 
Once mixed, add Evaporated Milk.( Very Important to add last).
Chill and Serve

Polish Potato Pancakes - Placki Kartoflane - Bill Szemcsak

This is the way my Mom made her Polish Potato Pancakes- If you are going to use this recipe, I can not stress enough the HAND GRATING ! The texture will not be like Mom's if you use a blender or food processor.

• 5 lbs. Large Potatoes
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/8 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 Large Yellow onion 

Grate peeled Potatoes and Onions with a Hand Grater. Add Flour, Eggs, Salt and Black Pepper. (remember, you can always add salt and black pepper to taste)  Mix the ingredients together. Put oil in the bottom of a skillet and heat to medium-high. Put 2 or 3 lumps of the potato mixture in the hot oil (leave space between each lump), and flatten. Let them brown on one side, flip and let brown on the other side. Drain on paper towel. Serve warm. Serve with Sour Cream or Applesauce! 

Beans, Bacon and Potatoes -Mom's Recipe - Bill Parker Sr.

Mom's Recipe, But Origin unknown

• 1 lb Bacon, cut into pieces and fried
• 1 lg pack fresh Green Beans cut bite size, boiled
• 6 Potatoes, peeled, diced boiled (in enough water to cover) semi-soft

Once potatoes are close to, but not quite, completely soft, add bacon, beans and some of the bacon grease into pot with potatoes and their water.Make a roux of flour & (water or bacon grease) or corn starch & liquid, add as needed to boiling mixture to thicken, salt & pepper to taste.