Meat-Potatoburgers is a recipe that perfectly encapsulates the spirit of Money-Saving Main Dishes (1966). Judging by name alone I was expecting Meat-Potatoburgers to resemble certain Depression-era burgers, like the Mississippi slugburger or Oklahoma Onion Burger. There are any number of regional variants, many of which are still available if you know where to look, but……
Ingredient: 80/20 ground beef
Tator Tot Specialty Casserole (Wisconsin, 1988, adapted)https://www.thriftstorecookbooks.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=googlesitekit-dashboard
Tator Tot [sic] Specialty Casserole is a throwback to a different time, made from ground beef and a bunch of pantry and freezer items. This dish is one of two “Tator Tot” recipes from the 1988 recipe collection Thank Heaven for Home Made Cooks, compiled by St. Casimir Catholic Church in Krakow, Wisconsin. Both are……
Western Filbert Burgers (adapted from A Treasury of Prize Winning Filbert Recipes, 1973)
Western Filbert Burgers are a novel take on the humble hamburger patty, dressed up with a handful of Pacific Northwest hazelnuts. When we first moved to this part of the world we fell in love with the annual Filbert Festival in a neighboring town. Free admission but plenty to do; a perfect day out for……
Mexi-Casserole (Nebraska, 1987, adapted)
Mexi-Casserole is a quick and dirty weeknight casserole with Mexican-American flavors and a flaky biscuit crust. In many ways it fits the archetype of post-war convenience food: ground meat, mixed canned goods, and a Bisquick topping. If you can brown hamburger you can make Mexi-Casserole. At the center of the dish is a packet of……