chopped suey

Recipe 15
Chopped Suey
1 lb. cubed veal
1/2 lb. cubed pork steak
2 onions
bunch celery
green pepper
1 can mushrooms
1 T. molasses
1 T. flour

Fry veal and pork, add water. Boil rest of the ingredients for 1 1/2 hrs, add flour for thickening.  Serve with Chow Mein noodles.




Definition: Chop Suey is a dish in American Chinese cuisine, consisting of meat and eggs, cooked quickly with vegetable such as bean sprouts, cabbage and celery bound in a starch-thickening sauce.

I am including the definition because this is a dish I am not that familiar with. I have heard of it, but would call it stir fry. I have also come across a few recipes using molasses, which must have been a popular ingredient back then, because I never rarely see it new recipes.

Sometimes I feel like I am going back in time with each recipe. It brings me back to a different time and place. Back then you could only find a recipe in the newspaper, or in a magazine. You had to write it down or cut it out, you could not pull it up on your laptop. We have 1000's and 1000's of recipes at our fingertips, why do I never know what to make for dinner??

love, krissy girl