Good Cooks Remembered - With Love
Or
How They Cooked in the Olden Days in Irion and Tom Green Counties, Texas
1884 - 1960
By Patricia B. Eckert

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Table of Contents Cover Table of Contents
Thanks
Illustrations, Illustrations Cont'd
Introduction Cover, Forward Page One, Forward Page Two, Forward Page Three, Dedication, Disclaimer
Family Dicta Cover, Family Dicta Page One, Family Dicta Page Two, Family Dicta Page Three
Cast of Cooks/Characters Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

Sweets

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• Fruit Cake, Sponge Cake, Baking Powder

• Grand Duke Cake, Pecan Filing or Icing

• Apple Casserole, Candied Orange Peel

• Oatmeal Cookies, Butter Roll

• Krueger Pudding, Ice-Box Lemon Pie

• Brown Betty, Orange Balls

• Caramel Filling, Chocolate Sauce

• Mexican Pecan Candy, Pudding

• Ice-Box Cookies, Short Cake, Fritters

• Pecan Pie, German Chocolate Pie

• Peanut Butter Cookies, Sand Tarts, Buttermilk Pralines

• Apple Pecan Pie, Strawberry Jello Cake

• Christmas Cake Cookies, Buttermilk Pie

• Mocha Cake (Buzzy's Cake), Banana Whip, Never-Fail Fudge

• Chocolate Angel Pie, Peach Pie

• Angel Cake, Fresh Apple Cake

• Peach Cobbler, Blush Apple Pie

• Orange Cake, Prune (or Apricot) Sauce

• Carrot Cake, Strawberry Chiffon Pie

• Pineapple Cheese Cake

• Lemon Chess Pie, Butterscotch Pie, Molasses Pie

• Sweet Potato Pie, Apricookies

• Lemon Chiffon Pie, Pie Crust

• Prune Cake, Sponge Cake

• Chocolate - Marshmallow Candy, Chew Cakes

Salads

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• Frozen Fruit Salad, Wilted Watercress (or Polk) Salad

• Aspic & Cucumber & Cream Cheese, French Dressing

• Pear Cream Cheese Salad, Cranberry Mold Salad

• Molded Cranberry Salad, Basic French Dressing

Pickles and Relishes

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• Cucumber Pickles, Pickled Peaches

• Watermelon Rind Pickles, Chili Sauce

• Chow - Chow, Chunk Pickles

• Tomato Pickles, Strawberry Preserves

• Apricot, Pineapple and Orange Marmalade

Dips and Appetizers

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• Cheese Balls, Curry-Dill Dip, Cheese Dip

• Spiced Tomatoes, "Scramble", Dip for Vegetables

Breads

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• Hush Puppies, Quick Rolls

• Angel Biscuits, Waffles

• Whole Wheat Ice Box Rolls, Ranch Bread

• Orange Bread, Hot Rolls

Vegetables and Soups

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• Bean Bake with Meat Balls, Sweet Potato Puffs

• Artichoke Casserole, Sweet and Sour Red Cabbage

• Camp Corn, "Porkies", Lentil Soup

• Vegetable Soup, Vichyssoise - French Potato Soup

Libations

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• Raisin Wine

• Egg Nog, Rum Punch

Cheese Dishes

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• Macaroni & Cheese, Quiche Lorraine

• Basic Cheese Souffle, Cheese & Ham Souffle

Meat Dishes & Sauces

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• Tomato Catsup

• Spaghetti with Meat Balls, Chicken A La King

• Tuna Plus

• Pancho Pie, Spaghetti Napoli

• Chicken Tetrazzini, Fried Venison Steak

• To Cure Hams, Ham, Roast Ham

• Fried Shrimp and Things (Cocktail Sauce, Tartar Sauce, Fried Potatoes, Shrimp)

• Meat Loaf, Smothered Quail

• Pot Roast, Shrimp Creole

• Yule Hog or Stuffed Whole Pig

• Sonnie's Bar-B-Que Sauce

Curatives

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• Page 1, Page 2

Cast of Characters and Cooks

• Cover

• Oscar Karl Eckert Family Tree

• Ferdinand Noelke & Alice Patterson Blackwell Family Tree

• Cast of Cooks/Characters Page 1, Page 2, Page 3

A Reminder

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• A Reminder to Readers Born after 1950

Back Cover

• Back Cover

For genealogists, historians and Internet search engine purposes, a list of the cooks and characters are listed below:

Isla Mills Eckert, Marie Noelke Ingrum Baker, Alice Patterson Blackwell Noelke, Amanda Eckert Willig Autry, Olga Eckert, Mamie Emerick Noelke, Gertrude Noelke Emerick, Ruth Sterrett Noelke, Kennie Holmes Noelke, Flora Elizabeth Blanks Noelke, Lilly Mills Cox Boone, Josephine Lewis Gilchrist, Elizabeth Emerick Howard, Billy Blanks Noelke, Ruth Noelke Schlinke, Mary Shield, Klinger, Gene Noelke Munro, Sue Noelke Houser, Ellie Fries Noelke, Montgomery Blackwell Noelke, Sr., Marjorie Brons Noelke, M.B. Noelke, Jr., Gretchen Noelke, Virginia McKimmon Noelke, Alex Gover, Georgia Welch Glover, Lula Glover Mackey, Josefina Gonzalez, Mary L. Cook, Leandro Zapata, Robert E. Eckert, Patricia B. Eckert. The details on these individuals can be found at Page 1, Page 2, Page 3.

Internet edition of "Good Cooks" published by Noelke.org, January 2004.