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Wagon Train Biscuits

Ingredients:

•  2 cups flour

•  4 teaspoons sugar

•  2 teaspoons salt

•  1 teaspoon soda

•  4 teaspoons baking powder

•  2/3 cup (lard) shortening

•  2/3 cup buttermilk

Measure all dry ingredients and place into a large bowl. Cut in shortening thoroughly, until mixture looks like meal. Stir in buttermilk.

A Wagon train in 1847.

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If dough is not pliable, add just enough buttermilk to make a soft, puffy, easy-to-roll dough. Round up dough on lightly floured cloth-covered board. Knead lightly 20 to 25 times, about 1 minute. Roll out until 3/4 inch thick. Cut with floured biscuit cutter (you could also use a glass). Place on greased cookie sheet. Bake in a 450 degree oven for about 10 to 12 minutes.

Kathy's Green Chili (Yup, that's Kathy of Legends of America.)

Ingredients:

• Lard

• Flour

• 3-4 lb pork roast

• 1 - 15oz can stewed or diced tomatoes

• 2 - 8oz cans chopped green chilies

• 3-4 whole jalapenos

• large onion

• salt & pepper to taste

• 3 cloves of garlic (or to taste)

• 1- 15 oz can refried beans (optional)

• 1/2 tsp. cumin

• 2 tsp chili powder

• 2 cans chicken stock

Slice pork into small pieces and brown with garlic and 1/4 diced onion in lard. Add flour towards the end for thickener. Then add 3-4 cups of water, one can of chicken stock, and salt and pepper. Cook several hours until pork begins to fall apart. Chop remaining onion, slice whole jalapenos into thirds, and add with all other ingredients. This will cook for several more hours on low heat. Be cautious as the chili easily sticks to the bottom of the pan. Taste periodically for "hotness" of the jalapenos, and depending upon taste, remove when when to your desired "heat." When close to complete, if the chili is too thin, remove about two cups liquid in a bowl, whisk in more flour for thickening, and return to the chili. Serve with flour tortillas. Great poured over burritos

Range Riders Stew

Ingredients:

• 1/2 lb green cooking Apples

• 5 Tblsp Butter

• 3/4 lb Beef already cooked

• 1/2 cup bread crumbs

• dash Nutmeg

• 1/4 lb Onions sliced

• Salt

• 3 lbs cooked sliced Potatoes

• pepper

• 3 cups gravy

Add Onions to melted Butter band brown, remove Onion rings, melt rest of Butter and saute Apple slices. Layer 1/3 of Potatoes, Meat, onion rings and Apples. Season with Salt, Nutmeg and Pepper. Repeat layering until all ingredients are used. Pour gravy over top. Butter breadcrumbs and layer over all. Bake @ 350°F for 1 hour.

Compiled and edited by Kathy Weiser/Legends of America, updated August, 2011.

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