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Grandma Eckberg's Recipes

Sandwich Spread

3 red and 3 green peppers
½ qt. green cucumbers
3 to 4 qts. small green tomatoes
½ qt. carrots
6 medium onions
  Grind through food chopper and add 1 cup salt. Stir well and let stand over night. In the morning put in a bag and squeeze out all of the juice.
  Filling
2 cups sugar
2 cups flour
3 cups vinegar
2 cups cream or more
1 heaping tbsp dry mustard
1 tsp turmeric
1 tsp pepper
2 eggs well beaten
  Water to make dressing about as thick as gravy. Boil thoroughly, then stir into pulp. Cook together and seal.

Mrs. Olof Eckberg

Printed in the Bureau Township Community Cook Book, 1939

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