Mary Starr - Mississippi Fudge Cake Recipe

 Melt:2 sticks margarine

Add:1/2 cup cocoa                   4 well beaten eggs
1 1/2 cups White Lily Plain All-Purpose flour
2 Cups Sugar                    Dash Salt

Mix Well & Stir in:1 1/2 cups chopped nuts

Bake:30 minutes at 350 in a greased and floured 10x13 inch pan. After cake is done, place on top: 1 package miniature marshmallows. Place back in oven just long enough to lightly toast marshmallows. While cake is still warm, drizzle chocolate frosting over marshmallows.
                                                                                            Chocolate Fudge Icing:
                                                                   Combine in a saucepan and place over low heat:
                                                                                 1/2 stick margarine                1/2 cup milk
                                                                          When margarine has melted, beat in:
                                                                               1 box powdered sugar           1/3 cup cocoa
                                                                                       1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Mary Starr - French Chocolate Cake Roll Recipe

Combine in small saucepan: 2 tablespoons boiling water
1 teaspoon instant coffee
1 package (1/4 lb.) sweet baking chocolate (broken into pieces)

Stir over low heat until chocolate is melted. Keep in warm place. Beat until very thick and lemon colored 5 egg yolks.

Gradually add, beating constantly 3/4 cup confectioners' sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Fold in chocolate mixture until white disappears. Spread in 10 x 14 x 2 inch pan (a jelly roll pan) which has been greased, lined with wax paper, then greased pan again.

Bake 15 to 18 minutes at 350. When cake tests done, remove from oven, cool in pan or rack 3 minutes.

On clean tea towel Sprinkle the following mixture:
1/4 cup cocoa, 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar1/2 teaspoon instant coffee cream filling and re-roll. Wrap in towel, chill several hours. Shake excess cocoa mixture off into bowl. Cut slices of cake and sprinkle with excess mixture.

Coffee Cream Filling

Combine:
1/2 cup whipping cream
1 tablespoon confectioners' sugar
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
Beat until mixture holds soft peaks.

Mary Starr - Banana-Walnut Bread Recipe

Ingredients:

4 good size bananas (mashed)             3/4 cup margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla                                1 teaspoon soda
1/2 cup buttermilk                                1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs (well beaten)                             1/4 teaspoon salt
2 cups sifted White Lily Bread flour
3/4 cup black walnuts (chopped)

Cream:
Margarine and sugar thoroughly.

Blend in: Bananas, eggs and vanilla.

Sift: White Lily flour, soda and salt together.

Stir into:banana mixture alternately with buttermilk. Add nuts, mix well

Pour into:greased and floured loaf pan.

Bake:at 325 degrees for one hour and fifteen minutes or until done.

                                  Note From Blog Author:
    You can also drizzle melted cream cheese over the top for a
     light icing. It makes one very delicious guilty pleasure!

Mary Starr - Shrimp and Lobster Curry Recipe

Combine in the top of double boiler:
2 cans frozen shrimp soup
1 tablespoon curry powder

Place over boiling water until mixture is thoroughly blended and hot.
Add a douse of white whine (optional)


Have your cooked lobster in chafing dish or bowl over warming candle.
Pour the sauce over the lobster and serve over rice or toast points.

Mary Starr - Oyster Rockefeller Recipe

"A famous creole dish from New Orleans... a labor of love with its double sauce and all the mincing, but well worth the trouble." - Mary Starr

3 Dozen Oysters on the half shell
4 tablespoons finely chopped onion
1 teaspoon finely chopped garlic
4 tablespoons finely chopped green pepper
2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
Juice of 2 lemons
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons chili powder
3/4 pound butter
3/4 cup fine bread crumbs
1 1/2 cups water
4 teaspoons chopped crisp bacon
Salt, white pepper and cayenne pepper to taste

Mix all ingredients except butter thoroughly. Melt butter in a sauce pan, adding first mixture and let cook five minutes. Arrange oyster shells on beds of rock sale (ice cream salt will serve) in tin pans (we used foil pans), allowing six oysters per person. Put on heaping tablespoon of the cooked dressing on each oyster and bake in 400 degree oven ten minutes. Remove from oven, put one tablespoon of the following green sauce on each oyster.... return to oven for few moments and serve immediately.



Green Sauce: 
2 cups cooked spinach
2 tablespoons white lily plain all-purpose flour
1/4 pound butter
4 drops absinthe (optional)
1 teaspoon salt
2 tablespoons vinegar
3/4 cup water
2 dashes Tabasco sauce
4 tablespoons finely chopped parsley

Melt butter in saucepan, add flour. Blend. Add remaining ingredients and cook for three minutes.... Enjoy!

Mary Starr - Curried Chicken Salad Recipe

Chill in refrigerator:
2 cups cooked chicken cut into chunks.

Just before serving blend:
1/2 cup mayonnaise or cooked salad dressing
1.4 cup chutney
1 teaspoon curry powder
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Add chicken, salad dressing mixture, and toss lightly. Serve on the following:

3 cups cold, cooked rice blended with: 2 or 3 tablespoons French dressing
1/2 cup snipped parsley

Garnish with: 1/4 cup chopped olives

Mary Starr - Bleu Cheese Baked Chicken Recipe

"A wonderful meal when served with green peas and tossed salad." - Mary Starr

Rub 6 or 8 chicken breasts with butter or margarine. Salt and pepper to taste. Garlic salt if desired. Brown chicken in heavy skillet. Place the browned chicken breasts in a deep baking dish. Combine and heat just until cheese is melted:

1 Pint Sour Cream                                        1 Pint light cream
Small package bleu cheese, crumbled

Be careful not to let the mixture boil. When cheese has melted pour mixture over chicken. Bake at 325 for about one hour or until chicken is tender. Turn chicken often.