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OCTOBER 13, 2009 10:43AM

Vintage Recipe Cards: Turkey With Noodles

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Further adventures in really bad food photography from the 1970's!

turkey_with_noodles

 

Ingredients

1 pound ground turkey
2 tablespoons oil
2/3 cup chopped onion
1/3 cup chopped green pepper
1 clove garlic, chopped
1/4 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
8-ounce package noodles
1/4 pound Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
28-ounce can tomatoes

 Directions

In a large skillet, lightly brown turkey in oil. Add onions, green peppers, garlic and mushrooms; cook until onions are transparent. Arrange dry noodles over mixture; sprinkle with cheese, salt and peppers. Pour tomatoes on top; cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes; stir mixture and cook 10 to 15 minutes longer.

Serves:6

Preparation time: 1 hour 15 minutes

Approximate calories per serving:400

Suggested Menu

Turkey with Noodles
Molded Waldorf Salad
Buttered Peas
Pumpkin Pie

 


Recipe & Photograph courtesy of Curtin Publications, Inc., New York, NY ©1973

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I'm really horrified by the Molded Waldorf Salad in the upper left corner.
Don't be horrified by the Molded Salad. I clicked on the link -- and it's actually very tasty! (the salad, not the link). You have my Seal of Approval (which is worth less than nothing.)
I'm beginning to think the 1970s have no redeeming social, gastronomic, architectural, fashion design, automotive, or cultural highlights. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
I realize those gelatinous red objects sort of oozing on top are probably canned tomatoes with gobs of shiny petroleum jelly the food stylist thought would make them more attractive but this is the scariest meal yet!

...and begs the question: where are the kraft miniature marshmallows and/or the miracle whip?
I bet that snazzy skillet goes great with your Avocado appliances! ;)
wow this is like all retro.. and only 400 calories per serving?
molded salads always scared the bejeesus out of me though!
I think I'm dressing as that Molded Waldorf Salad for Halloween. A costume like that is bound to hide a multitude of sins.
As for that salad, I wonder if you'd be able to tell when Molded becomes moldy.
The picture is disgusting looking, but given the ingredients list, it actually sounds pretty good.
I think I could almost eat this one..if I kept my eyes closed.
I can't see the noodles!
Is this one of those pictures I have to stare at for a while?
The ONLY thing that should have mold in it is cheese. And these photos.
The ONLY thing that should have mold in it is cheese. And these photos.
How did the 70's suddenly become vintage? Oh, I'm so old. . .love this series, surly.
What no can of cream of somthin' soup? Blasphemy.
No pictures of the molded waldorf salad?

rated
I've yet to try a Waldorf Salad!
This is a very funny flash from the past.
That Molder Waldorf Salad is sitting on one of your very best melamine plates, isn't it!
Wow.
They should have put the word "Surprise" in the name. That would at least have belied the nature of the, um, recipe.

(thumbified as always against my better judgment.)
My mom actually made something like this turkey and noodles! And she dug molded salads. Only her molded salad was always this infortunate pistachio green color that had nothing at all to do with pistachios...
Is this the 70's version of "tetrazini?"
I can only imagine what you hand out to little children for Halloween. Vintage Recipe Cards?
I remember those recipe cards. My then mother-in-law got them for me and I couldn't figure out how to store them in their recipe box. They were under headings like "Entertaining on a Shoestring". Ground turkey with noodles...that's a shoestring.
imsurly, mangia! I agree with Owl_Says_Who. That's what my people call it. I also call my "noodles" pasta. Basta!

Hope
That molded salad hurt my feelings.

But from the recipe, it sounds delicious. And the noodles are a hit.
hayyy surly- now, my guess is that you've been to the site I'm about to link to, "The Gallery of Regrettable Food". If you haven't, you'll either roar laughing (like moi) or think, "Dang, that Bees Tone is one weird broad if she thinks that's funny....."

http://www.lileks.com/institute/gallery/meat/8.html

his comments, oh, his comments!!!

Rrrrrrrrated!
I read somewhere that molded salads were making a comeback. That was three years ago....

Personally I would have tried to add a little color with a nice goblet of lime jello. And maybe put the food on something a little more cheery than burlap, or whatever that is.
Owl nailed it. I have a really good recipe for turkey tetrazini somewhere. I hope I can find it, haven't had it in a while.

Iiiiiiii don't think that's Waldorf salad.

Iiiiiiii'm thinking head cheese on a bed of poison oak. Of course the two triple shot glasses of butter are still a must have with biscuits.

And if I'm not mistaken, I had a shirt made out of the same material as those napkins. (I'm particularly taken with the surplus army tent table cloth.)
i've banned from my kitchen nearly everything that has a packet of gelatin in it. no molded. i'm way into freeform these days.

i don't see any noodles OR turkey. just those red things. and i'm pretty sure they're not tomatoes. ::gack::
Is that a Waldorf Salad? Good lord - I thought it was a Jell-O mold at first glance!...they're horrifyingly popular here in the midwest...
Owl suggested I stop by here to let everyone know that I have an amazing weight loss tip posted on my blog tonight.

These vintage recipe cards are really some kind of aversion therapy plan if ever I saw one. They could put you off whole foods forever.

Please stop by to visit when you have a chance.

Hope
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