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Retro Recipe: Tamale CasserolePosted Jan 31st 2006 1:25PM by Stefania ButlerFiled under: Dinner, Baking, America, Retro cookeryLike so many other cooking enthusiasts, I collect
old cookbooks mainly for the kitsch factor. Here it is, Retro Day, and I am so pissed that my collection is sitting in
boxes in our garage in Portland, Ore. as I type this from San Francisco. (We moved back a month ago, but all our
stuff is not with us yet.) I have the choicest collection of Fifties cookbooks and would have loved to share
recipes.I did have the forethought to bring one retro-y cookbook with me, the Stanford Golf Club Women's
Section cookbook. It's type-written, mimeographed, and hand-bound, and from it, I pulled:Tamale
Casserole7 x 11 glass baking dishFollowing layers:1 cans beef tamales, cut
into pieces5 oz tortilla chips2 cans of chili without beans2 bunches of green onions, chopped1/2
pound of sharp cheddar cheese gratedPreheat oven to 350º. Bake 30 minutes uncovered. (copied
verbatim)[photo: Thom Hackett]
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