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Supper Dishes over at Rebecca’s Recipe Roundup

Here’s one of our favourites. It was the only dish I knew how to cook when I got married at the ripe old age of 19 (I did know how to bake cookies and desserts though…)

Mrs. Pillson’s Dinner

(named after a friend of my mother who always had this quick and easy dish ready for supper when the ladies went curling in the afternoon) 

1. Fry hamburger in electric frying pan or stovetop frying pan with a cover - you can add onions although I always begged my mother NOT to - I didn’t like them as a kid - now I love them.
2. Drain fat when hamburger is browned
3. Cut up potatoes, carrots, turnip in bite-size pieces
   
4. Cover with boiling water - add a good squirt of ketchup, onion salt, pepper
   
5. Cover and cook at medium heat
   
6. You can add some frozen veges near the end of the cooking stage if you like - I always did but my mom stuck with carrots, potatoes and turnip - my kids like corn and I like to add peas for colour.
   
7. Cook for 20 minutes or so until veges are tender but not mushy - the water should be  almost boiled dry.
8. A little cheese melted on top is a nice addition

Simple and good. Leftovers are even better.

Comments

[Ellen B.]

I think I'm going to have to institute two dinners a night instead of second breakfast! Looks easy and yummy.

[Kim of Hiraeth]

Oh, I love skillet meals!

Yum!

[Leslie]

That sounds really good. I'll have to try it!

[Leslie]

That sounds really good. I'll have to try it!

[Julana]

Remind me what curling is? :-)
My husband made something like that when I married him, without the turnips or catsup, though. His version was a little greasy!

[Islandsparrow]

Julana - here is the wikipedia entry on curling. My mom and dad were great curlers - I never took it up though.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curling

Our version of the dish is not greasy at all but I do use lean hamburger and I always drain the fat. The trick is not to put too much boiling water in - just enough to barely cover - and then only cook until veges are tender - at that point the water should have boiled away.