Ingredients
2 lb ground beef
1 medium onion, chopped
1 tsp garlic, minced
1 large green pepper, chopped
2 can string beans
2 can undiluted tomato soup
1 salt to taste
1 pepper to taste
2 each eggs
6 medium potatoes, cooked and mashed
Directions
1. Brown ground beef, onion and green pepper in a heavy skillet. 2.
Add string beans and soup; mix well. 3. Bake for 30 minutes at 350øF.
4. Add salt, pepper and eggs to mashed potatoes and spoon over
casserole. 5. Return to oven for 15 to 20 minutes.
Servings: 10 servings
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Categories: Bean; Casserole; Main Dish; Meat
The History of Recipes
It is quite feasible to trace the history of transcribed cooking instructions far back into history, at least as far back as early Egypt, and quite possibly further than that. However, these, early records were just very simple pictorial instructions for preparing food.
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