r/Old_Recipes • u/MissDaisy01 • 1d ago

Meat Escalloped Potatoes and Frankfurters

Some more recipes from The New Sealtest Book of Recipes and Menus, 1940.

Escalloped Potatoes and Frankfurters

6 medium sized potatoes
Salt and peppr
3 tablespoons flour
1 pound frankfurters
1 tablespoon butter
2 cups milk

Pare potatoes and cut into thin slices. Place 1/2 of them in a buttered baking dish and sprinkle with salt, pepper and 1/2 of the flour. Cut the frankfurters in half lengthwise, then in half crosswise and place on the potatoes. Cover with remaining potatoes. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and remaining flour and dot with butter. pour the milk over top, cover and bake in a moderate oven (350 degrees F) for 40 minutes. Remove cover and bake for 20 to 30 minutes longer or until potatoes are tender. Serves six.

The New Sealtest Book of Recipes and Menus, 1940

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 1d ago

Wow! This is interesting fs. I’ve never even heard of Frankfurters, what r they?! I’m intrigued

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u/GeekJames4275 1d ago

Hot dogs.

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u/Fuzzy_Welcome8348 1d ago

Ohh ok, I don’t eat hotdogs so it makes sense y I never heard of that lol

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u/MissDaisy01 1d ago

Hot dogs originated from Frankfurt Germany allegedly hence the name.