- Categories:1950s, Vintage advertisem*nts, Vintage soup recipes, Vintage vegetarian recipes
- By The Click Americana Team
- Added or last updatedSeptember 30, 2020
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This simple recipe for vegetable chowder — a thick milk-based veggie soup with onion, potatoes, green beans, carrots and bell pepper — comes directly from the 1950s.
Vegetable Chowder recipe
A tempting Lenten dish
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup sliced onion
1 green bell pepper, diced
2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon pepper
1-1/2 cups green beans, cut in 1-inch pieces
1-1/2 cups diced carrots
1 cup diced potatoes
3 cups water
1 can (14-1/2 oz) evaporated milk
Melt butter, add onion, green pepper and seasonings. Saute until lightly browned. Add vegetables and water. Cook until vegetables are tender (about 15 minutes). Add evaporated milk. Heat and serve.
Makes 6 servings
* Costcosts only 8 cents a serving (based on prices in A&P Super Markets at time of going to press)
No food authority can recommend any better evaporated milk for any milk need
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- Categories: 1950s, Vintage advertisem*nts, Vintage soup recipes, Vintage vegetarian recipes
- Tags: 1950, 1951, carrots, potatoes, recipes, side dishes, soup, vegetables
- Source: Woman's Day
- Original publication date: February 1950
- Added or last updatedSeptember 30, 2020
- Comments: 2 Comments
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I love trying old recipes. I might try this one.
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This looks like a money saving meal idea from that era.
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