Old Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies

2 1/2 Cups shortening
1 1/2 firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 white sugar
6 eggs
3 tsp. vanilla

Add:
6 Cups quick oameal
1 1/4 Cups milk
6 Cups sifted flour
3 tsp. soda
1 1/2 tsp. salt
4 tsp. cinnamon

Mix well and add:
3 Cups raisins or chopped dates
2 Cups chopped nuts

Bake at 375 degrees for 12 minutes
Makes 12 dozen cookies.

Fruit Salad

1 Cup each of the following:
crushed pineapple
marachino cherries
coconut flakes
mandarin oranges
mini marshmellows
a small can fruit cocktail

Add 1 container IMO (or cultured sour cream)
Set 12 to 24 hours

Five Bean Salad

Mix together and pour over beans and onion to marinate overnight.
2/3 C vinegar
1/3 C oil
1/2 C sugar
1 tsp. salt

1 can string beans
1 can wax beans
1 can garbanzo beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can butter beans
1 large white onion (sliced)

Salsa

2 cups tomatoes
2 large peppers
2 large onions
3 hot peppers (or 2)
3 crushed garlic
Boil for 1 1/2 hours.

2/3 cup vinegar
2/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. salt

Cook 1 1/2 hours.

Sweet Pickle Relish (Elnora Christiansen)

Clean seeds and grind:
12 large cucumbers
4 green peppers
3 red peppers
4 large onions

Add 2 Quarters water and boil for 15 minutes.  Drain.

Add:
4 tsp mustard seed
1 tsp. ceery seed
2 tsp. tumeric
2 Tbsp. salt (scant)
4 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. cloves
1 qt. vinegar
12/2 tsp. green food coloring

Put in jars and hotpack 15 minutes.