To all my family and friends...Happy and Healthy New Year! Recipes from Nana Pearl

Nana on her wedding day.
I remember sitting with Nana in her den, in her big house in Brooklyn when I was a little girl...we would be watching Julia Child in glorious back and white. Nana would be concentrating on every word that Julia was saying and jotting down the recipes...Nana & I would then go in her state of the art kitchen (circa the 40's!), and start cooking together...WOW has time flown by...she was a big part of why I love to cook! I want to share a couple of easy recipes from her collection. Some of them are very old, written in fountain pen from the 20's & 30's +, some are clippings so dry I had to put them all in plastic protectors. It took me 4 years to go through 100's & 100's of recipes. They were everywhere! I put together a book so that Liz and I could hand them down to our kids. Unfortunately I cannot site dates, authors, or titles from the clippings so I apologize ahead of time...Oh check out the cool Brisket!
Easy Easy Unstuffed Cabbage
1 head of Cabbage
2 lbs Ground Beef or Sirloin
2 Eggs
1 small Onion grated
1/2 cup Rice
1 32-oz bottle Heinz Ketchup
1 liter Ginger Ale (You can absolutely use Diet!)
Cut cabbage into 1 inch wide strips
Put into a large Stock Pot
Add Ginger Ale & Ketchup
Cover and bring to boil
Cook 15 minutes
In a bowl put add Onion, Meat,Eggs, & Rice
Form into small patties
Add patties to pot
Cook 1 1/2 hours
Serve
Salmon Pate
1 15 1/2- 16oz can or l pound cooked Salmon
1 8 oz package of Cream Cheese softened at room temp.
2 Tbls finely chopped Green Onion
1/4 Tsp salt
1 Tbls Lemon Juice freshly squeezed
1 Tsp Horseradish, for this I use cream style
Remove skin and bones from Salmon and flake
Combine with rest of ingredients
Line a 2 cup bowl or mold with plastic wrap
Put the pate into mold
Cover
Freeze for several hours
Invert mold on platter and defrost 15 minutes
Serve with Crostini, Pita Chips, or a Celery Stick
Dutch Oven
Brisket
1 3 pound Brisket
1 12 oz can of Coke
1 envelope Onion Soup Mix
1 10oz bottle Chili Sauce
Brown Brisket in dutch oven
Pour in rest of ingredients
Cover tightly
Cook over low heat, the liquid should just be at the simmering point
Cook for 2 hours or until very tender
Slice and serve with pan juices
Makes 8 servings
Enjoy!!!
La Shana Tova!