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Recipes From The Purefoy Hotel Cookbook

Anyone else remember the old Purefoy Hotel in Talladega? My aunt stayed there when she visited us from Chicago, and I remember three things:
The beds were so tall that small step stools were provided to get into them.
The restaurant's tables had large lazy-susan's in the middle to make the condiments easily accessible to all.
And the smell of the wonderful gravy served in the restaurant.

While waxing nostalgic, I ran across these five recipes from Eva Purefoy's cookbook, and thought you might enjoy having them for the holidays.

A Most Delicious Pecan Pie

Recipe By :Eva B. Purefoy
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Pastry Pies

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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4 large eggs
3/4 cup sugar
3/4 stick creamery butter
1 1/4 cups white Karo syrup
2 cups pecans

Melt butter in an iron skillet until light brown, add sugar, add eggs, one at a time, beating separately, add Karo and pecans and pour on an unbaked crust and bake in a moderate oven about 375 degrees about 30 to 35 minutes until brown and firm.

Start to Finish Time:
"0:45"
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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 2317 Calories; 166g Fat (61.6% calories from fat); 42g Protein; 191g Carbohydrate; 16g Dietary Fiber; 848mg Cholesterol; 284mg Sodium. Exchanges: 2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 4 1/2 Lean Meat; 29 1/2 Fat; 10 Other Carbohydrates.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0

Avocado-Crabmeat Cocktail

Recipe By :Eva B. Purefoy
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:15
Categories : Appetizers Avocado
Brunch Crab

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 cup catsup (Heinz)
1 tablespoon chutney pickle
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
Juice of 1 lemon

Mix this sauce and serve over equal parts of diced avocados (calavo) and fresh crabmeat.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 4 Calories; 0g Fat (0.0% calories from fat); trace Protein; 1g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 1115mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Other Carbohydrates.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0

Cheese Souffle Purefoy

Recipe By :Purefoy Hotel
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Casseroles & Souffles Cheese/Eggs

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons flour
1/2 cup milk -- scalded
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup Old English or American Cheese -- grated
3 egg yolks
3 egg whites
1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper -- or less to taste

Melt butter, add flour and when well mixed add gradually scalded milk. Then add salt, cayenne, and cheese. Remove from fire; add yolks of eggs beaten until lemon-colored. Cool mixture, and cut and fold in whites of eggs beatin until stiff and dry. POur into a buttered baking dish, and bake 20 minutes in a slow oven. Serve at once.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 593 Calories; 43g Fat (65.2% calories from fat); 26g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 1g Dietary Fiber; 717mg Cholesterol; 1546mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1 Grain(Starch); 2 Lean Meat; 1/2 Non-Fat Milk; 7 1/2 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Crab Bisque

Recipe By :Purefoy Hotel
Serving Size : 1 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Crabmeat

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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1 pound crabmeat -- flaked
2 cans tomato soup
2 cans green pea soup
1 pint cream -- not whipped
1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1/2 cup sherry wine

Heat tomato and green pea soup, add crab meat, cream and seasonings. Do not let boil. Just before serving add sherry wine,

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 2067 Calories; 134g Fat (58.0% calories from fat); 115g Protein; 104g Carbohydrate; 7g Dietary Fiber; 772mg Cholesterol; 4733mg Sodium. Exchanges: 5 Grain(Starch); 11 Lean Meat; 25 1/2 Fat.

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0

Delicious Fudge Cake

Recipe By :Eva B. Purefoy
Serving Size : 0 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Cakes & Coffee Cakes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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Mix 2 tablespoonfuls cocoa, 1 cup sugar, 1/2 cup melted butter. Add yolks of 2 eggs, 1 1/2 cups pecans, 3/4 cup flour and the beaten whites of 2 eggs. Bake in moderate oven for 30 minutes or until brown.

I always double this recipe.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 0 Calories; 0g Fat (0.0% calories from fat); 0g Protein; 0g Carbohydrate; 0g Dietary Fiber; 0mg Cholesterol; 0mg Sodium. Exchanges: .

Nutr. Assoc. :