Yesteryear Collection Verbatim from a mid-century Pismo Beach community cookbook. Language, measurements, and spellings preserved as printed.

Pismo Clam Casserole *(Grantham)*

Contributed by Betty Jane Grantham.

Contributor: Betty Jane Grantham Source: Pismo Beach community cookbook Page: 21 Recipe ID: R067
Oven
400°F
Bake
30 minutes

Ingredients

  • Grind 1 bell pepper
  • 1 onion
  • 3 stalks celery
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • Bread crumbs
  • Grated cheese and paprika (for topping)

Method

  1. Grind bell pepper, beat eggs with milk.
  2. Grind clams add to eggs and milk then thicken with bread crumbs.
  3. Pour into greased casserole.
  4. Sprinkle with grated cheese and paprika.
  5. Bake at 400 for 30 minutes.

Original page from the cookbook

About this recipe

This recipe is transcribed verbatim from a spiral-bound community cookbook produced in Pismo Beach, California. The book was a fundraising publication of the type common to civic groups, church auxiliaries, and fishing communities on the California coast in the mid-twentieth century — recipes contributed by named cooks, illustrated with hand-drawn section dividers, and printed locally.

Spellings, measurements, and ingredient lists are preserved as they appeared in print, including typographic quirks and any inconsistencies. Where an ingredient is used in the method but was missing from the printed ingredient block, it has been added to the list here so the recipe is self-contained; every such addition is taken word-for-word from the printed method.

The full yesteryear collection preserves 123 recipes from this book. The modern collection is open to new contributions from today's Pismo clammers.