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

Pismo Clam Casserole *(Armstrong)*

Contributed by Leta Armstrong.

Contributor: Leta Armstrong Source: Pismo Beach community cookbook Page: 21 Recipe ID: R068
Yield
Serves 8
Oven
400°F
Bake
45 minutes

Ingredients

  • 4 eggs
  • 20 Pismo Clams, ground
  • 1 pkg. Mrs. Cubbison's Dressing Mix
  • 2 1/4 c. milk
  • 1/4 c. melted butter
  • 1/2 or 1/4 c. diced onion
  • 1/2 or 1/4 c. diced celery
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 1/4 tsp. pepper
  • 1/4 tsp. garlic salt if desired
  • 3 tsp. baking powder
  • If desired you may add 1 c. little kernel corn and substitute juice in place of some of the milk

Method

  1. Place in 1 large 9x13 baking pan or 2 small pans and bake at 400 for 45 minutes. Serves 8.

Notes from the transcription

  • This is very good served with cream corn and tossed green salad if you do not put the little kernel corn in it.

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.