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Baked Hubbard Squash and Molasses

Recipe No. 638 from the U.S. Army's WWII cookbook — Vegetables. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Army TM10-412 · Side Dish · Vegetable

Serves 100 servings
View source — TM 10-412 Army Recipes (War Department, 1944) ↗

Recipe No. 638 from the U.S. Army’s WWII cookbook — Vegetables. Quantities are exactly as printed, for 100 servings; a scaled-down 8-serving version is in the notes.

Directions

  1. Prepare squash as in recipe for baked Hubbard squash. Cover each piece of squash with ½ mess kit spoon molasses before baking. Add salt and pepper. Allow 1½ pints (one mess kit cup) molasses for 100 servings.

Notes

— TM 10-412, Army Recipes (War Department, 15 August 1944), recipe No. 638, Vegetables. Army measures: 1 No. 56 dipper = 1 qt; 1 No. 55 dipper = 1¾ qt; 1 mess kit cup = 1½ pints.