Bauernfeind Recipes

As my sister tells this story, this is the first meal Monica ever cooked for the Bauernfeind Family in New York when we were first married without any children, and it was a hit.  I hope you enjoy this as much as we did every year she made it.  Ingredients: 2 pounds of ground beef 2 onions, chopped (large) 1 bell pepper   1 clove garlic  1/2  lb. Velveeta cheese, cubed 2 cans chopped black olives salt and pepper 1 can cream of mushroom soup (or celery) 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can whole kernel corn, drained(original Monica's recipe called for a can of creamed corn - I liked the full kernel so I modified her recipe a dot)) 1 can Rotel tomatoes 1 12 ounce pkg medium egg noodles (large) Package egg noodles we used to use medium-sized, but the new "Large" egg noodles are equivalent to the old medium we used to use.  Don't cook the noodles all the way, say just 8 minutes.  They will finish cooking when they are mixed and baked in the f...

While there are many variables to this recipe, this is relatively close to my father's recipe, with small changes sometimes noted.   Here's a link to a video my brother-in-law Warren and sisters Pat and Mary Ellen put together and cooked.   Here are the ingredients: 1.5 pounds of ground beef and select the 85/15 percent fat ground beef for better flavor 5 cloves of garlic, chopped/chunked 2 eggs Salt and pepper 1 medium onion chopped .5 tbs of  Worcestershire  sauce 1.5 cups of Italian-flavored bread crumbs 2 tablespoons olive oil or butter Real whole milk or half-and-half approx. 3oz Mix together in a large bowl the ground beef, eggs, garlic, salt and pepper, and the milk together with your hands in a kneading fashion.  After thoroughly mixed add the bread crumbs and continue to knead until the mixture is relatively smooth.  Form into oval hamburger-sized patties and place them in an aluminum cooking pan that the bottom has been coated in olive oil.  ...