10. Vintage Recipes

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Here's a recipe from the 1965 version of Better Homes and Gardens "New
Cookbook"

Classic Chicken Divan

2 bunches fresh broccoli or 2 10-ounce packages frozen broccoli 1/4 cup
butter or margarine
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup whipping cream
3 tablespoons cooking sherry
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
3 chicken breasts, cooked and thinly sliced (18 slices)

Cook broccoli in boiling salted water; drain. Melt butter; blend in flour. 
Add chicken broth; cook and stir till thick.  Stir in cream, sherry, salt
and dash pepper.

Place broccoli crosswise in 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Pour half the sauce
over.  Top with Chicken slices.  To remaining sauce, add Parmesan cheese;
pour over chicken; sprinkle with extra Parmesan cheese.  Bake at 350
degrees for 20 minutes or till hot through.  Then broil just til sauce is
golden.  Serves 6 to 8.
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