Traditional Easter Dinner Menu

Baked ham with a brown sugar glaze
 Scalloped potatoes
Curried fruit
Greenbean Hotdish (yes, the one with fried onion rings)
Candied Yams with pineapple, maple syrup,and marshmallows
Corn
Homemade Buns with butter and jam (aka "rolls" in other parts of the country)
Apple and cherry pies for dessert (Aunt Ruthie always brought a pie)
Lefse with butter and sugar (with lots left over for the evening meal, too)

Hot Curried Fruit
1 large can pineapple chunks (drain and reserve juice)
1 regular can pears, halved (drain and reserve juice)
1 regular can peaches, halved (or can substitute apricots) (drain and reserve juice)
1/2 c. maraschino cherries
1/3 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 1/2 tsp. curry powder
1 tbsp. lemon juice

Place drained fruit in a sprayed 9x13 pan (or equivalent) with cut sides down. Drop maraschino cherries on top in a pretty pattern. Mix half of the reserved fruit juices, melted butter, brown sugar, curry powder, and lemon juice in a saucepan and heat until brown sugar is melted, stirring carefully. Pour butter/sugar mixture on top of fruit. Bake for 35-45 minutes at 350 degrees. Serve warm or cooled. This is wonderful with ham.

Scalloped Potatoes (or, make them with cheese for au gratin potatoes)
1/4 c. chopped onion
1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/4-1/3 c. flour
1 1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
2 1/2c. milk
5-7 large potatoes, peeled and sliced in 1/4 inch slices

Make a white sauce by sauteing the onion in butter in a medium sized pan. Stir the flour into the onion/butter mixture. Quickly stir the milk into the mixture watching that it thickens. Add the salt and pepper. Lower heat and cook for 1-2 minutes more.

In a sprayed 2-3 quart ovenproof container, layer half the potatoes, half the sauce, another layer of potatoes, and the final layer of sauce. Cover and bake for about 45 minutes at 350 degrees. Remove cover and bake another 30 minutes.

To make these cheesy scalloped potatoes, stir in 3/4 to 1 c. shredded American cheese to the sauce mixture until melted. Bake as directed.