We begin with VIP recipes (solicited from mainly from Senators, Representatives and other political figures) a few of the selections include Baja California chicken, lemon bread, fruit pizza, bacon & beef roll-ups, Portuguese red bean soup and cherry winks, then move onto Appetizers and Beverages which offers meat balls, cheese balls (pastrami or cheese & shrimp), dips (hot broccoli, dill weed or shrimp chip), eggnog, punches, cider and a vodka slush.
Soups consist of turkey noodle (made with a turkey carcass), clam chowder, chili, plus potato, hamburger, vegetable and pork & bean soups, which are followed by Dairy dishes ~ homemade butter (you will need a churn!), biscuits, cheese rolls, cottage cheese salad, more cheese balls and ice cream (black forest or pineapple cherry). For Salads and Dressings a few of the options are bean & cabbage, gumdrop, pea, macaroni, potato, a marinated veggie, spinach, coleslaw, apple, fruit and Watergate salads with blender mayonnaise, Texas celery seed French and marshmallow rounding out the dressings.
Breads dispenses biscuits, sweat anise bread, Boston brown bread, butter pecan rolls, crescent rolls, popovers, egg bread, German streusel coffee cake, Parker house rolls, muffins and quick praline rolls, with Main Dishes meting out a potato sausage casserole, skillet veal, sour cream noodle bake, a sloppy joe casserole, hamburger pie, a brunch casserole and dinner in a pumpkin (kind of like a stuffed pumpkin filled with ground beef, mushrooms & rice). The dishes in Beef, Pork, Poultry and Seafood include stew, brisket, country fried steak, Swiss steak, meatloaf, ham with cherry sauce, BBQ pork, Salisbury steak, pork chops with sweet potatoes, a baked chicken salad, BBQ rabbit, chicken & dumplings, tuna boats and seafood shells.
There are a few Children's recipes ~ hot dog cheesies, corn fritters, mini pizzas, funnel cakes, peanut butter balls and frozen pops, while Leisure Cooking introduces quick meals and sweets via the microwave ~ fudge, peanut brittle, baked apples, one dish spaghetti, lemon pie, broccoli egg bake, scalloped potatoes and there are also a few crock pot dishes: apple butter, beef stew and spinach casserole. Eating Slim provides a few waist trimming dishes ~ cabbage soup, diet jello (made with diet soda), halibut with vegetables, pineapple cheesecake (cottage cheese replaces the usual ricotta) and no sugar hot cocoa.
We are now heading into the second half of the book ~ sweets galore. Starting off are Cookies and Cookie Bars, which dishes out chocolate fudge brownies, date bars, caramel squares, pumpkin bars, rum, cakes, anise cookies, fruitcake cookies, bourbon balls, coconut oatmeal cookies, nut rolls, Brer Rabbit molasses cookies, and sunflower cookies, followed by Cakes ~ angel food, beet, blackberry royal bundt (made with Mogen David wine), chocolate custard devil's food, cherry upside down cake, Italian cream, pineapple coconut fruitcake and a whiskey cake. Pies parcels out apple crumb, a CPR pie (coconut, pecans & raisins), lemon cream, raspberry, heavenly cherry and grape.
Up next is Desserts where we are treated to cheesecakes, apple dumplings, a Heath bar dessert, puddings, cream puffs and a banana split cake, while Candy closes out the sweets with caramels, divinity, popcorn balls, caramel corn brittle, fudge, pecan rolls, pralines, toffee, mints and heavenly hash.
Canning encompasses apple butter, apple pie filling, chili sauce, relish, pickles, mincemeat, pickled okra, grape jelly and strawberry preserves, with Accompaniments and Miscellaneous contributes beer battle, homemade noodles, onion rings and homemade soap!
The final chapter is Melting Pot, and showcases myriad of dishes from around the world ~ quiche, Creole beans, potato dumplings, Pfeffernuesse, lasagna, gazpacho salad, a Greek veggie stew, chili con queso, flan, sukiyaki and chop suey.
The Music and Food of Spain, published in 2001. The set contains both a cookbook and a CD filled with classical Spanish guitar music. The recipes were compiled from restaurants in Spain as well as fine Spanish restaurants in the United States.
With only three "categories" of dishes represented, we begin with Tapas (small plates) which consist of duck turnovers, duck livers l'orange, grilled squid in ink sauce, Spanish bean soup, cold crawfish bisque, stewed potatoes with chorizo, garlic soup, crab & chorizo omelets, seafood crepes, potatoes stuffed with cod salad, gazpacho salad, red mullet & prawn salad and a potato salad with salmon.
Entrees featured include grilled beef tenderloin with bleu cheese & garlic potato chips, rabbit stew, partridge, squab with dates, scallops with brandy, fish baked in salt and paella.
For Desserts we are given the option of chocolate plantain mousse, flan, poached pears in puff pastry, mango mousse, caramel custard and figs stuffed with pistachios.
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