Vegetables get the ball rolling with a dandelion salad, a shaved asparagus & Parmesan salad, grilled endive, pasta with fava beans, artichoke mashed potatoes and garlicky kale, followed by Eggs and Cheese with a wild nettle frittata, green garlic pudding souffle, baked goat cheese with lettuce, pan fried squash blossoms and a baked fresh ricotta.
In Fish and Shellfish we are treated to salmon caviar, oyster stew, king salmon in fig leaves, tuna dumplings, roasted squid and baked scallops, while Beef consists of tongue salad, a roast beef sirloin sandwich, grilled tenderloin and braised beef ribs.
Pork serves up head cheese, fennel sausage with red wine, boudin, roast suckling pig, brined cured pork and red wine braised bacon, with a few of the selections in Lamb being warm lamb salad with pomegranate & walnuts, lamb couscous and lamb braised with tomato garlic. Lastly, Poultry offers pigeon salad, duck confit with figs, polenta with duck sauce, grilled quail and pan fried truffled chicken breasts.
We end with Sweets ~ lemon éclairs, Panna Cotta, honey pistachio brittle ice cream, plum & pluot gallette, chocolate espresso custard, apricot bread pudding and oven baked figs with raspberries.
The Pastors Wives Cookbook, published in 1978. Large cookbook filled with 336 pages of recipes submitted by the wives of pastors.
The first chapter, Menus, offers up dishes for Breakfast ~ sour cream coffee cake, angel biscuits and blueberry pancakes, while a few of the luncheon options are crab meat pie, apricot salad, green bean bundles, chicken Cordon Bleu, lemon tarts, cream of watercress soup and a Coca Cola salad (congealed). The dinner dishes include oyster stew, roast sirloin, spring salad and fresh strawberry pie.
Party Fare consists of appetizers ~ cheese balls (included a chipped beef), oyster rolls, dips (hot cheese, broccoli, vegetable or shrimp), ham puffs and meatballs, plus soups ~ chowder (corn or clam) and peanut, while the sandwich selections are cucumber & shrimp, olive-pecan, raisin lemon nut or hot dog cheese rolls. A few of the beverage choices are punch (pineapple, strawberry sparkle ot banana crush), wassail and Russian tea - hot or cold.
In Breads, there are biscuits, corn bread, hush puppies, bread sticks, rolls (sour dough, spoon or meringue), sticky buns, pancakes, waffles. monkey bread, plus cinnamon yeast, dilly honey and pumpkin breads.
The Guest Section highlights recipes contributed by Betty Ford, Roslyn Carter and Pat Nixon among others. A few of the offerings are pumpkin chiffon pie, braised steaks, fried corn and paella. In Salads and Dressings there are fruit salads ~ grape nut whip, frozen cranberry, frozen mint, ambrosia, egg not Christmas, the ubiquitous perfection salad and a broken glass torte ( made with several Jello mixes), vegetable salads consisting of aspic, egg pea salad, macaroni, hot chicken, taco or corned beef and a few dressings ~ 1000 Island, Dijon, French and cooked.
Vegetables highlight asparagus souffle, baked beans, a green bean bake, broccoli & corn bake, scalloped eggplant and vegetable potato bake, while Seafood introduces cod fish stew, gumbo, jambalaya, chowders and bisque.
Poultry is filled with many casseroles, curried chicken spaghetti, enchiladas, chicken loaf, BBQ, smothered or curried chicken, with Main Dishes encompassing quiche, mac & cheese, cheese pudding, spaghetti, lasagna, brisket, stews, casseroles, burgers, chili, pork chops, chow mein and ribs.
So many choices in sweets ~ fudge, bon bons, buckeyes, pralines, dignity and brittle are a few of the candy options, plus there are brownies (chocolate chip, peanut butter or butterscotch), tea cakes, Congo bars and cookies (potato chip, chocolate crinkle, Chinese chews, gum drop or Hello Dolly). More desserts include a blackberry roll, custard, puddings, éclairs, bread pudding, ice cream, cakes (apricot crumbles, milky way, chocolate marshmallow, jam layer, oatmeal, red velvet, Mississippi mud or snowball), cheesecake and fruit cake.
Rounding out the sweets are pies (banana split, chess, chocolate cream, mincemeat, pecan or pumpkin), plus crisps and cobblers.
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