Hi All

We met on August 21st and sampled some very good food and some okay food.  That's what happens when you are a cookbook recipe critiquer.  Here's what we did:

Ruby used Around My French Table cookbook.

1.  Rice Pudding and Caramel Apple-  easy to follow, not expensive and taste was WOW.  I totally agree with the WOW.  Ruby would not change a thing in the recipe.





2.  Marie-Helene's Apple Cake- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.  Again, I totally agree.






Ruby loves the easy simple but tasty recipes.  She would use this cookbook again.  I want it next.

Barbara used The New Midwestern Table cookbook.

1. Smoky Sauerkraut Soup- easy to follow, not expensive, and taste was GOOD.  This recipe takes a while to make.  I would use regular sausage, leave out the bacon and add white beans.

2.  Spring Chicken Pot Pie- easy to follow, expensive to make, and taste was VERY GOOD.  This recipe takes a while to make.  I would use individual pot pie pans because this makes a lot of food.

3.  Nebraskan Runzas- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was NOTHING SPECIAL.  I would not even bother to tweek this recipe.

The Back In The Day Cookbook

1.  Cinnamon Sour Cream Coffee Cake- easy to follow, not expensive and taste was VERY GOOD.  I really would not consider this a coffee cake for breakfast more like a brunch coffee cake or leave out the streusel and use an icing to make it a dessert cake.