THATS ****ING BORING
PLONK
"Swefinger Enterprises" <schris@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> Earlier this year, I was feeling real sick of food. Nothing ever
sounded
> appetizing. After some thought I realized I had fallen into the
> contem****ary restaurant trap. Eating in restaurants way too much and
not
> taking the time to prepare meals at home. Restaurant food is
monotonous,
> boring and predictable. Think about it.
>
> Even the grocery store is a trap. Today's grocery store is stuffed full
of
> prepared food that only requires a microwave oven for heat-up. It all
has
> too much salt, too much MSG and too much crud. Nothing tastes good.
> Nothing tastes like a home made meal anymore.
>
> Whatever happened to the good old days? What ever happened to cottage
> cheese lime jello that many of us had at the ubiquitous church or
community
> pot-luck dinner? What about the casseroles that you grew up on as a
kid?
> What about the special cookies, pies and cakes that your mother and
> grandmothers made for you?
>
> Does a home made lemon meringue pie sound good? How about home made
pinto
> beans? How about home made potato lefse (Scandinavian - similar to
flour
> tortillas)? How about home made German sweet/sour cabbage, spaetzle and
> beef roulade?
>
> How about a home made cinnamon-nut muffin titled "Char's Muffins",
served
> warm from the oven with plenty of butter, that simply has no
competition?
>
> What about the rice krispies/marshmallow bars that are now available in
the
> candy aisle of every grocery store and convenience store? Those things
were
> developed with a grass roots following across the country by our mothers
and
> our friend's mothers in the 1970's, not the candy company. They are
> supposed to be home made, not store bought (believe it or not, home made
> ones are actually less-sweet).
>
> I wanted to present a cookbook that reflected the tastes of my youth in
what
> was considered in the 1970's to be hearty and healthy (well, maybe not
> healthy, but certainly mainstream). This collection of more than 200
> recipes is from my mother and it is literally the recipe file that she
> compiled over 40 plus years of marriage and 65 plus years of experience.
>
> There are more than 200 recipes in this book which cover the topics of
> breakfast, lunch, dinner, desserts, snacks, ethnic cuisine from
Scandinavia,
> Germany and Mexico, food preservation (canning), dill pickles and home
made
> "Finnish cheese". This book is full of memories and new ideas for you
to
> try in your home. I hope you enjoy it and that you get some new ideas
from
> it.
>
> For your copy, send $10.00 check to:
>
> Americana Cookbook
> Swefinger Enterprises
> 1150 N. Loop 1604 West, Suite 108-277
> San Antonio, TX 78248
>
> Swefinger Enterprises is registered in Bexar County (San Antonio) Texas
>
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