A useful guide to family some foods really scary

In an overly Christian environment, where we remained no kitchen, as our mother and only there.

Peel his political sense and is more like our mother could not cook, as we drive a U-boat.

Dinner in the corporal punishment at home, under martial law administered limits our. It was not uncommon for a meal at home to end in tears for our Mother - Mother-in if you want to get technical - ruthlessly served things like civil defense emergency wax canned asparagus and stewed tomatoes with large lumps of bread rotors in it to give it a kind of dubious substance. On Friday it was always a stuffed tomato with tuna and capers over what you see in one place, absolutely no drama served on a piece of iceberg lettuce want.

This week a reader genre, Gregory Kelly, sent us a copy of "Cooking Our Way", a collection of recipes Club of St. Joseph of Women, I think (based on the number of prescriptions for children whose mothers They went in the school with us in San Jose), the mid to late 1960s, which were the darkest days of the S-kitchen.

Only our mother's terrible collection post was a recipe for Banana Cake Party, which is a scam. Our mother was a cake, they could not make to build a piano. In all the years of eating at home, not even we had the famous Fiesta Banana Cake. We're guessing she was invited to submit a recipe and they came to the paper on Thursday and cut everything, like something might be possible seemed that she has done and sent. Anyway, Fiesta Banana Cake is one of the least scary things "Cooking our way."

If there is one consolation in this book that we learn that we are not alone in our culinary disappointment. Probably our comrades know no better, because these deals blow Stew before swallowing earth Bologna sandwiches, salad, wheat and rice pilaf with pineapple frozen liver dumpling soup, patio boats meat, celery and tuna bread Amandine Care China.

Chile canned too extravagant and exotic taste. Famous Recipe Mom A San José order a burger, chili powder, oregano, cumin, pepper, a can of chili beans and two boxes of tomato soup. Salt and pepper to jazz up.

The desserts were not constructed the kind of reward after polishing of Mom want "cooking our way." Plum cake, fast, poor Cracker Pie Cake, Easy Fruit Cocktail Cake. Is it any wonder that we fervently wish Tuesday when the mothers of St. Joseph serve hot dogs at the gym? And crazy accessories Lorraine Smith, who appears on the cover of the book, as the leader of the club women of St. Joseph, as chairman of the hot dog.

The two most important every mother should be in their arsenal, things to cook were Jell-O and cream of mushroom. You want to do something just add pineapple and soy sauce "Oriental?" - "Voila" as they say in Beijing.

This is a great book, for certain occasions is to have. The next office potluck, choose our Salmon Surprise and joy contribution tuna.

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