I’m So ExcitedAugust is here time to start my cookbook project. Oh and just at the right time with that new movie Julie/Julia coming out.
Now, my idea to do this certainly did not come from this movie at all. This idea came from a forward thinking woman in Oklahoma also known as the pioneer woman. Her name is Ree Drummond. Her web site is pioneer woman.com and worth a look see.
I know there are lots of people who are doing this and I just find it fascinating. I have not found anyone doing the Cook’s country cookbook yet.
I am going to make every single recipe in the cookbook with just a very few eliminations. Fish will NOT be on the menu. NO ONE likes fish but my son-in-law who will be deployed through the military. Now they eat crab, lobster, and shrimp.
There are a few recipes that call for nuts such as cookies etc. I am allergic to nuts we think. As a child at Christmas time my mother was shelling nuts of all kinds; pecans, walnuts, almonds, brazil nuts, filberts and so on. I was eating some of all of them and broke out in a rash and swelling of the tongue. Now I have actually had some of those nuts since then and no problem. I have not had brazil nuts since then . So not sure what happened, but I have grown used to NOT eating them and will omit them from all recipes except the pecan crusted chicken breast.
The recipes will be graded over 5 areas. 1. The ease of reading and understanding the recipe and the techniques needed. 2. The ease in making the recipe. 3. The appearance of the final product. 4. The ingredients, how easy it was to find them. Are the ingredients too exotic. Do the ingredients that you have to buy a multiple usage amounts have a nice re-usability. 5. Of course last but certainly not least is the taste.
For the most part these recipes will be graded by some really tough critics, my family. The family consists of 3 adults and 3 children. All of them can be picky but have agreed to give this a go.
I have prepared drawing slips of paper and each one contains one page number and the name of the recipe. They have all been triple folded and placed in a drawing box. The recipes will be drawn out by the family members and they will take turns. There will be at least one recipe prepared weekly but there could be more depending on the difficulty and the expense of each recipe.
The Cook’s Country Cookbook is written by the same people who do America’s test Kitchen show on the PBS channel. They take a recipe that was popular during some decade and they re-work it to solve any problems and make the very best product possible. Everyone is supposed to be able to make it following their recipes and techniques. We shall see. I am an experienced cook so we shall see how easy it is and how good it is.
Full tummies and clean aprons to you until next time.
Granny Grump
P.S. Anyone wanting any further information, directions or recipes found in my blogs can contact me privately at iarya@twcny.rr.com
