Farm Journal's Timesaving Country Cookbook

Chicken Corn Casserole was creamy, sweet and deliciously filling.  It basically was a white sauce with cream corn and chicken and sprinkled with buttered cracker crumbs. I did add a bit of French Tarragon, but I wish that I would have added some fresh mushrooms, too. Everyone loved it and at the end of the meal all that was left was a dirty dish and full tummies.  I also made fried apples and served some homemade sourdough bread that needed to be eaten since it was going on several days old.  I have extra sourdough starter if any one is interested in attempting bread making.   

For dessert I made what was titled buttermilk pie.  Well it was mighty tasty but definitely not what I would call buttermilk pie.  The crust had corn meal and cheddar cheese. definitely not a recipe I had made before but it was not bad.  The filling had egg yolk and lemon, then topped with meringue.  I would probably never make the pie again but it might be interesting to use the crust recipe for a pot pie or a savory dish.  The meringue was fun because I have always avoided making it thinking it would never come out. 

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I had to go to the grocery to get some items for dinner.  In this cookbook there are several recipes calling for hot roll mix.  Believe it or not there were elderly women there so I thought I would ask them if they had ever heard of hot roll mix from the 60's but they had not.  One woman said ,"Hot roll mix?" I replied,"Yes" and the she continued to say it over and over and louder and louder. Finally I told her thanks and quickly moved away. 

I'll see you tomorrow with a new review and recipe.

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