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Cookbook Project, Book #201
Dec. 21st, 2014 12:51 pm"The Pioneer Woman Cooks," Ree Drummond
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hungrytiger; I think it was a hand-me-down - he knows I collect cookbooks, so he brought me a few to add to my stockpile. I've never been a follower of the Pioneer Woman, either on her blog or TV show, but I've at least heard of her, and her stories and the like sounded interesting; plus, I've never turned down a cookbook - either they're a delight or a challenge, or sometimes both.
This is an odd book - it's more Celebrity Personality Venue than it is cookbook, and most of the content is glossy pictures of Real Farm Life and horses and kids, and stories about her learning to be a country gal - she seems to be aiming for the 'younger sexier Paula Deen' image. But there were some good-sounding recipes, and it was still fun to flip through.
While the breakfast recipes were the ones that mostly caught my eye, what I really needed was a dinner recipe. And, while the name was corny in the extreme, "Marlboro Man's Favorite Sandwich" just sounded too good to pass up. It's essentially a steak sandwich, which is something that I'd oddly never tried to make at home, and it sounded perfect for cold, bleak weather.
The recipe is horribly written. There are almost no specific amounts for anything (one of the ingredients is "butter, lots of it"), the layout is atrocious (pictures, in vertical columns, except where it crosses a page turn, when it goes horizontal), and the Old Country Look And Feel invades into the details so that it's cutesy instead of helpful. Trying to follow this was a royal pain in the butt.
That said? The sandwiches were DELICIOUS. Amazing. Juicy and well-seasoned and every kind of excellent. I don't know how it worked out, but it did. Damnit. I'd make them again. I'd make them again tonight. And this means that, no matter how lousy the writing, I'm going to have to try some of the other recipes I've flagged in there....
This book was a gift from
hungrytiger; I think it was a hand-me-down - he knows I collect cookbooks, so he brought me a few to add to my stockpile. I've never been a follower of the Pioneer Woman, either on her blog or TV show, but I've at least heard of her, and her stories and the like sounded interesting; plus, I've never turned down a cookbook - either they're a delight or a challenge, or sometimes both. This is an odd book - it's more Celebrity Personality Venue than it is cookbook, and most of the content is glossy pictures of Real Farm Life
While the breakfast recipes were the ones that mostly caught my eye, what I really needed was a dinner recipe. And, while the name was corny in the extreme, "Marlboro Man's Favorite Sandwich" just sounded too good to pass up. It's essentially a steak sandwich, which is something that I'd oddly never tried to make at home, and it sounded perfect for cold, bleak weather.
The recipe is horribly written. There are almost no specific amounts for anything (one of the ingredients is "butter, lots of it"), the layout is atrocious (pictures, in vertical columns, except where it crosses a page turn, when it goes horizontal), and the Old Country Look And Feel invades into the details so that it's cutesy instead of helpful. Trying to follow this was a royal pain in the butt.
That said? The sandwiches were DELICIOUS. Amazing. Juicy and well-seasoned and every kind of excellent. I don't know how it worked out, but it did. Damnit. I'd make them again. I'd make them again tonight. And this means that, no matter how lousy the writing, I'm going to have to try some of the other recipes I've flagged in there....
