Tuesday, December 9, 2008

An idea for the hard-to-shop-for

Know someone who eats? Who can sort of cook? On whom you want to spend roughly $20? I’m telling you, I can’t say enough about Cook’s Country magazine. I’ve written about them before, but we had a dinner so sublime on Sunday that I am moved to mention them again.

  • Baked sweet potato fries – we’ve been perfecting these for years. Our new top secret tip is to microwave the whole tators for a few minutes before slicing. Makes a big difference.
  • Cole slaw – made the Cook’s Country Memphis style ones. Got a little kick to them, with the chili sauce and mustard. Yum. I used red and green cabbage for a very attractive end product.
  • Cola-barbequed ribs – Cook’s Country again. Best ribs I’ve ever had. Finally just the right amount of falling off the bone. Tasty.

We could open a restaurant with just those three items, if we wanted to be completely insane in this economy.

2 comments:

arlopop said...

Stemmy,
Just had our daughter evaluated this afternoon. More testing to come but apraxia appears to be the the leading contender for her problems. Just thought I would let you know and thank you for the early help.

Bluestem said...

I emailed you from a different account. Hope it didn't go into your spam, as many of mine have been lately. Guess I have to stop sending out all those drug and sex ads.