Review: Used to love Gooseberry
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2014
I can't go all the way down to 1 star, just because I do still love my Gooseberry cookbooks from about 15-20 years ago; I was a devotee of their catalog before the interwebz existed!But the recipes listed here are like what college kids try to learn to cook in their dorms. All pre-packaged, processed, high-sodium, preservative-filled items that 1) I can't afford and 2) I don't want, anyway.Yes, yes. I can make my own cream of mushroom sauce, but that's sort of defeating the idea. I guess you can have it fast/easy, but it won't be healthy/cheap.Some of the items you'd have to have on hand:Tater Tots (called "potato puffs")Cream of Mushroom soupInstant rice (no no no)Canned beans ($$, and sodium!)Chili seasoning mix (you mean chili powder, cumin, garlic?)Onion soup mixLemon-flavored white cooking wine (Hello? What?)(1/2 a cup--doesn't seem worth the trouble.)To be fair, several of the recipes are fairly simple, with normal ingredients. But not enough to make me keep this cookbook on my Kindle. Sorry.