Review: If you've lived in a cave...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 27, 2014
The quirkiest part of this book is the intro, with *detailed* instructions on How To Plan A Potluck, which I'm sorry, unless you grew up in a cave, pretty much everyone knows how to do this. If you even grew up in a family who got together with other family at holidays, you know how potlucks work.Yes, you'll need ...y'know... someplace to PUT THE FOOD. So, yeah. Plan on that, for sure. Yes, you'll need plates and stuff. Oh, and yes, you'll need a specific location for the event to occur. So in case you didn't think of THAT, well, this book will sort you out. BWAHahahah.The recipes are fine...although I'm not sure there's anything quirky about them. Everyone has seen pinwheels. Everyone has seen chicken buffalo dip. Some of the recipes seem to be old "family" faves, which is interesting. The fact that they've included a "recipe" for Green Salad cracked me up.There's a meat dish that's just seasoned meat, as far as I can tell. But what do you DO with it? Who knows?I do appreciate the recipe for homemade flour tortillas. My girlfriend taught me to make those "by eye" many, many years ago, but it's nice to see it in print."Meatless Twice Baked Potatoes" made me laugh. There's no requirement for meat. They're just "Twice Baked Potatoes". No need to mention what a recipe doesn't include.The Shepherd's Pie looked quite traditional, and also delicious, as did many others. But quirky? Not really. It would have been interesting if each recipe had included its provenance. Grandma? Church cookbook? Magazine?Not a bad little pamphlet; rather entertaining.