tropit

My Dau collects cookbooks, so this year, I thought I'd give her one that's a little different:Ruby Ann's Down Home Trailer Park Cookbook, by Ruby Ann Boxcar. It's a spoof on "trailer park" cooking. There was a snafu when I ordered hers and so I had to go and order a second one to make sure that it arrived by Christmas. Both copies came, so I kept one.

Ruby Ann has all sorts of funny recipes in there, with colorful commentary for each one. Now, I have nothing against trailer park residents; my mom lived in a trailer park for many years and it was very nice. However, Ruby Ann takes a comical look at a most humble lifestyle. I'll have to post some of her recipes. They're hilarious! Actually, some of them look really good and I'll have to give them a try.

Onebyone

I love cookbooks like that. I have the White Trash Cooking books. The colored photos in the books are worth buying the books.

b.zang

I want to know how to make Fancy Schmancy Tuna Bake

GingerK

I'll have to look for all of those. I have The Sopranos cookbook--from the series and it is an excellent Italian American cookbook with background on each recipe of course. Another good series of cookbooks is by Edna Staebler--Food that Really Schmecks. Her Mennonite (Amish) recipes are interspersed with stories. And she lived very near to us.

GingerK

Gee.. I wonder if Katherine Bell's Tomato Soup cake recipe is the same as my Mom's!! It was actually really good!