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Article: A TASTE OF HOME; ... FROM SOME GREAT AND NOT-SO-GREAT COOKS ; MIRIAM REICHL'S CORNED BEEF HAM FROM "TENDER AT THE BONE" BY RUTH REICHL 4 POUNDS WHOLE CORNED BEEF ; MOLD (AKA LIME GELATIN SALAD) FROM MRS. RECIPE SWAP'S MOTHER 1 (3 OUNCE) PACKAGE LIME GELATIN ; PUMPKIN CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE FROM TINA REDMOND, OF SYRACUSE 2 CUPS CANNED PUMPKIN ; PUMPKIN DIP FROM TINA REDMOND OF SYRACUSE 2 CUPS POWDERED SUGAR.(CNY)(Column)
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- The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
- Article date:
- October 14, 2009
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This -- as Ruth Reichl says in her memoir -- is a true story.
Mrs. Recipe Swap's mother is an almost unfathomably bad cook, whose limited culinary repertoire includes Cooked Tuna (Heat can of tuna in can of cream of mushroom soup. Add can of mixed vegetables. Serve over instant rice.) and Baked Brisket (Sprinkle brisket with package of dried onion soup mix. Swaddle in aluminum foil. Bake at 350 until packet has density of a doorstop.)
Forget "Mastering the Art of French Cooking." Mother Recipe Swap's kitchen had a well-thumbed copy of "The Can Opener Cookbook."
Nonetheless, based on her ability to rearrange deli trays, tie on a fancy apron and ...