It's the Ohio Celebrity Cookbook (American Cancer Society, Ohio Division, 1978).
They did not skimp on celebrities, either, as there are celebrities from all 88 Ohio counties! I didn't know there were so many celebrities in Ohio, much less that they were so equitably distributed by county, but I hope you don't mind my ignorance. (You should be used to it by now!)
To make up for the immediate put-down, I will concede that Ohio celebrities really know how to do up some proper pigs in a blanket:
These pigs in blankets are not just sausages cozily wrapped in biscuit blankets, but also filled with cheese and coated with crushed potato chips! The only way to make this any more stick-to-your-ribs- and-every-other-inch-of-your-body Midwestern would be to thin down a can of cream of mushroom soup with a bit of milk and serve it on the side as a gravy/ dipping sauce. (As for our "celebrity," apparently working at the newspaper is enough to make Mary Krohme qualify.)
Wrapping things in other things is a big trend in this cookbook. Another recipe I loved:
Easy Spinach Souffle Crepes ask cooks to partially defrost a frozen spinach souffle and "cut into 6-finger-shaped slices" to serve as crepe filling. I love the mix of actual cooking (make your own crepes-- with no explanation of how to make them other than to mix up the batter in a blender and then let it stand for an hour! The batter has magically transformed into crepes once the souffle gets chopped up) and assembling of pre-made parts (frozen souffle filling and melted Cheese Whiz topping). Mrs. Gene R. Lindley's celebrity has escaped me (Google found a father of a soccer star Gene Lindley and a Florida sex offender Gene Lindley, but I doubt either is the Preble County "celebrity"), but her practicality comes through.
Bonus Ohio fact: The Miami in Florida and the Oxford in England are both way more popular than the ones in Ohio.
Nothing quite captures the excitement of life in '70s Ohio like this photo of the Preble County Pork Festival, though:
Paunchy middle-aged men in baseball caps looking away from the camera at what is, presumably, a pile of pork. Woo-hoo!
Ohioans don't just serve pork as chops, though. I'll leave you with this most interesting preparation:
If you want a cake with typical fall spices, raisins, nuts, coffee, and a pound of bulk bratwurst, Mrs. Carl L. White, Jr. (Google was no help on this "celebrity" status!) has got you covered.
Happy Wednesday! May yours be at least as exciting as the Preble County Pork Festival.
I love community cookbooks, but I think that bratwurst cake may be the most disgusting recipe I've ever seen. (Which, believe me, is saying something!)
ReplyDeleteI'm in community cookbooks for the terrifying recipes! They are an excellent source for recipes I could never have imagined.
DeleteHi Poppy:)
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you remedied that put down! Ignoramce never comes to mind when I visit your delightful blog. Disgusting recipes such as that cake, yes, ignorance definitely no!!!
I hope you did enjoy your Thanksgiving. Ours was fairly quiet.
Once again you have managed to shed some light on not only "unique" recipes, (although I like the thought of those cheesy pigs but not those paunchy men,) and a few obscure celebrities. Thank you! (I think)
Hope all is well by you, Poppy. Looks like I won't be back to blogging for a while yet but, I have done a recent update about my trip:) Thanks for sharing, Poppy. I will be sharing this post on Pinterest. My oh my, which one???
I'm sorry you're still away from blogging, but it's good to see you've been enjoying some of your time off! Glad I can still amuse you with my weird recipes. :-)
DeleteMany years ago, a cousin of mine and I made a pork sausage cake out of a Junior League cookbook. It was basically this one with breakfast sausage instead of bratwurst, milk instead of coffee, and without the raisins. This was my fault. I sent her the recipe with a "can you believe this?" note, and eventually we gave in to curiosity.
ReplyDeleteIt was not good. But it was also not bad. It tasted like some weird unnecessarily-sweet one-pan breakfast thing. My cousin made me take the leftovers home (only the tiniest of cake slivers was missing from the mostly-intact cake). She said "YOU found the recipe, now YOU take it home!"
My roommate at the time, however, tried some before I could dispose of it. He then asked if he could have the whole thing and ate it. Also I "accidentally" still haven't returned my cousin's cake pan.