PING: Nancy Young - sauerbraten

"limey" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I thought of you when I was reading this morning's newspaper.

Thanks for the story!!

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The suppers are dying away, due to lack of volunteers, most of whom are in
their 80's and experts at this dish.

I hope they have a church cookbook.

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Lugging around the pots and cauldrons is very taxing on them. Also, they
run all over the city getting the best prices on gingersnaps, spices,
beef, etc., to stretch the dollar. The dinner sells for $12, or $13 for
carryout. That's dedication.

The remaining churches say they are swamped with diners. I wish the
churches weren't so far away.

Man, I'd probably grab a handful of carryouts just to have, that's
great. Too bad people won't help, I would, just don't make me
go to church (smile).

By the way, I don't think I said so, I didn't use gingersnaps, exactly,
I used Ivan's Spice Wafers ... close enough to gingersnaps, I say.
I will be making that again, it was so good.

nancy

On Sun 06 Nov 2005 10:00:29a, limey wrote in rec.food.cooking:

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I thought of you when I was reading this morning's newspaper.

The church ladies in Baltimore have been, and are, very busy preparing
the traditional sour beef suppers. I was mind-boggled - at the featured
church, preparation goes on all week, some 700 pounds of beef make their
way in stages from the butcher and are cubed, marinades and gingersnap
gravy are prepared, to say nothing of the famous dumplings and
German-type cole slaw, which is quite different from the US type.

Any idea how the cole slaw is made?

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The suppers are dying away, due to lack of volunteers, most of whom are
in their 80's and experts at this dish. Lugging around the pots and
cauldrons is very taxing on them. Also, they run all over the city
getting the best prices on gingersnaps, spices, beef, etc., to stretch
the dollar. The dinner sells for $12, or $13 for carryout. That's
dedication.

The remaining churches say they are swamped with diners. I wish the
churches weren't so far away.

The whole thing sounds like a neat experience!

--
Wayne Boatwright *¿*
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A chicken in every pot is a *LOT* of chicken!