So I’ve finally had time to add up what everyone said they liked on the Cookbook giveaway post. There were a total of 79 comments, with 84 different favorites mentioned.
| French onion soup | 12 |
| onion rings | 9 |
| potatoes au gratin | 7 |
| bruschetta pizza | 5 |
| chocolate truffle pie | 5 |
| egg salad | 4 |
| peach cobbler | 4 |
| deviled eggs | 3 |
| fajitas | 3 |
| tarte tatin | 3 |
| beef stroganoff | 2 |
| cheesesteak | 2 |
| mac and cheese | 2 |
| pizza crust | 2 |
| bacon grease pie crust | 1 |
| beef tallow | 1 |
| biscuits and gravy | 1 |
| bread and butter pickles | 1 |
| chili cheese fries | 1 |
| cranberry sauce | 1 |
| crock pot pork tenderloin | 1 |
| cultured butter | 1 |
| French dimpled rolls | 1 |
| fresh pasta | 1 |
| glazed carrots | 1 |
| gyros | 1 |
| meatloaf hearts | 1 |
| pizza soup | 1 |
| pork fried rice | 1 |
| ravioli | 1 |
| salt | 1 |
| sausage | 1 |
| steak pizza | 1 |
| turkey | 1 |
| twice baked potatoes | 1 |
I guess it’s really not surprising that the top of the results looks a whole lot like my all-time favorites. If you’ve never noticed, I’ve got my top 10 most popular posts listed in the right column. (If you’re reading this in email, come check out the blog to see what I’m talking about.) As of today, the top 10 are:
Bruschetta pizza
French onion soup
Onion rings
Cheesesteak
Tarte tatin
Peach cobbler
Frozen chocolate truffle pie
Potatoes au gratin
Egg salad
German potato salad
One of the things I really liked in the comments was the number of people who were embarrassed to admit they liked the simple things: egg salad, deviled eggs, etc. Well have no fear, I’m going to keep posting things you’ll be embarrassed to admit you like. I almost want to do peanut butter and jelly, just to see how many people say, “Oh man, I haven’t had one of those in so long …”
As I mentioned yesterday, I’m offering a free, 10 day mini-course in cooking from scratch.
Whether you’re new to from scratch, old-fashioned cooking or a an old pro, you’ll be sure to learn something you didn’t already know. The mini-course will be delivered to your email and be full of the tips, tricks, and insight your grandmother would give you if she were standing in the kitchen with you.
Registration for the course opens on the 23rd, but if you drop me an email now at basic-course@cooklikeyourgrandmother.com with “Register me for the free mini-course” in the subject line, and your name in the email, I’ll be sure to reserve a slot for you!
Registration is open! Enter your name and email in the form at the top of the column on the right.
Want more like this? For more recipes like this, that you can hold right in your hands, and write on, take notes, tear pages out if you want (Gosh, you're tough on books, aren't you?) you might be interested in How To Cook Like Your Grandmother, 2nd edition, Illustrated. Or to learn your way around the kitchen, check out Starting From Scratch: The Owner's Manual for Your Kitchen.
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I would just like to note that I made a peanut butter and jelly sandwich yesterday for lunch.
You don’t count. Woodchucks don’t get embarrassed.
I don’t think my gramma ever had a job away from home. I wish I had time for made from scratch! The calzones below look heavenly! I will have to set aside a weekend for some scratch baking!
This “10 day mini-course” you’re referring to, is this an online thing, or an IRL thing?
Saver, they don’t take a lot of work time but yes, you have to have a couple of hours in a row to do it.
Thor, it’ll be online.