Yesterday, amid all of the activity I spotted the Columbus Dispatch section that seemed unusual. A few years ago they reduced the length of the pages to a manageable size but here was a section of eight pages that was 23 inches long and totally filled with contestant's recipes. I did not have time to read this but knew that I would enjoy it later once I got over having made 18 different dishes for 17 Thanksgiving guests. You might assume, and rightly so, there were leftovers.
According to the paper, in September, more than 1100 amateur cooks entered their Thanksgiving recipes in the first Home Town Cook's contest, in four categories: soups, vegetable dishes, cakes and cobblers, non-turkey entrees. Those were whittled down to 12 finalists-three in each category and on Oct. 27 faculty from Columbus State Community College's culinary program in Ohio prepared and judged the recipes on taste, and visual appeal. If you don't get the Dispatch go to hometowncookn.com. The section is great and one you will want to peruse once you can stand the sight of food again.
Here at Many Branches we had a glorious Thanksgiving celebration with a lot to be thankful for in every aspect of our lives.
This Thanksgiving the special dish was sweet potatoes with Modjeskas. Modjeskas are marshmallows wrapped in caramel and made only in Kentucky Joe and Kathy found them for me and sent them as a welcome gift. I topped a sweet potato casserole with several of them buried on top and by the time I went through the line, the entire dish was empty, so I have yet to try the concoction. But the raves were sincere, so track down these delights. Amazon has them but the shipping costs as much as the candies, so I ruled that out. If I find a place that is reasonable, I'll let you know. These came from Bauer's in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.
