May gathering

The 7th Ragamuffin Cooking Club gathering is hereby announced!!

Theme: Country Cookin'

Date & Time: Saturday, May 20th, 6:00pm

Place: Rejane's (directions will be sent via email)

We need signups for the following:

• Soup / salad (does country cookin' even have salad?) -
• Main dish -
• Side dish 1 -
• Side dish 2 -
• Dessert -
• Drinks -
• Cups & Plates -

Need inspiration? Think of what your grandmother used to make. Or, look at all 390 recipes that have the word "country" in the title on the Food Network, or check out some recent recipes from Paula's Home Cooking TV show. You can also look at the Taste of Home country cooking recipe archive.

RCC peeps havin' fun

Michael enjoying the coffee in style....

Phil and Toni chatting it up, with Heidi & Rose in the background.

Veggie Sushi

Veggie Sushi
Originally uploaded by krisde.

Egg drop soup

Egg drop soup
Originally uploaded by krisde.

Vietnamese coffee

Vietnamese coffee
Originally uploaded by krisde.

Egg foo yung

Egg foo yung
Originally uploaded by krisde.

Tour of Asia

I hope everyone enjoyed our Asian cooking club get-together! It was great to have a little extra daylight (except when it was shining in our faces through the window...) and time to hang out. This time around we sampled:

• Egg drop soup from Phil & Rose
• Vegetable sushi from Kristi & Heidi
• Chicken stir-fry with green beans from Bryan
• Egg Foo Yung Cantonese Style from Chad & Karen
• Pork pastries...(forget the word, but they looked like empanadas) from Rejane
• Vietnamese coffee from Jonathan (go to the Jan 22 entry here for recipe)
• Honey-soy walnuts from Jill
• Chocolate cake from Michael & Toni

Another surprising cooking club - for our Italian club we had no marinara sauce, and for this one, no noodles! I guess it shows that some of us are really thinking "out of the box". My personal favorite was the coffee.

Stay tuned for a couple pictures and signups for next month's club!