Cream of carrot soup
Breaded pork chops and fried apples
Boiled potatoes
Pickles
Corn pudding
Cole slaw salad
German coffee cake
Coca whipped cream dessert
Coffee
With the exception of the desserts (I can't bake anyway!) the eighth Sunday menu is quite simple. I've actually made this menu before, a few years ago (sans dessert of course), and even the carrot soup was easy. Tastewise, however, the corn pudding was a disappointment: eggs, milk and corn, seasoned and baked in the oven, may sound good, but the end result was not what I was expecting - it was more like a "baked corn omelet.". Perhaps I've been spoiled by my mother-in-law's "corn, corn and more corn" (corn, creamed corn and corn muffin mix all mixed together and baked to a nice bread-like consistency).
Despite the lackluster corn pudding, the real disappointment with the original menu is the lack of color: white soup, white pork, white apples, white potatoes, white corn, white salad – I'm surprised the author's didn't recommend a sprig of parsley to punch up the color palette, instead, relying on a lone pickle to provide interest.
Eighth Sunday: The Modern Menu
Breaded pork chops and fried apples
Boiled potatoes
Creamed corn
Blue cheese slaw
Pickles
Tomato horseradish sauce (leftover)
Bread (leftover)
Pineapple rings (leftover)
Tea and Gold
I actually made this dinner on Thursday, not Sunday, as we had a prior engagement on Sunday. It was my first full week at my new, full-time job. I arrived home at 5:30 completely exhausted, and by 6:30 I was enjoying a delicious meal. Given the complexity of some of the other meals, I was amazed at the ease of this one! Disclaimer: I did use canned creamed corn.
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