Good friends give gift of church cookbook from Shawneetown

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

You know you have good friends when they see a cookbook somewhere and bring it home for you. I had this happen to me last week. Debbie and Steve Chapman were in Shawneetown for a meeting at Trinity Lutheran Church and brought me back a copy of the church's cookbook. The cookbook is for the 100th anniversary celebration of the church. I immediately started looking through the book, and Steve knew nearly every name I called out, how and who they were related to and how to properly pronounce the German name. I have chosen a few recipes from the book to share with you today.

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