Holiday Work Potluck

Apple Pear Pie

I did not have the best experience when it came to making this pie. Not that that pie itself came out bad, it didn’t, it was actually pretty good when it comes to apple pies. But everything else was just awful. First of all, when I was coring and slicing the apples, my corer thing completely broke. And to top that off, I cut myself because of it. Luckily it wasn’t that bad of a cut, but still I had to continue coring and cutting the apples by hand. What horror?!

After I got the apples done, then it was time for the pears. I don’t know how to cut pears, but I think I did an alright job hopefully.

 Once I got past that part, the rest was a breeze. Mix all in a bowl and then add to a pie crust and top it off with another pie crust. I use Pillsbury pie crust because it’s easier than making my own and still taste pretty good I think.

I didn’t add more sugar to the top of the pie like the recipe said to. Just because I didn’t want to. I don’t feel like that would have added to anything but maybe I’m wrong. Something else went wrong? Yes. As I was carrying it into work for our holiday potluck, the apple and pear juices started to leak everywhere. I didn’t notice until it got into the holes in my jeans. My coat, jeans, and boots are completely sticky and probably ruined. Still, I made the pie, and it wasn’t anything spectacular.

recipe

---

German Potato Salad

At first, I had this recipe down as “Amish Potato Salad” but when I got my cookbook out ready to make it, I couldn’t find it in the index. So clearly I had typed something wrong in my recipe list. So I found the next best thing, and the only other potato salad in the book, German Potato Salad. I don’t think I’ve ever had German Potato Salad before and quite honestly I don’t think I ever will again. It wasn’t too hard to make, but I’m not a fan of how it tasted.

​First of all, I hate vinegar and there is so much vinegar in this.

Yes, it’s apple cider vinegar, but that’s not redeeming itself any points. I think the thing I hated most about it was the fact that it was so completely sweet. All the sugar that was in it made it way to sweet for me. Potatoes should be salty, that’s just the way I think it should be. I don’t like sweet potatoes that much either unless they are in bread like foods i.e. cupcakes and pancakes.

I served the salad cold since I took it to my work potluck along with the pie. I don’t know if serving hot would have made that much of a difference, but I’m going to guess not. My house does smell like bacon now though, so that’s a plus right? Oh wait, it also smells like vinegar. FYI, thank goodness the pie spilled on me and not the vinegar. I would have been even more mad than I was. I don’t recommend these potatoes, but I’m sure a lot of folks in the St. Louis area love these since it’s well… German.

I'm getting really bad a remembering to take pictures. Mine looked similar to the picture from the cookbook, except not in a fancy, cute bowl like this one. I also think mine had way too much "sauce" on it. 

recipe

---