May 2009 Challenge: What's Cookin'?! (Page 1)

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St. Charles, Illinois, USA

St. Charles, Illinois, USA

Quilt was designed using the blocks already in EQ6 and then just coloring it with colors instead of fabric.

Draper, Utah

When we were kids we all loved Raspberry shortcake much more then Strawberry and during raspberry season it was often desert.

Stacyville, Maine

A great salad for pot luck dinners and it's gluten free, dairy free.

Northeastern Ontario

This dip is a low fat recipe which suits my granddaughter.
The plates are a kaleidoscope block adapted to look (?) like a small bowl. The cackers and vegetables are arranged in a wreath.

When the mood strikes you, make a batch of Grammy's Deely-Bobs, fix a pot of Earl Grey tea and have a party with your grandchildren around the kitchen table.

Made from the Cool Mint Candy and Christmas Star blocks. I grew up just waiting for Christmas so Mom could make her butter mints. The mints require cold weather to make so they are always associated with Christmas. Mom's mother taught her to make the mints. I have Grandma Cheever's original recipe card, barely readable, framed with a photo of Grandma.

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Qualicum Beach, B.C., Canada

This is my husband's/families favourite cake! We especially like it with strawberries on top but it can also be made with blueberries, raspberries, peaches, etc. and we usually serve it with whipped cream. Shortly after we were married my husband bought the cake pans and ask my Sister-In-Law to give me the recipe for the cake base and I am still using her recipe. While "Torten Boden" is the German name for the cake it is known as a Fruit Flan in North America.

Block name is Bridal Stairway from Blockbase 2 first pub KC Star in 1933

Plum Cake is a Christmas tradition in our family, although it is good any time. This cake is a hit any time I've served it. The lemon glaze adds a great tart/sweet touch. This recipe came from the lady who was my Sunday School teacher when I was 4. She was a fabulous person and a great cook. I remember her with every bite.

Nashville, TN

Tomato Cobbler comes from a family friend who was a wonderful cook. It is a great way to use up all those tomatos from your garden in the summer but is also good with just canned tomatoes. If you like tomatoes, you will love this!

Mmmmm, is there anything better on a plate of sweets than Nanaimo Bars (a west-coast Canadian tradition), with their chocolately base, creamy custard filling, and more chocolate on top. The version of the recipe I submitted was handed down to me by my Mom. You can read about the history of this recipe on the City of Nanaimo website

British Columbia, Canada

I thought of the recipie for Lavender Cookies when this challenge was posted. When I did a search for Lavender in the EQ block library, I found Andrea's block from her Kaleidoscope Collection. This lead to a search for pictures of lavender flowers used to draw the lavender sprigs to make my wreath. The layout ifrom the EQ library was ideal for my project, including the four long rectangular blocks for the cookiemotifs. I changed the borders to match the triangles in the Kaleidoscope block.

Winnipeg MB Canada

using Moda fabrics - from Pumpkins and Spice collection due to come out in July

2 blocks - 5 fabrics

Ponca City Oklahoma

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From Taiwan

Sault Ste. Marie,
ON Canada

Washington, PA

Earthquake Cake is one of our favorites. The cream cheese on the top of the cake makes it look like the landscape after an earthquake.

Sheboygan, Wi.

Sheboygan, Wi.

One of my favorite recipes is a sandwich spread made from ground pork. My maternal grandmother grew up in New Brunswick, Canada. This dish goes back to those French Canadian roots.

The center picture is a picture of the Fundy coast in New Brunswick near where my grandmother grew up. The maple leaves in the corners symbolize Canada. The flowers are clove and allspice - the 2 spices in the recipe.

Stacyville, Maine

This is always a favorite, I have cows so the cream is fresh and lavish My nephew says he will work for food and this is one of his requests every time he comes to the farm.

Also known as Bow-Knots, Bow-Ties, Tea Twists, Crullers etc. and between polish US citizens as Faworki, Chrusciki or Chrust as well.

Fat Thursday is a traditional Polish feast marking the last Thursday before Lent. . Among the dishes served on that day
most popular are two very "fatty" while dip-fried: paczki (a kind of donuts) filled with rose marmalade and faworki (dough twists) served with lots of powdered sugar.

But you can eat it every day! As I can!!!

Riegelsberg, Germany
Warsaw, Poland

This quilt has the same colors as the recipe that goes with it -- if you use red pepper instead of green.

The blocks used are Mosaic, No. 19 Variation and Mosaic, No. 5 (2) from the EQ library. I varied #19 even more for the outer blocks.

Sunnyside, Washington

I knew which recipes I wanted to send for this challenge but then I spent all kinds of time on quilt ideas that were just not turning out 'happy'. Finally, this one -- with a wreath based on the pie crust ingredients -- seemed to be acceptable.

This quilt does not use EQ6 text letters. The font used in the block is from Gordon Cooper's last letter tracing project (thanks, Gordon!). It is Georgia Bold Italic.

My recipe gives information for both sugar and sugar substitute. I make it with pretend sugar for my husband but I like it that way, too.

Sunnyside, Washington

This may not be a great quilt, but it is a great recipe.

Plano Texas

This time I set the blocks as a horizontal quilt for a different look. Same ingredients.

Bracebridge ON Canada

This tortilla appetizer features lettuce, roast beef and cream cheese. While not specifically a family favourite, it lent itself nicely to this block. It is an original block set in the baby block style

Bracebridge ON Canada

Madison, WI

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Madison, WI

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The hot fudge sundae block is an original design I made to include in a 70th birthday wallhanging for my Dad.

Cushing, MN

This is a chicken recipe that my husband likes, and he's really fussy about chicken. I changed the original recipe to make it a bit healthier, but I don't know how it could taste any better!
I don't do alot of applique, so I'm not sure I'd ever make this quilt--I'll just eat the real thing!

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