As we rush toward the holidays, I hope you can slow down with a cup of coffee and give us some help. An anonymous source is looking for recipes for: Oreo brownies, mulled cider and any make-ahead vegetable casserole.
Let’s begin today by answering a question: A reader asked whether there is coconut in Fehn’s macaroon pie. There is not; there is more than one kind of macaroon, and not all contain coconut.
Laura Fine sent an old potato soup recipe from Helen Exum’s “Chattanooga Cookbook.” She’s been making this soup for years, and it always is a hit, she said, adding that it goes great with cornbread muffins.
Fehn’s Potato Soup
4 cups Idaho potatoes, sliced thin
5 cups strong chicken or beef stock