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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1997
Page
7
Suzanne Barnes profiles Ruby who bakes for customers at Moore’s IGA Store in Postville. She recalls turning out 40 pie orders in a day with two ovens, notes her sour cream raisin pie and hand made angel food cakes, and explains she won’t decorate cakes due to fussing.
Ruby Koenig 68 works as a checkout clerk at IGA in Postville and is known for her scratch cooking. She coordinates kitchen help for events, runs a popular word of mouth cooking network, and recently organized a fund party dinner for 400 with extensive volunteer support. Family includes husband Loren and five sons Roger Castalia Bob Cedar Rapids Dennis Postville Mike Waukon plus nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
Castalia’s Zion Lutheran hosts an annual ice cream social drawing 600 to 700 attendees. Volunteers prepare homemade frozen treats ham and looser meat sandwiches potato salad pies and cakes. Ruby logs all activities to balance food quality and profits.
Ron Gonder recalls his first break in the industry and his path through Sioux City TV, Champagne radio, KRNT in Des Moines, and WMT starting in 1969. He discusses family moments with son Carl on Hawk broadcasts, the Hawkeyes’ exclusive Learfield deal, his upcoming shift to Learfield roles, and fan letters after leaving the play by play chair.
Instructions describe Sour Cream Raisin Pie recipe with steps for cooking raisins, mixing yolks sugar flour salt sour cream and cinnamon, pouring into hot raisins and baking with meringue. Also outlines Orange Taploca Salad with gelatin pudding whipping cream mandarin oranges and refrigerating after preparing.
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