Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices

by George Leonard Herter

Other authorsBerthe E. Herter
Paper Book, 1973

Status

Available

Call number

641.5

Collection

Publication

Waseca, Minn. : Herter's, ©1973.

Description

In the lumber camp days & pioneer days the cooks learned from each other & from the old world cooks. Each taught the other his country's cooking secrets. Out of the mixing came fine food, prepared as nowhere else in the world. This book includes some of these recipes that you will not find in cookbooks plus many other historical recipes. It includes meats, fish, eggs, soups & sauces, sandwiches, vegetables, the art of French frying, desserts, how to dress game, how to properly sharpen a knife, how to make wines & beer, how to make Franch soap, & also what to do in case of hydrogen or cobalt bomb attacks. Also includes many helpful hints such as how to keep cheese fresh, keep bacon from molding, get rid of ants with lemon, & keep healthy in the wilderness. Illustrated with black-&-white photos.… (more)

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A combination historical account, cookbook, guide to preserving foods, survival manual, travel guide and compendium of several very funny (possibly invented) anecdotes. Get it for unusual recipes like marigold wine, Gethsemene beef, Swedish muskrat, titty sauce yams, dandelion capers and Gregor
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Mendel's fried eggs.

Read it for the (alleged) back story on how chop suey was invented by a Greek, Roquefort cheese was invented by a biblical sorceress and Worcestershire sauce was invented by a chemist.

Keep it because it includes many excellent cooking and food preparation tips - and because it will make you smile every time you open it.
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Language

Original publication date

1960

Physical description

96 p.; 22 cm

DDC/MDS

641.5

Rating

½ (13 ratings; 3.8)
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