Civil War Cooking: The Housekeepers Encyclopedia [Paperback]

E. F.; Mrs. Haskell (Author), R. L. Shep (Editor)

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Publication Date: December 1, 1992 | ISBN-10: 0914046160 | ISBN-13: 978-0914046165

Hundreds of recipes plus instructions for putting up foods, production of wine and vinegar, managing servants, entertaining, care of the sick. Sound advice for managing the household while the mate is off to war, and much more. This important book provides a remarkable picture of home-life in the 1860s.

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Chuck Hamsa, widely respected reviewer of Civil War reference materials and books states '..... highly recommended for anyone interested in American Society of the mid-nineteenth century.' --Black Powder Times

Product Details

• Paperback: 445 pages
• Publisher: R L Shep (December 1, 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0914046160
• ISBN-13: 978-0914046165
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,920,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Historic Cookbook, December 1, 2010

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As a Civil War reenactor, I wanted some Civil War recipes and so ordered this book, not realizing that it was a reproduction of a book published in 1961. It contains not only recipes but household advice for the 1860's housewife from Mrs. Haskell. It is an interesting book: full of the facts of daily life during the Civil War. There are so many ingredients and terms I don't understand that it's frightening, but enlightening. So very much to learn about the way of life in our nation's past.