Kentucky Housewife [Paperback]

Lettice Bryan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2001

Originally published in 1839, this long-lost classic of Southern cooking includes more than 1,300 recipes, all cooked and seasoned in a hot climate. The foods and recipes featured in this kitchen classic are derived from American Indian, European, and African sources and reflect a merging of the three distinct cultures in the American South.

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Originally published in 1839, this classic of Southern cooking includes more than 1,300 recipes, all cooked and seasoned for a hot climate. Soups, meat, game, fish, catchups, fruit sauces, flavored vinegars, pickles, vegetables, puddings, pastries, cakes, breads, sweetmeats, liquors, and household remedies were rolled into this important regional cookbook. It was aimed at those who were interested in economy, with easy to follow recipes for those with little or no experience in the kitchen. The foods and recipes are derived from American Indian, European, and African sources and reflect a merging of the three distinct cultures in the American South.

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Applewood Books; 1 edition (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1557095140
• ISBN-13: 978-1557095145
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,005,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Plenty of Recipes, June 6, 2002

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Historical reprint cookbooks are not the best place to go for exciting recipes, detailed instructions, and precise measurements. But they are a lot of fun to read.
With over 1000 recipes (and some very small print) this cookbook is even more fun than most. The recipes too seem more exciting than is typical -- the author doesn't just offer 20 types of bread, 10 over-cooked vegetables, and instructions for roasting or boiling plain meat. She gives real recipes, some of which look like they actually have flavor!
But be aware that the long list of recipes is a bit misleading. The book is sort of like a chinese restaurant menu, where the same basic cooking method is offered for, for example, beef, veal, chicken, pork and fish; or a dessert might be described with 10 different fruits -- as 10 different recipes.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Kentucky Housewife, August 23, 2007

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Connee Echols (Palatka, Fl United States) - See all my reviews
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This book was meaningful to me since I am from Kentucky. It is not only a cookbook but a history book of times when the housewives had to prepare meats without the use of refrigerators and freezers.

4.0 out of 5 stars How to do everything, December 10, 2011

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This is a great little book, part history book, part cookbook, first aid, home improvement, survival guide, it's probably easier to list what it is not. I have over 60 cook/food books, but the Kentucky House wife is just a good book to read as it has all the relevant food stuff and a load more, really manages to create a great perspective on how the everyday essentials and luxuries of life were carved out of a strange new world. If you need to make cider, champagne, ice cream or maybe cure snake bites or toothache the secrets are all hide in here.