Now available in a new layflat paperback edition. Esther H. Shank collected and perfected good recipes and useful food preparation tips for over 25 years. This is her prized collection of over 1,100 recipes and a legacy of kitchen know-how for inexperienced young adults caught up in the whirl of fast foods and busy schedules. Even experienced cooks will find helpful the hundreds of tips for success while baking bread and making pie crusts; as well as the microwave and quick-fix sections; identification of low calorie dishes; and many useful charts; tables; and diagrams. Winner of the 1988 Benjamin Franklin Award from Publishers Marketing Association.
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Amateur chef Shank's compilation, which fairly bursts with unpretentious recipes and kitchen tips, is a boon for novice or busy cooks. Most of the hearty, appetizing dishes reflect the Mennonite hallmarks of simplicity, thrift, moderation and common sense. Shank shares her considerable expertise on coffee, breads, pastry, canning, freezing, preserving and leftovers, distinguishing the various meat cuts and cleaning fish. Nonfood recipes include old-time mustard plaster, prewash stain treatment and liquid fertilizer for houseplants. The offerings are overwhelmingly nostalgicsweet-potato biscuits, banana-pudding cake, Rice Krispies marshmallow squares, ham-and-cheese bake, country chicken 'n' biscuits, hamburger and spaghetti pies, sausage-and-cabbage dinner, clam chowderbut there are also helpful microwave recipes and hints. A quick-fix section is valuable for its time-saving recipes and advice, but Shank relies here on convenience foods, a deviation from traditional Mennonite cookery. Illustrations.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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What an outstanding gift for any homemaker! This great cookbook is not one to be put on the shelf and used only for special events, but rather is full of unpretentious recipes and kitchen tips. It is a boon for novices or busy cooks. --Bargain Hunger
Did you ever wish you could find the perfect cookbook for the bride to be who has a hard time boiling water? Mennonite Country-Style Recipes is a very comprehensive cookbook, which gives the cook not only practical recipes, but many ideas and helpful hints besides. --Prairie Overcomer
Warm in style, easy to use in organization and a gold mine of information. In addition to more than 1,100 recipes, Mrs. Shenk has packed the 680-page book with definitions, charts, nutrition guidelines, tables, tips, budget hints, and how-to diagrams she collected for 25 years as a Harrisonburg homemaker and mother of three daughters. --Richmond News
Did you ever wish you could find the perfect cookbook for the bride to be who has a hard time boiling water? Mennonite Country-Style Recipes is a very comprehensive cookbook, which gives the cook not only practical recipes, but many ideas and helpful hints besides. --Prairie Overcomer
Warm in style, easy to use in organization and a gold mine of information. In addition to more than 1,100 recipes, Mrs. Shenk has packed the 680-page book with definitions, charts, nutrition guidelines, tables, tips, budget hints, and how-to diagrams she collected for 25 years as a Harrisonburg homemaker and mother of three daughters. --Richmond News
Did you ever wish you could find the perfect cookbook for the bride to be who has a hard time boiling water? Mennonite Country-Style Recipes is a very comprehensive cookbook, which gives the cook not only practical recipes, but many ideas and helpful hints besides. --Prairie Overcomer
Warm in style, easy to use in organization and a gold mine of information. In addition to more than 1,100 recipes, Mrs. Shenk has packed the 680-page book with definitions, charts, nutrition guidelines, tables, tips, budget hints, and how-to diagrams she collected for 25 years as a Harrisonburg homemaker and mother of three daughters. --Richmond News
Did you ever wish you could find the perfect cookbook for the bride to be who has a hard time boiling water? Mennonite Country-Style Recipes is a very comprehensive cookbook, which gives the cook not only practical recipes, but many ideas and helpful hints besides. --Prairie Overcomer
Warm in style, easy to use in organization and a gold mine of information. In addition to more than 1,100 recipes, Mrs. Shenk has packed the 680-page book with definitions, charts, nutrition guidelines, tables, tips, budget hints, and how-to diagrams she collected for 25 years as a Harrisonburg homemaker and mother of three daughters. --Richmond News
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
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An absolute survival kit for any cook.,
By Nancy Farres (Teaneck, NJ) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mennonite Country-Style Recipes & Kitchen Secrets (Paperback)
As a New York City working woman with a house, two kids and a husband, this book is my lifeline to kitchen survival. A friend was convinced she needed the book when I found a recipe for syrup (I realized we were out after making the third pancake). It has easy to follow instructions, easy to substitute ingredients and I live on the quick fix section. Other recipe books have come and gone, but this one is my bible for the kitchen.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Beats Betty hands down!,
By "kkshafar2" (Sumner, IA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mennonite Country-Style Recipes & Kitchen Secrets (Paperback)
I was given this cookbook as a gift while living in the Shenandoah Valley. Little did I know that it would become not only my most favorite cookbook, but really the kitchen bible. I am a cookbook collector but this one is hardly ever put away. It has helpful information for beginner cooks as well as the more experienced ones. The recipes use basic foods but make wonderful meals. I love her recipe "Clothes Stain Remover". Anyone with children need that one! She covers gardening, canning, butchering, substitutes, entertaining, etc. It is a wonderful gift idea that your friends will thank you for years to come.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointed..,
By Patty Scheidel "Patty" (Wilmington, Delaware United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mennonite Country-Style Recipes & Kitchen Secrets (Paperback)
I made a casserole that looked pretty tasty before it went in the oven. When it came out, it didn't turn out so well. It was also very high in calories.I thought all the recipes in this book were going to be from scratch. Dutch country cooking is like that. This books uses cans of soup and other means to complete the recipes. Also, you can't eat this food every night. It will give you a heart attack. I'm willing to give this book another try, but I think I'll stick to some of my other books. Don't buy this book if you are expecting traditional Mennonite cooking, that's not what this book is!!
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One would wish the most popular beverage in the United States would be milk, since milk is considered by many authorities to be the most complete natural food available. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cup angel flake coconut, cup thick sour milk, cup commercial sour cream, cups thick sour milk, cups quick oatmeal, drops red color, inch headspace, cup sorghum molasses, bake dish, pack into jars, chipped ham, cup quick oatmeal, freezer tub, thick tomato juice, serve warm with whipped cream, good rolling boil, fluffy white icing, instant dry milk powder, cup chopped raisins, cup soft margarine, dessert goblets, sugar thickened, sifted dry ingredients, cup thick sour cream, cup rich milk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cool Whip, Low Cal, Dorothy Shank Showalter, Alice Trissel, Rice Krispies, Dream Whip Whip, Ruby Petersheim, Red Delicious, Lower Cal, Optional Topping, Raw Pack, United States, Anna Mae Weaver, Quick Fluffy White Icing, Cook Them, Margaret Brubaker, Mary Shank, Miracle Whip, Using Mix, Chili Seasoning Mix, Chocolate Whoopie Pies, Date Filling, Morton's Tenderquick, Optional Dressing New!
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One would wish the most popular beverage in the United States would be milk, since milk is considered by many authorities to be the most complete natural food available. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
cup angel flake coconut, cup thick sour milk, cup commercial sour cream, cups thick sour milk, cups quick oatmeal, drops red color, inch headspace, cup sorghum molasses, bake dish, pack into jars, chipped ham, cup quick oatmeal, freezer tub, thick tomato juice, serve warm with whipped cream, good rolling boil, fluffy white icing, instant dry milk powder, cup chopped raisins, cup soft margarine, dessert goblets, sugar thickened, sifted dry ingredients, cup thick sour cream, cup rich milk Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Cool Whip, Low Cal, Dorothy Shank Showalter, Alice Trissel, Rice Krispies, Dream Whip Whip, Ruby Petersheim, Red Delicious, Lower Cal, Optional Topping, Raw Pack, United States, Anna Mae Weaver, Quick Fluffy White Icing, Cook Them, Margaret Brubaker, Mary Shank, Miracle Whip, Using Mix, Chili Seasoning Mix, Chocolate Whoopie Pies, Date Filling, Morton's Tenderquick, Optional Dressing New!
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