This illustrated cookbook aims to unlock the traditions of classic Pennsylvania Dutch cookery as it has evolved over the past 300 years. Over 125 original recipes provide clear instructions on how to create crusty farm breads, peasant one-pot dinners, luscious spring soups, and light, sophisticated salads made with regional specialities like spelt and hickory nuts. The heartland of this cookery style is a 15-county area in South Eastern Pennsylvania, but the culinary style spreads deep into the Midwest, the Upper South, and Canada and includes the Amish, Mennonites, and Moravians, amongst others. Both a cultural history and a working cookbook, this book not only tells you how to make a roast turkey with pepper hash, but also tells you how to ward off witch hexes and kitchen goblins. The book also includes a cook's guide to regional shopping and local ingredients; a glossary of food terms; recipes arranged by category; and alphabetic lists of recipes.
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Long before the rest of America decided to get back to healthy basics in their cooking and eating habits, the Pennsylvania Dutch were happily living off the land. Among their fertile, rolling hills and lush green fields, these farm folk speak about their distinctive cuisine in a language that, in some parts of the United States, has been spoken longer than English. Pennsylfaanisch names grace every recipe in Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking, and to help non-Pennsylfaanisch speakers with pronunciation, there's a guide and even a glossary of additional food terms. But what's in a name? It's the cooking that counts in this compendium of more than 100 authentic recipes that are both delicious and healthy. There are recipes for breads, soups and noodles, meats, vegetables, and even a section for special holiday feasts. There are beverages such as Wheatland Harvest Tea, made from spearmint, lemon balm, tarragon, and bergamot leaves; desserts such as Hickory Nut Dumplings, served with stewed peaches; and recipes for rye, buckeye, sourdough, and potato breads, among many others.
As if the recipes alone weren't enough, Pennsylvania Dutch Country Cooking is brimming with photographs of the countryside, the gardens, the people, and, of course, the foods of this special place. This is a book that feeds the soul as well as the body, a feast for the eyes as well as the table.
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The term "Pennsylvania Dutch cooking" covers a lot of ground, and almost has to. In this meticulously researched book, Weaver ( Quaker Woman's Cookbook ), a 13th-generation Pennsylvanian and Mennonite descendent, clearly and insightfully explains the complex heritage of the people now known as the Pennsylvania Dutch, discussing their history and the meetings of New World and European traditions. The book evokes the close harmony between a people, the seasons, and the food they grow and cook. With beautiful photographs and ample illustrations, this is an excellent introduction to a complicated regional history and culture. Each recipe is accompanied by a brief explanation of its place in that culture. The recipes, however, are not to be taken up lightly; though Weaver has done an outstanding job of adapting them to the modern kitchen, they require both skill and time, and the use of labor-saving devices is not favored. Many recipes call for homemade stocks and organic grains, and will require the reader to hunt down ingredients in specialty shops. Some, like "hinkeldarremkuche" (chickweed pie), even call for readers to harvest their own chickweed. But for those with the dedication, culinary delights await: Christmas "mummeli" (gingerbread men), "hickeniss-gnepp" (hickory-nut dumplings) and "forty-nine beans," the Penn Dutch answer to applejack. A sturdy source list is provided.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Pa. Dutch County Cooking is not only a great recipe book, it is filled with history and culture related to our heritage. I especially appreciate the Pa. Dutch name for each recipe written below the English one. This is a cookbook that could easily be used by someone not used to the American "cup" measure as equivalents are given in grams also.
Where else would one find such unusual recipes as 'Stuffed Pig's Stomach', 'Scrapple', and 'Paffefatzle'? Also included are good recipes for Shoo-Fly pie and Moravian Sugar cake - both worth making a part of ones' 'repertoire' because they are just good, plain eating! The illustrations are beautiful and help make some of the recipes more understandable. Pa. Dutch Country Cooking is not only a handy recipe book to own, but one very enjoyable to read.
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