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Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking: A Mennonite Community Cookbook

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This book is a reprint of the authors' _Mennonite Community Cookbook_ ... Every single page is identical, word for word (just a different cover, title, and typeface) - which to me constitutes gross misrepresentation since I couldn't find that mentioned anywhere in the book, and I obviously wouldn't knowingly have ordered a duplicate copy. However, if you don't have the earlier book, you will love it. (The reason I ordered it was because I like the original book so much, and was therefore eager to see a seemingly new title attributed to them.)
It is a compilation of recipes culled from Mennonites. Since the original book was written in 1950, the directions are nowhere near as explicit as they would be today -- and there are very few "warm, fuzzy" notes prefacing recipes, so you can't tell if something was included because it is quick and easy, cheap, uses readily available ingreadients (which may be expensive today and hard for you to locate) or because it is incredibly delicious. But the gems in the collection make it well worth owning, and I love the book. My one and only complaint is that this edition is not marked as a reprint of the original. Once again, if you don't already own the original, this one is lovely.

Our house burned down in June of this year, taking all my cookbooks with it. This was the first one I replaced and am ordering two more to give as Christmas presents. It is excellent!

This is a wonderful cookbook. It made me very nostolgic for my grandmother's upstate NY kitchen. I agree with the earlier reviewer that the recipes are nowhere as specific as those in more modern cookbooks. However that's not a detraction to me: they look just like the ones on my grandmother's recipe cards! There are indeed real gems in this collection and overall it's a good read.

This cook book is really great! I am from Pennsylvania and when I look through this cook book it takes me back when I was a child and my grandmother used to make many of the recipes listed in this book. I will enjoy this book for many years to come.

Very pleased with the prompness in receiving this book.Would recommend to
any one.This was purchased for a Christmas present and much appreciated by the recipient.

This is fun cookbook to simply read. It has some very interesting information about old-time cooking, as well as wonderful recipes. It also has a miscellaneous section which has some fascinating recipes that are probably there more to be read than tried in modern times. Even if you never make a single recipe from this book (but you should!), it's a good read.

I've enjoyed everything I've made from it so far.