Living in the Old West required not only stamina, but innovation. Imagine putting a cake together without fresh supplies, measuring spoons, or a dedicated work area; imagine baking that cake without a thermometer, steady heat, or a timer. How did those who traveled and lived in the Old West do it? The Old West Baking Book shares the baking secrets of Native American ranch house cooks, chuck wagon chefs, and wagon train homemakers, with over a hundred Old West recipes updated and kitchen tested. Laced among classic baked goods recipes such as Sourdough Biscuits, Spotted Pup Pudding, and Wild Grape-Apple Pie are dozens of anecdotes and fun facts on how our ancestors were so successful with so little. Open the pages of The Old West Baking Book and bring the flavor of the Old West into your home today.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Great book, even for armchair bakers!,
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This review is from: Old West Baking Book (Cookbooks and Restaurant Guides) (Paperback)
I adore this cookbook! Spiral-bound, lie-flat pages; many gorgeous color photographs of the baked goods as well as historical photographs of cowboys cooking and eating; and a great layout are just the beginning. Every single recipe has a several-paragraph commentary about how the recipe came into being or the differences between the original Old West and updated recipes. Scattered throughout the book are features on various topics such as cooking equipment in the Old West, chuck wagons, and availability and use of various foods. I also enjoyed the uniqueness of the recipes. Never before have I seen recipes for green tomato pie, gems (similar to muffins), or spotted pup (a pudding). However, the book doesn't neglect more common fare such as sourdough bread, cherry cobbler, bread pudding, biscuits, etc. Additional features include an Old West cooking dictionary, a comprehensive index, and a bibliography of books about food and life in the Old West. If you love baking or the Old West, you MUST get your own copy, because I'm not going to lend mine to anyone!!!
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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Bob Wiseman - author, reviewer,
By A Customer
This review is from: Old West Baking Book (Cookbooks and Restaurant Guides) (Paperback)
Get out your Dutch oven. Find a ceramic crock with a tight lid.
You'll need both when you open this wonderful cookbook. Of course
the oven is for the baking and the crock is for the sourdough
starter you'll learn to make. I couldn't believe the Old West recipes that were in
this cookbook. I immediately bought several books as gifts
for my relatives and friends. Walters has dug up so many memorable and forgotten
recipes that it's like finding the Mother Lode of pioneer
vittles. Houn' Ears & Whirlups, Splatter Dabs, Oatmeal Pudding,
three different sourdough starters, Railroad Cake, they're all packed into
170 pages. In addition, the book has excellent historical and contemporary
photographs and informative inserts. The Old West Baking Book is a truly a treasure
found.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Robert Glenn - cookbook reviewer,
By A Customer
This review is from: Old West Baking Book (Cookbooks and Restaurant Guides) (Paperback)
Walters Old West Baking Book has all those recipes that were "handed down." I was impressed
with the photography, the vignettes about the Old West, and the
historical photographs. This book should be in the kitchens
of every home west of the Mississippi. I hope he has a sequel
in the process. Northland has published another winner and the price is right. I hope they continue the Old West theme.
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DELIGHTFULLY LIGHT AND SLIGHTLY SWEET, THERE IS NOTHING better than a piping hot slice of quick bread with a cup of coffee or tea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sponge ingredients, fermenting sponge, dough bounces, nonmetal bowl, cup sourdough starter, inserted toothpick, muffin rings, chuck wagon cooks, baking time, butter until light, preheated oven, pudding mold, quick breads, meringue topping, oven temperature, pudding recipes, remaining gas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native Americans, Corn Dodgers, East Coast, Apple-Corn Loaf, Beaten Biscuits, Deep South, Lemon Sauce, Sliced Lemon Pie, Baked Indian Pudding, Crackling Bread, Fried Corn Bread, Hasty Pudding, Ice Cream Pie, Old Range Biscuits, San Francisco, Soda Cracker Biscuit, Spice Cake New!
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DELIGHTFULLY LIGHT AND SLIGHTLY SWEET, THERE IS NOTHING better than a piping hot slice of quick bread with a cup of coffee or tea. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sponge ingredients, fermenting sponge, dough bounces, nonmetal bowl, cup sourdough starter, inserted toothpick, muffin rings, chuck wagon cooks, baking time, butter until light, preheated oven, pudding mold, quick breads, meringue topping, oven temperature, pudding recipes, remaining gas Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Native Americans, Corn Dodgers, East Coast, Apple-Corn Loaf, Beaten Biscuits, Deep South, Lemon Sauce, Sliced Lemon Pie, Baked Indian Pudding, Crackling Bread, Fried Corn Bread, Hasty Pudding, Ice Cream Pie, Old Range Biscuits, San Francisco, Soda Cracker Biscuit, Spice Cake New!
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- Bread Pudding (Alfreda's Recipe) by Story Time on page 132, and page 134
- The Cook Book by Terence and Caroline Conran in Back Matter
- Don Quixote De La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes on page 145
- Cow Country (Tumbleweed) by Will James in Back Matter
- American Indian Food and Lore by Carolyn Niethammer in Back Matter
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