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Whatchagot Stew: A Memoir of an Idaho Childhood, With Recipes and Commentaries

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The book is typical McManus humor interlaced with good, bad, and ugly recipes. Always the recipes have some story and show what cooking was like when they used things like bacon grease to cook with. No doubt some of these recipes are heart stoppers but a fun book with varying types of things for campers and home cooks which have to be tried. Recipes range from simple to complex and are generally survivors of the passage of time.

This cookbook has McManus's memoir at the front and recipes in the back. I made a few of the recipes when I was in college, and they all got rave reviews except for the griddle scones (maybe it was my fault since I was a new cook). The spaghetti sauce with clams wowed my Italian-American friend. I still need to get up the nerve to make the dandelion wine and other spirits. The recipe for hot dogs made by Boy Scouts had me rolling on the floor. Definitely pick this one up!

If you want to fall off your chair laughing, pick of a Patrick McManus book. They are a fast, easy read without all the vulgar and ugliness that is sometimes found in some books. I read passages to students during DEAR time and they loved it.

The book has so many good recipes, reminds me of home. The writer is fabulous, so entertaining.

I purchased this book on the recommendation of a friend. She enjoyed the accounts of a less harried, simpler era. The book was in excellent condition and shipped promptly.

Anything that Patrick Mcmanus writes is always great! The first 50 pages are childhood remembrances, the rest are recipes and other fun stories to go with them. I loved this book. When you read one Mcmanus book, it will leave you hungry for more!!

As with all of McManus's books this one, written with his sister the "Troll", has a blend of his humor and many recipes, some with its own story. It starts with a memoir and surprisingly has mostly new material so if you have some of his other books you won't be reading a collection of stuff you have read before. I'm glad I purchased it. I collect cookbooks of different cuisine and boy is this "different". I own all of his books and have had to start over from the beginning just to get my McManus fix.

At least half of this book is recipes. We love McManus, but probably would not have bought this book if we'd seen it on the bookshelf.