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White Trash Cooking [Hardcover]

Ernest M. Mickler
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)


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Book Description

September 1, 1986
More than 200 recipes and 45 full-color photographs celebrate 25 years of good eatin’ in this original regional Southern cooking classic.

A quarter-century ago, while many were busy embracing the sophisticated techniques and wholesome ingredients of the nouvelle cuisine, one Southern loyalist lovingly gathered more than 200 recipes—collected from West Virginia to Key West—showcasing the time-honored cooking and hospitality traditions of the white trash way. Ernie Mickler’s much-imitated sugarsnap-pea prose style accompanies delicacies like Tutti’s Fancy Fruited Porkettes, Mock-Cooter Stew, and Oven-Baked Possum; stalwart sides like Bette’s Sister-in-Law’s Deep-Fried Eggplant and Cracklin’ Corn Pone; waste-not leftover fare like Four-Can Deep Tuna Pie and Day-Old Fried Catfish; and desserts with a heavy dash of Dixie, like Irma Lee Stratton’s Don’t-Miss Chocolate Dump Cake and Charlotte’s Mother’s Apple Charlotte.
--This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.


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This is not a joke book or a parody. This is a warmly written, humorous, and quite serious cookbook filled with delightful traditional and unusual recipes. It includes wonderful photographs by the author of people and places and food all connected to his fondness and memory of growing up in rural and small town Mississippi. You may not be tempted to try every single recipe in this book, but you won't be able to resist trying many of them! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Ernest Matthew Mickler received a master’s degree in fine arts from Mills College before embarking on his true mission as a culinary cultural preservationist. Ernie died in 1988, but his classic cookbook, and all the stories enshrined within its pages, live on. --This text refers to the Spiral-bound edition.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 1 pages
  • Publisher: Ten Speed Press (September 1, 1986)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0898152070
  • ISBN-13: 978-0898152074
  • Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,763,194 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Some basic recipes, some that are good and some I don't think I will try. D. Kautz  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
The pictures are also great, and fit perfectly with the recipes. Kathleen Cutsail  |  11 reviewers made a similar statement
When I saw the picture on the front of this book, I had to pick it up and thumb through it. Ann Walker (walker@datasys.net)  |  4 reviewers made a similar statement
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46 of 48 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars White Trash Cookin's the best-ever June 17, 2002
Format:Spiral-bound
I first bought this book years ago, when it first came out-and it
shows: the biscuit page has tea stains all over it-so does the
potato-chip sandwich! The latter is worth a try, albeit a tad
salty, but it IS delish. You absolutely cannot fail to make good
biscuits with their recipe, it is simple, basic, and wonderful.
What they do with food is real simple, and the low-priced version
of "peasant food." It is worth it for the pictures in the center
alone, it doesn't put down white trash, it celebrates 'em! Darn
fine cooks, too. Really delicious summer produce recipes, and
the tomato sandwich idea is one anyone can relish.

This book occupies a proud, and well-used, pride of place in my
cookbook collection. Unlike snotty cookbooks where they look
down on the reader, presupposing a well-laden pantry groaning
with esoterica-this is REAL FOOD, REAL SIMPLE. A tribute to all
the white trash who built this country, and really tasty, too.

Y'all try it some, hear?

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62 of 67 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Regional Cookbook October 10, 2005
Format:Spiral-bound|Amazon Verified Purchase
I must confess that I resisted buying this cookbook for many years. I am an avid collector of American Regional and International cookbooks, but found the title of this book offensive. I assumed it was written to mock rural whites, a people I know to be hardworking, self-reliant, and decent. I was wrong about this one. This book actually celebrates these people and their cuisine, and is one of the very best traditional American cookbooks in print. Great recipes for fried chicken, catfish, hushpuppies, collard greens, Hoppin John, cornbread, and biscuits, as well as rabbit, squirrel, and yes, even possum. The book has a folksy humor throughout, and the recipes are authentic. Books like this become even more precious as this and other American regional cuisines disappear under a blanket of bland corporate burger chains, sub shops, and pizza joints. Incidentally, several recent medical studies have shown that rural Appalachians who consume this traditional fare are far healthier than those who embrace the modern suburban diet of chain restaurant food! If you have any interest in traditional American cooking, this book is a must-own.
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Good eatin', good food,and white trash cookin' March 6, 2002
By A Customer
Format:Spiral-bound
I bought this book years ago when it first came out, and absolute
ly LOVE it: great recipes, great pictures, down-home real food.
Best recipe for biscuits I have ever seen-my book's permanently
stained from use! Even tried the potato chip sandwich, a little
salty, but delish.

You don't have to pay an arm and a leg for pretentious, overpric-
ed "country peasant cuisine," you have it right here: polenta's
grits, baby! A lot of these recipes are solid, delicious food,
stuff we grew up on in the Midwest, stuff our granmas used to
make. And if you have ever attended a church social, you'll re-
cognize many of the dishes in this awesome cookbook.

It's worth it for the center photograph section, for a nostalgic
touch, for in the rush to urbanize here in Florida, many roadside
fruit and vegetable stands have been zoned out of existence. Up
in the Panhandle you might still find roadside boiled peanut sta-
nds(now THAT'S some great eatin'!), and some produce stands-but
if you can't go there-try this book-you won't regret it.

You might approach this book thinking of it as a joke, or in a
condescending approach to white trash(read American Peasants),
but once you start to read the anecdotes and recipes, you gain an
understanding and respect for these tenacious souls.

P.S. Try the cheese grits-with Velveeta and Tabasco sauce-that
will wake you up some!

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars A BLAST FROM THE PAST
There is nothing that I didn't like about this book. I just never realized how "W"hite "T"rash I was eating growing up in the South in the 1950's. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Olivia C. Dugas
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful book.
I owned this book years ago and lost it to a housefire. So getting it back is extra nice. The pictures alone are fabulous, so warm and funny. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Tereasa A. Bellew
5.0 out of 5 stars love it
Best cookbook ever, some of the crazier recipes I will not make but, Dirty Rice is great and I have made some of the veggie recipes and cakes. Read more
Published 3 months ago by melissa
5.0 out of 5 stars Appalachian Diaspora, rejoice! Just reading this brought back my...
I grew up in Southwest Virginia with kin also in East Tennessee, but have lived in Connecticut for almost 20 years. Read more
Published 4 months ago by TanteDePlume
5.0 out of 5 stars Cookbook
This is a great cookbook. Great gift for all your cooking friends. Order one and you will enjoy it. Need one more word to submit.
Published 5 months ago by James McMillan
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Work!
This product arrived on time and as described. I am very happy with my purchase. I look forward to additional orders
Published 5 months ago by J. Lopez
4.0 out of 5 stars back home roots
thought this was funny. i got this book because my aunt and my uncle have it and after readings the recipes i wanted to bring them home to my place so my kids could experience my... Read more
Published 9 months ago by cyprus
5.0 out of 5 stars This is American cooking
Love this book! The title is complicated for me but the recipes and commentaries are wonderful. Looking at some of the photos and the refrigerators, I thought... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Amber
5.0 out of 5 stars we love it
Bought it for my wife who loves it, as do I. It captures real home cooking of real, old fashioned and traditional folk. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Kwame J
4.0 out of 5 stars Satisfaction
Thank you for the cookbook order. It arrived safe and sound, as described, good condition, and was prompt. Read more
Published 11 months ago by C. Baker
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