White Trash Cooking II: Recipes for Gatherins (Vol 2) (Spiral-bound)

~ Ernest M. Mickler (Author) "Lou May Witkins screeched to a halt right in front of Iris Maxine Dove's house..." (more)
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Product Description

From Oleen’s Stuffed Pepper Slippers and Franceen’s Good Ol’ Meat to Mrs. Tooler Doolus’s Oven Spaghetti and Bobbie’s Lemon/Lime Jell-O Cake Supreme, Ernie Mickler has collected another whopping batch of the“most magnannygoshus” recipes of the Very Deepest South. Previously known as SINKIN SPELLS, HOT FLASHES, FITS AND CRAVINS, this collection has a new name and a new cover that calls to mind its best-selling brother, WHITE TRASH COOKING. Same good eatin’, though. With color photographs by the author.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 176 pages
• Publisher: Ten Speed Press (March 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898158923
• ISBN-13: 978-0898158922
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.3 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #243,356 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This kind of cooking is elegance through simplicity., August 2, 1998

By	Jude (Medford, OR) - See all my reviews

For the record, "White Trash Cooking II" was originally published as "Sinkin Spells, Hot Flashes, Fits and Cravins" and although the order info says it is hardback, it is a spiral-bound soft cover. But no matter --- BUY IT!

I have the original "White Trash Cookbook" and this is more of the same. Anyone can cook like this and you don't need all those expensive, fancy herbs and spices. In fact, you don't need much more than salt and pepper. I sit and read these cookbooks like novels. They remind me of my simple roots and I feel like these people are my people. These books are portals to honest and simple times, people and food.

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A feast for man,woman, child and beast. Let's eat!, May 23, 2000

By	Dari B. Wayne (Lawrenceville, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Author, Enest Matthew Mickler has done it again. Just when you thought you couldn't get enough of white trash cookin, Ernie brings us another wheelbarrow load of recipes for feeding the hordes and masses. Mouthwatering dishes like Big Ruby Dukes's Peachadillies, Tammy Faye's Tumped Tuna Jump and Aunt Sarah's Stepped on Cornbread will make your next cemetery cleanin, family reunion or home demonstration party the best invite in town. Bone' appe'titee!

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Not just a cookbook -- a sociological foray, July 4, 2002

By	Cas (the Idaho mountains) - See all my reviews

Just as in the original "White Trash Cooking", there are recipes here, but more of an emphasis on cooking for groups. The various situations that call for group food are presented -- quilting bees, funerals, reunions, obligatory holidays. Each chapter is prefaced by a short story illustrating the heart of white trash. The photos are truly astounding, and as in the first book, a big part of the book's appeal. These people don't ever apologize for being white-trash -- they're simple, unvarnished, and neighborly. So is their food.

The recipes are even more outrageously white-trashy than in the first book -- while there are several recipes I tried from the first, there aren't as many that I'd call accessible in this one. I also find dialect-writing difficult to follow. Still, the last chapter is truly touching: An eloquent plea for people to cook with their own hands, instead of relying on store-bought "mummafied" food. Well said!