Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee (Paperback)

~ Garry Fisher (Author)

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Product Description

Culled from the memoirs and letters of actual Union and Confederate soldiers, the recipes found in Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee are authenticthey might even turn your taste buds Blue and Gray. Author Garry Fisher explores the common experiences shared by average soldiers on both sides during their time off the Civil War battlefields, including the food they loved, the food they hated, the songs they sang, and the pranks they played. Whether you are an armchair history buff or interested in sampling a part of history, the recipes, songs, and stories gathered here are sure to fascinate, even if they don't make you hungry.

About the Author

Garry Fisher is an avid reader and collector of works on the Civil War. Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee, which is his first book, is the result of extensive research conducted during the last ten years. Fisher is a lifelong War Between the States enthusiast, a member of the Sons of Confederate Veterans, and a former member of the Los Angeles Civil War Roundtable. He, his wife, and their two children live in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Crane Hill Publishers; illustrated edition edition (January 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575871750
• ISBN-13: 978-1575871752
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #498,694 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Entertaining and informative!, February 15, 2004

By	Todd E. Newman (Valparaiso, IN) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Garry Fisher has put together a quick study of the Civil War soldier diet. It features chapters that focus on feeding the armies, recipes, camp songs derived from food and passing time in camp. Fisher brings to light the popular recipes commonly used by soldiers north or south. Recipes for cooking with hardtack, salt pork, corn bread and beef, give fascinating insight into these horrible foods soldiers were faced with eating. I recommend this book to anyone looking to get basic, popular camp recipes for campaign-style eating. Reenactors looking to improve their impression would benefit greatly by reading this informative, yet sometimes humorous book that captures the daily diet of a Civil War soldier. 5 STARS!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A delightful look into the daily life of Yanks and Rebels, March 9, 2002

By A Customer

Garry Fisher offers an engaging account of the doldrums of army life in the 1860s. Rebel Cornbread and Yankee Coffee is packed with historical facts, written in a manner that brings the past right into present (even into your kitchen). This book includes something for everyone who is curious about what daily life was like for the soldiers who fought and died in the War Between the States.

Garry Fisher's writing style is clean and clever. Throughout the book he skillfully weaves together vivid anecdotes with well-documented facts in an interesting and tastefully humorous way. Just a great read all around

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Civil War History..., October 17, 2007

By	Michael Valdivielso (Alexandria, VA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

If you study history, any war, any nation, you should know something about the food they eat, the food available to them, or not available. Hard track and cornbread, coffee and tea, parched corn and salt pork, learn how the soldiers used what food they had available, be it rations they hated or gifts from home. Along with the recipes there are also song related to food and stories about the pranks they played on others. In other words, this is how they lived, how they dealt with the daily grind of war and loneliness.