Secrets of the Great Old-Timey Cooks: Historic Recipes, Lore & Wisdom

by Barbara Swell

Reminisce about a simpler time as four 20th century mountain pioneer women share their cooking secrets. These great old-timey cooks stir in their own wisdom and tales of growing up on rural farms, where they prepared delicious meals by lantern light on wood cookstoves. Included are heirloom recipes, proverbs, folk remedies, 80 vintage photos, 19th century autograph rhymes and lots of stories.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, History, Food

72 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

Reviews

[Kate Singh · Rating 5 out of 5]

Filled with old-timey photos, stories, advice, recipes, and sketches. I love looking over these books in the evening with tea. Very cozy.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some interesting factoids and recipes. I would have liked to have more information about some of the photos. Some of them were from the people in the stories, but I know some of them weren't, and it would have been nice to have info on those besides just the photo credits.

[Kathie H · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a unique little book! I just love it.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short and sweet. I'm gifting this but of course I wanted a look through first for some secrets :)

[Dani · Rating 2 out of 5]

This slim volume is like a scrapbook to someone's ancestors. It is an upscale version of the cookbooks that the ladies' auxiliary at your church would compile and sell to raise money. It was fun to flip through, but I didn't find any recipes that I wanted to try.

[Susannah Garboden · Rating 2 out of 5]

More research for my novel. Highly amusing!

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wow they really did make blackbird pie!!!out of blackbirds!