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Butter in the Well #3

by Linda K. Hubalek

Everyone who's ever treasured a family recipe or marveled at the special touches Mother added to her cooking will enjoy this collection of recipes and wisdom from the homestead family.

136 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

Linda Hubalek had written over fifty books about strong women and honorable men, with a touch of humor, despair, and drama woven into the stories. The setting for all the series is the Kansas prairie which Linda enjoys daily, be it being outside or looking out her office window.
Her historical romance series include Brides with Grit, Grooms with Honor, Mismatched Mail-order Brides, Rancher's Word, and the Clear Creek Legacy. Linda's historical fiction series, based on her ancestors' pioneer lives include, Butter in the Well, Trail of Thread, and Planting Dreams.
When not writing, Linda is reading (usually with dark chocolate within reach), gardening (channeling her degree in Horticulture), or traveling with her husband to explore the world.
Linda loves to hear from her readers and loves to know what they'd like to see her write next. Visit her website at www.LindaHubalek.com to contact her or read about all her books.

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Reviews

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this a couple of years ago at our local Goodwill store. I was mainly attracted to the interesting names for recipes (Moonshiners, Skorpor, etc.), the photos and snippets of family history. There are recipes not only for food, but for such things as floor paint and sawdust dough, right before the page with sour dough cookies. It's a charming little book.

[Diane · Rating 4 out of 5]

There are a lot of recipes in this book, but they all have information about them, and about the people who wrote them down, so it is not actually a cook book but a book about cooking in the 19th century, and is meant to be read, not so much practiced. It is thoroughly enjoyable and gives an insight into how meals were made when the cook didn't have any of our modern conveniences, such as reliable ovens and refrigeration. Definitely makes me appreciate my kitchen and all the appliances contained therein!

[Cheryl · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'd hoped the recipes in this book would be accompanied by personal notes or comments by the original cooks. Instead, they were mostly fronted with paragraphs I'd already read from the first two books of the series. Considering all the work involved at that time to cook anything, I'm rather in awe they ever got a complete meal on the table. The home remedies and cleaning suggestions were interesting--though I'm skeptical about a few. Rub butter on a grease stain on clothing to remove it? Clean your upholstery with sawdust and kerosene?

[Angieleigh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very interesting recipes from an a long ago era where food, and animal, were not wasted. Some things I had to pass by, like rabbit stew, but there are a few that I want to try if I can find the ingredients.

While this is the third in the Butter in the Well series, it's not necessary to read this in order to read the fourth and final book; it's just another way to understand the way of life and cultural food of the Swedish settlers.

[DONNA WOOSTER · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interesting for the history,

Interesting for the history, tried the tapioca recipe, it's the best we've ever had! Amazing to think of cooking like they had to.

[Dianne]

Interesting. Some of the recipes sound good enough to try today.