The women of Stoney Fork rarely had cash to spend, so they depended upon the free products of naturetheir cookery used every nutritious, edible thing they could scour from the gardens and hillsides. With instructions for making moonshine whiskey, for fixing baked groundhog with sweet potatoes, for making turnip kraut, cracklin’ bread, egg pie, apple stackcake, and other traditional dishes, More Than Moonshine is more than a cookbook. It evokes a rural way of life in the mid-twentieth century that centered on kitchens at home, the warmth from the wood-burning stove, the smell of coffee, and the family gathered around the table to eat, talk, and share each other’s company.
The women of Stoney Fork rarely had cash to spend, so they depended upon the free products of naturetheir cookery used every nutritious, edible thing they could scour from the gardens and hillsides. With instructions for making moonshine whiskey, for fixing baked groundhog with sweet potatoes, for making turnip kraut, cracklin’ bread, egg pie, apple stackcake, and other traditional dishes, More Than Moonshine is more than a cookbook. It evokes a rural way of life in the mid-twentieth century that centered on kitchens at home, the warmth from the wood-burning stove, the smell of coffee, and the family gathered around the table to eat, talk, and share each other’s company.
More than Moonshine: Appalachian Recipes and Recollections
232More than Moonshine: Appalachian Recipes and Recollections
232Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780822953470 |
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Publisher: | University of Pittsburgh Press |
Publication date: | 06/30/1983 |
Series: | Appalachian Recipes and Recollections |
Edition description: | 1 |
Pages: | 232 |
Sales rank: | 1,009,949 |
Product dimensions: | 6.12(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.80(d) |
Age Range: | 15 - 17 Years |