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First American Cook Book: A Facsimile of American Cookery 1796 by Amelia Simmons
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- Condition
- ISBN-13
- 9780486247106
- Type
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- ISBN
- 9780486247106
- Book Title
- First American Cookbook : a Facsimile of American Cookery 1796
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Dover Publications, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 1984
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.2in
- Genre
- Cooking
- Topic
- Regional & Ethnic / American / General
- Item Width
- 5.4in
- Item Weight
- 4.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 80 Pages
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This facsimile of the first American-written cookbook published in the United States is not only a first in cookbook literature, but a historic document. It reveals the rich variety of food Colonial Americans enjoyed, their tastes, cooking and eating habits, even their colorful language. Author Amelia Simmons worked as a domestic in Colonial America and gathered her cookery expertise from firsthand experience. Her book points out the best ways of judging the quality of meats, poultry, fish, vegetables, etc., and presents the best methods of preparing and cooking them. In choosing fish, poultry, and other meats, the author wisely advises, "their smell denotes their goodness." Her sound suggestions for choosing the freshest and most tender onions, potatoes, parsnips, carrots, asparagus, lettuce, cabbage, beans, and other vegetables are as timely today as they were nearly 200 years ago. Here are the first uniquely American recipes using corn meal -- Indian pudding, "Johnny cake," and Indian slapjacks -- as well as the first recipes for pumpkin pudding, winter squash pudding, and for brewing spruce beer. The words "cookie" and "slaw" made their first published appearance in this book. You'll also find the first recommended use of pearlash (the forerunner of baking powder) to lighten dough, as well as recommendations for seasoning stuffing and roasting beef, mutton, veal, and lamb -- even how to dress a turtle. Along with authentic recipes for colonial favorites, a Glossary includes definitions of antiquated cooking terms: pannikin, wallop, frumenty, emptins, and more. And Mary Tolford Wilson's informative Introductory Essay provides the culinary historical background needed to appreciate this important book fully. Anyone who uses and collects cookbooks will want to have The First American Cookbook. Cultural historians, Americana buffs, and gourmets will find this rare edition filled with interesting recipes and rich in early American flavor.
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Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486247104
ISBN-13
9780486247106
eBay Product ID (ePID)
886169
Product Key Features
Book Title
First American Cookbook : a Facsimile of American Cookery 1796
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Regional & Ethnic / American / General
Publication Year
1984
Genre
Cooking
Number of Pages
80 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.2in
Item Width
5.4in
Item Weight
4.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Tx703.S5 1
Edition Description
Reprint,Facsimile Edition
Edition Number
1796
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
84-004205
Dewey Decimal
641.5973
Dewey Edition
19
Illustrated
Yes
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