ISBN:
9781608196661
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (241 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
394.120973
Keywords:
Cooking, American-History-20th century
;
Food habits-United States-History-20th century
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"America Eats offers an unfettered view of the lives of ordinary folk, not unlike going out with good friends or long-lost relatives for a taste of country life." -Christian Science Monitor.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title Page -- Contents -- Dedication -- A Note on the Manuscript -- 1. The American Cauldron -- Traditional Polyglot -- 2. The Big-Hearted Feast-Fund-Raising Dinners -- Bad Advice Ruins Brunswick Stew A Booya Picnic -- A Booya Picnic -- A Fifteen Center Pig Foot Supper -- Recipe for Kentucky Burgoo -- Chittlin Strut -- 3. The Harvest Queen-Agricultural Fairs -- Rocky Ford Melon Day -- The Farmhouse Cellar -- Threshers' Dinner -- 4. The Wild Shores-The Northwest -- Annual Events -- Wild Parties -- Recipe for Barbecued Salmon -- Crawfish Feeds Past and Present -- 5. The Groveling Season-Political Gatherings -- Women Stop the Meat from Breathing -- Barbecue Samples from the Georgia, Alabama, Kansas, Indiana, and Nebraska Offices -- Bluebill's Sauce -- Rodeo Barbecue Sauce -- Candidates' Barbecue -- 6. A Gathering in the Woods-National Holidays -- A Ton of Rice and Three Red Roosters -- Homecoming, East Bend, North Carolina -- Conch Eats Conch and Grunts -- 7. At the Lord's Table-Church Suppers -- The Salzburger Gathering -- The Big Quarterly -- A Mormon Ward Reunion -- A Passover Seder -- A Revival Menu -- May Breakfast -- 8. The Undertaker's Meal-Funeral Ceremonies -- Funeral Cry Feast ofthe Choctaw Indians -- A Pitch-In Dinner After a Funeral Service -- Cemetery Cleanings -- Velorios (Wakes) -- 9. Stomping at the Post-Social Club Celebrations -- The Lodge Supper -- Basques of the Boise Valley -- A Fun Feed -- 'Possum Party -- 10. The Frontier-Mexicans, Indians, and Cowboys -- Introduction to the Southwest -- The Municipal Market in San Antonio -- General Camp Life Among the Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribes -- The Chuck Wagon (Including Son-of-a-Gun Stew) -- Sow-belly -- Camp Chuck -- 11. City Life-A Walk between Then and Now -- McSorley's Tavern -- "Dining Abroad" in New York -- Soda-Luncheonette Slang and Jargon.
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