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What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

depglass — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:07:02 GMT

Available on Ebay and Amazon, quite a few under 10.00. E version for less than a buck. Mary and David just spoke of this and since Southern cooking is my cookbook favorite, I had to jump on the computer.

Re: What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

grandma2pkmh — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:29:05 GMT

@depglass I looked at a preview on Amazon. I don't think it is really something I could use today to cook. Naturally words are different (what is a gill), no oven temps or times. It would probably be a good read to see how people cooked and ate in the 1800's.

Re: What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

depglass — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 19:51:29 GMT

Sometimes I buy cookbooks just to read, and this might have to be one of those. But I can always get inspiration even if I don't follow recipes exactly. I had one Amish cookbook with a list of ingredients followed by one word: Bake.

Re: What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

ECBG — Sun, 21 Feb 2021 22:23:29 GMT

@depglass wrote:
Sometimes I buy cookbooks just to read, and this might have to be one of those. But I can always get inspiration even if I don't follow recipes exactly. I had one Amish cookbook with a list of ingredients followed by one word: Bake.

@depglass

WOW! No instructions is quite amazing. If you cook a lot though, cakes for example, have standard steps.

Re: What Mrs. Fisher Knows about Old Southern Cooking

RedTop — Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:16:53 GMT

At 12, I needed cooking instructions to be specific, but at 65, I am comfortable with the word Bake.