Cookbook for
Germans in America: Salads
Practical translation of 1879 landmark
cookbook by Henriette Davidis.
This is a cookbook you can use! We've preserved the more interesting aspects of
1879 cookery (e.g. "how to wash and knead butter") as side bars. Yet the recipes
have been re-worked for the modern kitchen.
Recipes include: Chicken salad, two kinds of turkey salad (for leftovers),
lobster salad with caviar (this was for Germans in AMERICA, after all), two
kinds of herring salad, and three potato salads. Also includes alternate salad
dressings, plus how to make your own mayonnaise ~ which after all, was
considered a salad dressing.
Striking about the recipes: How plain most of them are. Our sense of "gourmet,"
even as applied to German food, has changed noticeably over the years. Cookbook
includes "+125" notes that modernize the recipes and get them in line with
contemporary expectations, yet without disturbing the original.
When we tried the plainest potato salad ~ essentially the Swabian version ~ its
simplicity was refreshing in its own way.
Perfect for summer picnics.
Printed on acid-free paper. ISBN 0-9767183-2-4. Also available in kosher
edition. As with the "meats" cookbook, the kosher version deletes salads that
require pork products or that require mixing dairy and meat. However, where
alternate meat products are acceptable and where dairy is not mandated with the
meat, a kosher version of the recipe is included ~ precisely as German-Jewish
cooks have prepared meals for centuries!
Order information: Product code
GIA-01001.
Pricing: $7.95.
Kosher edition: Product code
GIA-01101.
Pricing: $8.50.
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Cookbook for
Germans in America: Meat Dishes
Practical translation of 1879 landmark
cookbook by Henriette Davidis.
This is a cookbook you can use! We've preserved the more interesting aspects of
1879 cookery (e.g. "how to wash and knead butter") as side bars. Yet the recipes
have been re-worked for the modern kitchen.
Recipes include: Westphalian Goose, Roast Thrush, three kinds of Sauerbraten,
Rump Steak in Beer, and how to cook brain, ox tongue (again, three recipes), and
calf's feet. Some recipes sound yummy ~ an old-fashioned way to prepare
favorite standards ~ but others remind you that "in the good old days," people
ate everything and wasted nothing. [The recipe for roasting dove? May come in
handy depending on the state of the U.S. economy...]
ISBN 0-9710541-6-9. Printed on acid-free paper. Available in kosher edition as
well.
Order information: Product code
GIA-01002.
Pricing: $7.95.
Kosher edition: Product code
GIA-01102.
Pricing: $8.50.
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now!
Cookbook for
Germans in America: Soups
Practical translation of 1879 landmark
cookbook by Henriette Davidis.
This is a cookbook you can use! We've preserved the more interesting aspects of
1879 cookery (e.g. "how to wash and knead butter") as side bars. Yet the recipes
have been re-worked for the modern kitchen.
Recipes include: Beef stew, Jacobiner soup, Schlesian celery soup, beer soup
with raisins, beer soup with milk, corn meal soup, chocolate soup (really!), and
South German potato soup.
Striking about the recipes: How plain most of them are. Our sense of "gourmet,"
even as applied to German food, has changed noticeably over the years. Cookbook
includes "+125" notes that modernize the recipes and get them in line with
contemporary expectations, yet without disturbing the original.
When we tasted the simplest potato soup ~ essentially the Swabian version ~ it
was refreshing in its own way.
Perfect for cool spring nights and cold winter days.
Printed on acid-free paper. ISBN 0-9767183-2-4. Also available in KOSHER
edition. As with the "meats" cookbook, the kosher version deletes soups that
require pork products or that require mixing dairy and meat. However, where
alternate meat products are acceptable and where dairy is not mandated with the
meat, a kosher version of the recipe is included ~ precisely as German-Jewish
cooks have prepared meals for centuries!
Order information: Product code
GIA-01003.
Pricing: $7.95.
Kosher edition: Product code
GIA-01103.
Pricing: $8.50.
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Cookbook for
Germans in America: Desserts
Practical translation of 1879 landmark
cookbook by Henriette Davidis.
This is a cookbook you can use! We've preserved the more interesting aspects of
1879 cookery (e.g. "how to wash and knead butter") as side bars. Yet the recipes
have been re-worked for the modern kitchen.
"Desserts" includes recipes for Westfalian butter cake, Mannheimer Kuchen,
three kinds of cherry cake, four kinds of Lebkuchen, puddings, German-American
biscuits, and "arme Ritter".
Please note that price is higher than for other sections of this cookbook, as
Henriette dedicated a significant portion of her cooking expertise to sweet
stuff!
Order information: Product code
GIA-01004.
Pricing: $24.95.
Kosher edition: Product code
GIA-01104.
Pricing: $27.50.
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now!
