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The potato has gone gourmet, with a healthy twist! Here are a
hundred diverse, exciting yet nutritionally-sound recipes for
turning the world's most popular vegetable into a satisfying light
meal. Hungry for a different taste? Choose from the Chicken
Tarragon Stuffed SPud, Chili Bowl Spud, Ham Quiche Spud, the Pizza
Potato and many more to satisfy that appetite. High in vitamins,
minerals and fiber, lower in cholesterol, these one-dish meals can
be simple or elaborate, economical or extravagant, sinfully
indulgent with an eye on what's good for you. For a fresh new kind
of meal sure to tickle your palate without giving you a gut, start
stuffing spuds!
A Garden of Herbs by Eleanour Sinclair Rohde. This book is
primarily intended for those who are going to create an old
fashioned herb garden, and who want to know how to use these herbs
as our great grandmothers did: but even if you buy your herbs at
the store, this practical handbook will show you how to make
hundreds of teas, syrups, conserves, pies, candied flowers and
leaves, wines, sweet waters and perfumes from well known wild and
garden herbs that are readily available. Most of the recipes are
taken from old English herbals (Gerard's herbal, John Evelyn's
Acetaria, Coles Art of Simpling and many others) and the author one
of the two or three most outstanding herbalists of this century
adds many more of her own. Miss Rohde first provides a brief
historical description of the herb garden, discussing some of the
major books on herbs that have been written in England since the
Anglo-Saxon Bald's leech book. Then in a long chapter entitled
"Sundry of herbs" she lists the common herbs in alphabetical order,
giving descriptions, recipes, hints on preservation, etc, for each
one. There are recipes in this chapter for such dishes as artichoke
pie, chervil broth, pickled cow slips, dill pickles, marigold
pudding, nettle spinach, sauce eglantine (from roses), tarragon
vinegar, violet cakes and wormwood brandy. There is an entire
chapter on salads made with all kinds of herbs, which includes
recipes for vinegar and mustard. ther chapters cover herb pottages
and puddings, drinks and homemade wines (from mint, currants,
lemons, dandelions, blackberries, sage, apples, gooseberries,
apricots, turnips, etc) and some additional recipes- almond milk,
beet-root biscuits, parsnip cakes, potato pie, and many more
unusual herb foods. A practical chapter on the picking and drying
of herbs and a final chapter on the use of herbs for scents (in
pomanders, ointments, bath waters, eau de cologne and other
perfumes) complete the volume. Miss Rohde's charming presentation
and the ease with which her herbal lends itself to hours of
browsing, will make this book a source of delight for anyone
interested in plants or their lore.
THE PRACTICE OF SOFT CHEESEMAKING - A Guide to the Manufacture of
Soft Cheese and the Preparation of Cream for the Market. By C.W.
Walker-Tisdale And Theodore R. Robinson. Originally published in
1903 and updated and revised in 1915, this scarce early instruction
book on Soft Cheesemaking is both expensive and hard to find in its
first editions. READ COUNTRY BOOKS have republished it in an
affordable, high quality, modern edition, using the original text
and artwork. Ninety five pages contain detailed chapters on: - The
Production and Handling of Milk. - Cream: Its Production,
Composition and Properties. - Principles of the Manufacture of Soft
Cheese. - Varieties of Soft Cheese and Their Process of
Manufacture. - Cream Cheese. - Double Cream Cheese. - Rennetted
Cream Cheese. - Gervais. - Bondon. - Coulommier. - Cambridge or
York. - Sour Milk or Lactic Acid Cheese. - Pont L'Eveque. -
Camembert. - Little Wensleydale. - Colwick. - Ripening. - Packing
and Marketing. - Dairy Terms. - Regulations. - Preservatives and
Colouring. - Measures. - etc. The book is illustrated with full
page vintage photos and various line drawings. Twelve pages of
advertisements for dairy equipment and associated items have been
reproduced for their historical interest. This fascinating little
book will be of much interest to anyone with an interest in dairy
farming or the production of dairy products on a large or small
scale. "The book is a model of conciseness and clearness. The
instructions given as to the handling of milk are admirable, and
the particulars of making all kinds of soft and cream cheese leave
nothing to be desired." - FARMING PRESS.
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