Come an' Get It was the most familiar and welcome call on the
range era of the great trail drives following the Civil War. In
this entertaining volume, Ramon F. Adams, author of the popular
Western Words, tell the story of the old cowboy cooks, and the
result is another highly original contribution to the folklore of
the cattle country.
Although the cowboy cleared the Southwestern frontier of savage
Indians and opened the land for settlement, the cook and his
commissary contributed greatly to the success of the operation; for
as an army depends upon its mess-kitchens, so the cowboys depended
upon the chuck wagon. Without it, there would have been to trail
drives to rescue Texas from bankruptcy following the Civil War, no
roundups to speed the development of the cattle industry, and no
beef for the heavily populated areas of the United States.
The author records the place and influence of the range cook
upon Western life. He discusses the functions of "coosie," the food
he served, and his methods of preparing it-giving recipes for
sourdough biscuits, fluff-duffs, son-of-a-bitch stew, and other
distinctive dishes of the range. He describes, too, "the wagon,"
its evolution, and its place in the hearts of the men who called it
home.
Although there remain a few chuck wagons on the larger ranches
today, they have become so scarce that one is rarely seen except in
a museum or a rodeo parade, and the younger generation of cooks,
like the cowboys themselves has been tamed.
Every cook was a "character," perhaps with reason, for no man
ever worked under greater difficulties or with fewer conveniences.
Anecdotes and incidents which illuminate the idiosyncrasies of
these "Sultans of the Skillets" are recounted with gusto.
Nick Eggenhofer's drawings help Mr. Adams bring the cook and his
accoutrement vividly to life.
General
Imprint: |
University of Oklahoma Press
|
Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
May 1972 |
First published: |
May 1972 |
Authors: |
Ramon F. Adams
|
Illustrators: |
Nick Eggenhofer
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Dimensions: |
190 x 121 x 10mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
182 |
Edition: |
New edition |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-8061-1013-4 |
Categories: |
Books >
Sport & Leisure >
General
|
LSN: |
0-8061-1013-9 |
Barcode: |
9780806110134 |
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