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    American Cookery

    By Amelia Simmons

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    Published in 1796, the Library of Congress named American Cookery as one of the “88 Books That Shaped America”.

    American Cookery made the list because before it’s time, the only printed cookbooks available to American cooks were published in Britain. This was the first published in the United States by an American author.

    This book is truly a trail-blazer when it comes to recipes we’ve come to know and love in Americana cooking. It contains the first known recipe for roast turkey, cornmeal Johnny Cakes, and outlined Ms. Simmons’ use of pearlash (the fine, white powder created by baking potash in a kiln) as a leavening agent in doughs. Pearlash would later lead to the development of the baking powders we use today.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAntiquarius
    Release dateAug 2, 2020
    ISBN9781647982409

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    • 2/5
      I love to cook. I love to eat. No, no, I'm not fat - it's genetic with me. Anyway, this book is a reprint of one from the late 1700s. I've learned a lot from this work but mostly how good a roast becomes when you dust it with flour. That's the only way I do any roast from now on. Other than that trick, we've pretty much adapted the techniques and recipes in this book.
    • 5/5
      Not quite done...I am reviewing a digital version of this book so cannot comment on the physical properties. I can however say that it's a wonderful edition. Karen Hess is a scholar of food and cookery and her introduction goes far to putting the value of Amelia Simmon's "American Cookery" in perspective.The potential buyer and/or reader should understand that this is THE first American cookbook. The recipes may be very like the ones from England, but some are made over to include 'Indian', or Indian Corn. And in any case, this is an American voice you hear throughout talking about being an orphan and the struggles that results from that condition; talking about hanging on the pot.Applegate, the publisher, was no doubt interested in this unique American book. But it was Hess who wisely convinced Applegate to publish the second edition, rather than the first. The reason for this is that apparently there was a bit of fraud involved with the publication of the first edition. Amelia Simmons herself says as much, giving readers notice that the recipes in the first edition were written down wrong; and that the entire first portion of the book, which talks about how to purchase meat and buy the best sorts, was not her idea but was added by another. And while I was interested in the first American cookbook, reading her own disavowment of the work convinced me that I wished to avoid the first edition. However if you are curious, you might look for at Gutenberg.What follows the Karen's introduction is a facsimile of "American Cookery". So you will see it as it was read centuries ago. And you will no doubt have to struggle with the long 's' of that period and the quirky spelling. Thus you will learn to 'ferve your mutton' and learn to 'broil your beef stake'. Don't panick though. You will soon become accustomed to these slight differences.One of the additional merits of this particular version of the book is that Ms. Hess has added an Index and a Glossary at the end. I particularly appreciated the latter as it saved me much time searching the web looking up definitions of words like: gill, emptins, and tumbles. And without that aid I would have no doubt misunderstood what a 'mango' was meant to be -- a method of preserving various fleshy fruits and veggies so that they resembled a pickled mango from India -- and it's entirely likely that for some words -- like 'long pepper' and 'grown flour' -- I would have found no answer at all. All-in-all "American Cookery" is an interesting read. It's not the sort of book you go through in one setting. You could, but what would be the point. It's a cookbook after all. It's a book to be savored over coffee or late at night. If you read it too fast you miss out on details like the sheer number of herbs that are used in this short list of recipes. Not to mention the copious amounts of butter and eggs. It staggers the mind at points. And if you are going to purchase a copy of Simmon's book, I can't see buying one without the introduction. To do so would leave most readers without an appreciation of a remarkable little volume it is.Enjoy.Pam T~pageinhistory
    • 3/5
      Interesting to read as history, not very practical for recipes unless you want to reenact Colonial times.