Yankees Can't Cook: Montmorenci Cookbook

By Sallie Puller Newbill

Ever since Scarlett O'Hara uttered the words, "As God is my witness, I will never be hungry again", southern cooks have been making certain that their families, friends and neighbors have plenty of hospitality. Even today when visiting a friend the first question is, "Would you like iced tea, lemonade, or a 'co cola'?" Your drink is always served with a seemingly endless supply of cookies, muffins or cake. Every Methodist or Baptist lady leaves the house with a casserole in her hand. Lunch "on the church grounds" is a feast of the best southern food found anywhere on the earth. My grandmother who never traveled further north than Charlottesville collected recipes from "the grounds". Recipes were often written on the back of envelopes or scraps of paper. She would never suffer to have a recipe from "up there" in her house. She insisted that Yankees Can't Cook, hence the name of my book. Of course, times have changed and so have the attitudes. With the mobility of our society today food preparation has acquired a more American taste and less of a regional taste.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1451533594
• ISBN13: 9781451533590
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 146 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"