Western Cookbook: A Collection Of 250 Tempting Characteristic Nor

First published in 1936, The Western Cookbook features 250 characteristic western, southwestern, Tex-Mex and northwestern recipes. It is the second in Asher Creekís series of rediscovered classic regional cookbooks.

Many of these classic recipes are quite rare and unusual; all are delicious. Just a few examples:

Appetizers

Artichoke and Crab Cocktail; Frosted Spanish Canapesí; Hollywood Canapeí Spreads; California Fruit Hors díOeuvres, and more

Breads and Biscuits

Mormon Soda Biscuits; Apache Bread; Orange Peel Bread; Sunset Ginger Bread; Apricot Tea Muffins, and more.

Cakes and Cookies

Cowboy Cake; Cream Cheese Fudge Cake; Prairie Cake; Chinese Chews; Ranger Cookies; Mt. Rainier Snow Peaks; Colorado Rocks, and more.

Croquettes and Fritters

Abalone Fritters; Artichoke Fritters; Eggplant Fritters; Fig Puffs; Rice Date Fritters; Sourdough Pancakes; Puget Sound Shrimp Puffs, and more.

Fish and Sea Food

Abalone; Black Bass; Trout; Cioppino; Clam Roll; Mussels; Scalloped Oysters; Smelts in Spanish Sauce; 6 Salmon Recipes, and more.

Fruits and Preserves

Three Catsup recipes ñ Lemon, Mushroom, and Walnut; Apple Marmalade; Preserved Citron; Baked Grapefruit; Candied Orange Peel; Red Pepper Jam; Pickled Walnuts, and more.

Meat

Beef Mold; Spanish Style Calfís Liver; Stuffed Pork Shoulder; BBQ Lamb; Baked Steak, and more.

Poultry and Game

Chicken Casserole; Devilled Chicken; Fried Prairie Chicken; Pheasant; Venison; Wild Duck, and more.

Puddings

Apple Dumplings; Plum Duff; Butterscotch Rice, Colorado Honey Rice; Steamed Prune Pudding, and more.

Sauces and Dressings

Apple Horseradish Sauce; Brown Sugar Hard Sauce; Calavo Cream Dressing; Cherry Sauce; Mormon Gravy; Mt. Rainier Sauce; Tomato Sauces for Baked Fish, and more.

Soups

Puget Sound Clam Chowder; Iced Orange Soup; Texas Gumbo or Hattie Bailey; Jellied Tomato Soup; Venison Soup

Vegetables

Baked Filled Artichokes; Spanish Beans; California Beets; Brake Fern; Cardoon; Cabbage au Gratin; Boiled Celery Root; Kohlrabi; Dasheens; Polenta; Scalloped Salsify; Fried Spinach Balls; Tomatoes in Cream, and many more.

First published in 1936, The Western Cookbook is the second in Asher Creekís series of rediscovered classic regional cookbooks.

Ella Mae Tucker was born to Rosa M. and Arthur Maupin in Butler, Bates Co., Missouri on September 17, 1910. She was the oldest of four children. Ella Mae started teaching school at age 16 and went on to attend Southwest Missouri Teachers College (now SMSU), in Springfield. There she met and married Byron Tucker, the son of a circuit riding Baptist minister. They had one daughter, Norma Jean.

Ella Mae taught school until the early 40's. After World War II they moved to Hollywood where she worked as an extra in the movies for several years. In the late 1940's they returned to the Ozarks and bought a farm in Stone County. There she began her career as a columnist for the Springfield News-Leader. Ella Mae wrote hundreds of articles through a variety of columns. Her three most popular were "Garden Guide," Recipe Exhange, and her most popular column, "Out Our Way."

During the early 1960's Ella Mae and Byron opened and operated the photography and print shop at Silver Dollar City. During that period she wrote several cook books in her spare time, including "Dear Daughter" and "High On The Hog." Ella Mae retired in 1990 after a 40 year career as a writer.