Dixie Cookery: Or, How I Managed My Table for Twelve Years

"There is a very mistaken notion at the North and West, about the domestic life of Southerners, Southern women especially." The author of this cookbook sets everyone straight and provides fantastic Southern recipes to boot. Many of these, however, will not be very user-friendly for today's cooks. (When did you last boil a calf's head for Mock Turtle Soup? Or prepare Squirrel Soup for your dinner guests? Or nonchalantly soak a beef tongue in cold water for 12 hours before boiling it? Or cooked up some pig's feet for supper?) This book may have set Northerners straight, but today, it provides a priceless window into a different era of culinary tastes.