| Edition |
Expanded editon. |
| Description |
xv, 337 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Hippocrene cookbook library
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 325-327) and index. |
| Contents |
The country kitchen. Early Polish cookbooks ; Early cooking methods ; The stove ; Changing times ; Pottery ; The pantry ; Kitchen garden -- Fall. Putting up for winter ; Granaries and root cellars ; Vegetable soups ; The all-important potato ; Mushrooms ; Oink! Oink! ; Cabbage -- Winter. Wigilia ; The twelve days of Christmas ; Recipe for what ails you ; Carnival and Fat Tuesday ; Ash Wednesday and Lent -- Spring. Easter ; Holy Week -- Summer. Preharvest time ; Summertime ; Milk and barnyard products ; Cold summer soups ; Making cheese ; Bringing in the sheaves ; Summer vegetables -- Feasts & festivals. |
| Summary |
Arranged according to the cycle of the seasons, this cookbook explores life in the Polish country-side through the year, giving readers priceless historical information such as the type of utensils used in Poland at the turn of the century, the meaning behind the Pascal butter lamb, and many other questions commonly asked by descendants of Polish immigrants. |
| Subject |
Cooking, Polish.
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Poland -- Social life and customs.
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Cooking, Polish. (OCoLC)fst01753420
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Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
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Poland. (OCoLC)fst01206891
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| Genre/Form |
Cookbooks. (OCoLC)fst01752725
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Cookbooks.
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| ISBN |
9780781812948 (pbk.) |
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0781812941 (pbk.) |
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