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Chuck wagon, Dutch oven, and Victorian recipes.
The recipe section is undergoing an extremely large update that includes 100's of recipes from Victorian era cookbooks. Each of the sections, listed by food category, will include articles centered on the preparation of the food as well as the vintage utensils used in the food's preparation. Links to the articles will be provided as this section is being written.
For a great selection of antique Kitchenalia as well as a great number of Victorian recipes and articles visit and peruse our store Vintage Chef.
Thanks to Lee Henry and the Rockin' L-H wagon, Big Red, for sharing this great poem. It kind of sums up the whole chuckwagon thing. Mornin' Business Rattlin' of pans in the pre-dawn light Jawin' and gratin' of the coffee grinders song A grouchy old figure with pot hook in hand His breakfast from memory is simple to fix His kitchen of canvas, chuckwagon and hames From inside the chuckbox the Cookie removes With his back to the bedrolls from the bottle he takes The tools of his trade, a bowl he has kept Washed in streams and scrubbed by the sands Blendin' the lard in the fixins' so neat The biscuits are cut and the to the Dutch The coals from the fire on the lid with a lip The golden brown sourdoughs from his Dutch oven pan With his back to the cowboys ridin, over the crest With bottle in hand, and the marks from a quirt *********************** Cowboy Sausage and Sweet Taters 2 Lbs Sweet Taters Parboil the sweet potatoes for 15 minutes. Peel and cut into strips. Place in greased oven. Mix sugars, butter, salt, water and boil in a sauce pan. Pour syrup over the potatoes and bake for around 40 minutes. Place sausages on top and bake for and additional 30 minutes.
Lazy B Corn Fritters 1 1/4 cup flour Stir dry ingredients together and add corn. Then add the
egg yolks beaten thick and fold in egg whites beaten stiff. Fry in hot
lard. Mock Apple Pie This is one of those simple pioneer recipes that really gives
a surprising result. The old timers were good at making something out of
nothing. New recipes will be added on a regular basis keep checking back and build your own cowboy cook book. For more recipes and other history of the old west move on to books.
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