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Barbecue, Biscuits and Beans: Chuck Wagon Cooking

Author: Bill Caubl

Recipes and preparation secrets for all-time favorite chuck wagon dishes—from trailside to elegant—are featured in this cookbook. Tasty dishes include a bounty of beef and game, vegetables, homemade breads, and delectable desserts.

Southern Living

"Worthy of a place in any modern kitchen."

Texas Monthly

"a cookbook... worthy of a place in any modern kitchen."

HippoPress - Manchester - Amy Diaz

You don't have to herd cattle to eat high on the hog.

Publishers Weekly

Cauble and Teinert are serious about turning chuck wagon cooking into a regional art form. Together, they helped found the Western Chuck Wagon Association. Teinert runs a catering service; Cauble cooked for a working ranch. In the introduction to the 180 recipes rounded up for this collection, Cauble identifies the challenges of his craft: "Cowboys like meat, beans, potatoes and bread. They like corn. Some will eat a green vegetable, especially if it's fried. They want Ranch dressing, even if it's from a bottle." Thus, ingredients for these dishes are always hearty and often abundant, with the quirky exceptions of Mountain Oysters and Baked Dove in Gravy. Cookware, when needed, is preferably cast iron. Part of the fun here is the enormous portion sizes: Roasted Suckling Pig calls for a 15- to 25-pound oinker ("scalded and scraped") and a coffee can to support its body cavity; it serves 15 to 20. SOB Stew uses up all the innards of a suckling calf, and the recipe ends with, "Add brains 15 minutes before serving." Saner classics abound, too: Chicken Fried Steak, Chili, Buttermilk Biscuits and Vanilla Ice Cream. Sauces, mops and rubs are essential for many of the entrees and the authors provide plenty of suggestions, including a complex Jalape o Raspberry Sauce with mango nectar, as well as a basic Barbecue Mop with Worcestershire sauce, vinegar sugar and spices. The brief foreword by Tommy Lee Jones is somewhat lackluster, but the book's photos are wildly Western without being clich . (Apr.) Forecast: The authors are negotiating for a TV series with PBS and the Food Network; if that happens, expect their book to take off. Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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Outdoor Tables and Tales: Recipes and Food Memories from America's Top Outdoor Writers

Author: Southeastern Outdoor Press Association

Every section of this culinary guide to the great outdoors begins with a tale spun by some of the best outdoor writers the South has to offer. This collection includes tasty dishes of nearly every species of Southern game and fish from venison to catfish. Campfire secrets time-tested by Southern outdoorsmen are interspersed throughout the cookbook.