I found this posted on "A Taste of Home" when I was googling 'depression era' recipes: When DH was in the army (a long time ago) I would use the post library. I checked out a book & if I remember correctly, the name of a book was 'Keeping the Wolf from the Door'. It was about incredibly basic survival. One recipe was to remove the hardware off a leather suitcase or brief case & boil the leather to try & make Calf's Foot Jelly. There was a chapter for what to do 'when the jerry's bombed out your kitchen'. Tips on burying food in the ground if you didn't have a root cellar or to put things in a creek to keep them cool. Along w/tips on unraveling sweaters & knitting new ones. I read it several decades ago but it was an interesting book, I'd assume written by an English author (from what I remember because of the WWII references). So now I am trying to find the book she was talking about. I can not find a book with that title. Do any of you know what the actual title may be? Thanks in advance
is it possible that this is the book: How to Cook A Wolf Amazon.com: How to Cook a Wolf (9780865473362): M. F. K. Fisher: Books here is a write up about it Bookslut | When the Wolf is at the Door, One Turns to the Experts...
That certainly sounds like the right book. Thank you very much! Now, has anyone read that book? From the description on TOH, I thought it sounded like a good "survival" book. But, from what the link tells me, it is more of a "foodie" type of book.
Wolf is easy... slow broil it and serve on a bed of rice and bamboo shoots...add a nice vintage Maddog 20/20 shaken not stirred... your guests will HOWL with delight... caution, do not serve during the full moon!! :beercheer: Sorry, sometimes I just have to do these things :dunno: