Unmentionable CuisineAn engaging look at "food prejudices," or why we eat what we eat and why we reject other food sources as unpalatable--with recipes! "This is a unique and engrossing work and, to my mind, an important contribution to the annals of gastronomy. It will not, of course, appeal to all palates . . . but neither do snails and sweetbreads, brains and other oddments of animals." --Craig Claiborne "I read from cover to cover with huge enjoyment. . . I can recall no other book that has covered the subject of strange foods with quite his flair and authority, and I consider the book required reading for anyone interested in the lore of food." --James Beard |
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User Review - tnilsson - LibraryThingAs others have noted, this is a fascinating book even if you may never end up making any of its recipes. That said, its recipes sound good enough that I wouldn't mind trying a number of them, assuming ... Read full review
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User Review - lilithcat - LibraryThingI can't say that I will actually try many of the recipes in this book. The recipes are divided by type of food: Meat, Fowl, Fish, Shellfish(including insects), Nonflesh Foods of Animal Origin. You ... Read full review
Contents
Beef | 11 |
Pork | 71 |
Lamb and Mutton | 121 |
Meat of Goats and Wild Ruminants | 151 |
Horsemeat | 157 |
Dog and Cat Meat | 169 |
Rabbit and Hare | 179 |
Rodent and Other Mammalian Meat | 195 |
Bony Fish and Mudfish | 277 |
Eels and Lampreys | 297 |
Sharks and Skates | 309 |
Molluscs | 321 |
Crustaceans | 345 |
Other Aquatic Animals | 357 |
Insects and Other Land Invertebrates | 365 |
NONFLESH FOODS | 385 |
FOWL | 211 |
Chickens Turkeys Ducks and Geese | 217 |
Pigeons | 235 |
Small Birds | 245 |
Reptiles | 253 |
FISH | 263 |
Amphibians | 269 |
Milk Eggs and Sperm | 391 |
De Gustibus? | 407 |
Glossary | 419 |
| 425 | |
| 461 | |
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added American amount animals bacon bake beef birds blend blood boil bones brains bread brown butter casserole chicken CHINA chopped onions chopped parsley cleaned cold containing cook countries cover crayfish cream crushed garlic dish Drain eaten eating eggs ENGLAND fact feet finely fish flavor flour FRANCE French fresh fried garnish golden grilled ground head heart heat ingredients ITALY kidneys lamb leaves legs lemon juice lightly liver Marinate meat milk minutes mixture mushrooms mussels olive oil organs oven paste pepper percent pieces pig's pigeons poached pork potatoes prejudices prepared protein rabbit recipes Remove rice roast salt Salt and pepper sauce sausage sautéed seasoned serve shells simmer skin sliced snails Soak soup species sprinkle squid stew stir strained stuffed taste tender tomatoes tongue United vinegar white wine whole
Bibliographic information
| Title | Unmentionable Cuisine |
| Author | Calvin W. Schwabe |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | University of Virginia Press, 1979 |
| ISBN | 0813911621, 9780813911625 |
| Length | 476 pages |
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