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Old 02-20-2008, 07:17 AM
 
Location: Foothills of the Smoky Mountains
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I found a little treasure (to me anyway) at my favorite used book store a few weeks ago. It's called "What's Cooking down in Maine" by Willan C. Roux. It was published in 1964, and was signed by the auther/chef: "For Ann Ronsin - who learned about lobster from us - Best Wishes - Bill Roux, July 13, 1964." It looks like this was a cookbook geared toward tourists, and I'm guessing it is not at all rare. What's funny is that there are pretty much no side dish or vegetable recipes. It's all seafood, meat, game, breads and desserts. It includes some camp recipe contributions from Mr. L.L. Bean. Anyone know more about the author Mr. Roux?
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Old 02-20-2008, 08:20 AM
 
Location: Big skies....woohoo
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I don't know anything about it, but I found an old cookbook of my aunt's from the fifties. It has a fantastic peanut butter fudge recipe, but get this...it says to 'take the pot off the fire.' That really must be an old one.
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:44 AM
 
Location: Maine
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There's another cookbook by Willan C. Roux ,.."Fried Coffee and Jellied Bourbon"
Fried Coffee & Jellied Bourbon - ROUX, WILLAN C.
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Old 02-20-2008, 10:51 PM
 
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Any smelt recipes in that book?
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Old 02-22-2008, 09:14 PM
 
Location: Foothills of the Smoky Mountains
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There's another cookbook by Willan C. Roux ,.."Fried Coffee and Jellied Bourbon"
Fried Coffee & Jellied Bourbon - ROUX, WILLAN C.
Bizarre title. I like it!
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Old 02-22-2008, 09:16 PM
 
Location: Foothills of the Smoky Mountains
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I don't know anything about it, but I found an old cookbook of my aunt's from the fifties. It has a fantastic peanut butter fudge recipe, but get this...it says to 'take the pot off the fire.' That really must be an old one.
I love 50's cookbooks. 'Take the pot off the fire'.' Sure that wasn't the 1850's, mainer61?
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Old 02-23-2008, 04:32 AM
 
Location: Corinth, ME
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I love 50's cookbooks. 'Take the pot off the fire'.' Sure that wasn't the 1850's, mainer61?
Well my mom and grandma both used the "pot off the fire" expression, as do I... and while grandma started out on a wood stove, when I knew her the "fire" was only a bunch of excited electrons, and my mom never did do wood, just electric until I was a teen and we moved and the apt. only had gas. She learned how to cook with a real fire and I came to prefer it...

But I am looking forward to finding cool old cookbooks in used book stores, too. I was just trying to pack my collection yesterday and was realizing they are, in their own way, a story of my life and travels. I will be bringing a lot of seafood and local books from "down east, NC" north with me...
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Old 02-23-2008, 06:23 AM
 
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Well my mom and grandma both used the "pot off the fire" expression, as do I... and while grandma started out on a wood stove, when I knew her the "fire" was only a bunch of excited electrons, and my mom never did do wood, just electric until I was a teen and we moved and the apt. only had gas. She learned how to cook with a real fire and I came to prefer it...

But I am looking forward to finding cool old cookbooks in used book stores, too. I was just trying to pack my collection yesterday and was realizing they are, in their own way, a story of my life and travels. I will be bringing a lot of seafood and local books from "down east, NC" north with me...
this gave me a chuckle,,reminded me of an episode of the beverly hillbillies, when they first moved into the mansion,,granny is loading the electric stove with wood...lol


sometimes we take for granted how easy we have it,,,just turn a knob on the stove, and we are ready to cook..
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Old 02-23-2008, 08:55 AM
 
Location: maine/alabama
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hardly ever have to go to the woodshed for an armload of "biscuit sticks" any more......
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Old 02-23-2008, 09:12 AM
 
Location: Gary, WV & Springfield, ME
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but get this...it says to 'take the pot off the fire.' That really must be an old one.
Alton Brown on the Food network uses similar terms every time he is making something on the stovetop. "Turn off the fire," "take the pot off the fire," and alternately refers to the refrigerator as "the chill chest." This is a young (about 40) man educated at the Culinary Institute of New England.

I believe he is bringing the terms back.
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