297172 Wed May 19 18:54:13 -0700 2004 7 27 General Chowhounding Topics 0 1639030 Anyone have any good links or other sources for authentic antebellum Southern food? I'm interested in what was served in plantation houses, in slave cabins, and in the homes of the average white Southerner. Wed May 19 18:54:13 -0700 2004 0 JessGoode 1 1639069 Do you have Martha Meade's Recipes from the Old South, or any of Bill Neal's books? A lot of old Junior League cookbooks (eg Old North State, Our Delta Dining) have good recipes. I'm looking at Old North State right now and a typical recipe is Mrs. Stonewall Jackson's Stuffed Partridges, 'contributed by Mrs. Randolph Preston of Washington, DC, a granddaughter of Mrs. Jackson'). There's also Zeb Vance's blanc-mange (courtesy his niece, Miss Annie Laurie Price), and Imp Cake contributed by my own great grandmother, Mrs. R.O. Alexander (whose narrative begins with the timeless advice: 'take finger and wipe out whites in each egg shell, and you will have more'). Thu May 20 02:22:57 -0700 2004 1639030 0 Dbird 2 1639081 I like reading old antique cook books from the south Lousiana area- real interesting reading. Lard is used in just about everything. Check out antique stores. Spencer Thu May 20 10:18:32 -0700 2004 1639069 0 Spencer 1 1639151 You may knwo this already, but this type of cooking in the Carolina low country is called "Gullah Cooking." Keep that in mind for web searches, etc. I think that the Jr. League in Charleston has one called "Charleston Receipts." Fri May 21 09:12:26 -0700 2004 1639030 0 rudeboy 2 1639165 I was going to suggest that one, too. It's got lots of good recipes. Fri May 21 11:22:04 -0700 2004 1639151 0 Wisco 1 1639152 My friend found a VERY old cookbook while cleaning out her grandparents' 200 year old farmhouse in SC. Don't know if the book was really used, although it appeared well-worn...but if it is authentic, then all you need to do is add yeast to everything you make. It was weird. Yeast in pancakes - not so weird, yeast in omlettes- odd to me. Fri May 21 09:17:28 -0700 2004 1639030 0 danna 1 1639161 Try the link below. It is for a reprint of a cookbook by Sarah Rutledge, originally published in 1847. Link: http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/1993older/9383.html Fri May 21 10:58:05 -0700 2004 1639030 0 Sandy 1 1639252 Here are some links to online sources of info: Southern Foodways Alliance http://www.southernfoodways.com/ The History of Barbecue in the South http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA95/dove/history.html Frontier Press Bookstore Food/Cooking History http://www.frontierpress.com/frontier.cgi?category=food Southern Cooking http://www.foodbooks.com/southern.htm University of South Carolina Press (go to Cooking and Culinary History in the online catalog) http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/index.html Southern pre-Civil War and Civil War Recipes, Foods and Remedies http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Woods/3501/newpage22.htm Lots of Southern Cooking links http://www.gardnersbarbecue.com/Virginia_Barbecue_Southern_Links.html Sat May 22 12:00:22 -0700 2004 1639030 0 Nancy Berry