Bull Cook * and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices by George Leonard Herter F*S

It’s a little-known fact that the Virgin Mary was fond of creamed spinach. It's true, she at it the night before Christ was born and her favorite music was that of bagpipes. And did you know that sauerbraten was invented by Charlemagne? That the geneticist Gregor Mendel spent much of his time developing a recipe for fried eggs? Or that “people who use considerable red pepper in their foods are almost immune to atomic radiation”? Martinis are drinks for alcoholics who want a quick jolt, and that hams are cured commercially using embalming fluid ! And be sure to take note of his closing pages where you'll find helpful hints on how to survive a hydrogen bomb attack.

This is George Leonard Herter’s farrago “Bull Cook and Authentic Historical Recipes and Practices” — one of the greatest oddball masterpieces in this or any other language. A surly sage, gun-toting Minnesotan and All-American crank — the kind of guy who would take his own sandwiches to Disneyland because the restaurants were No Damned Good!

Second Edition - 1960
208 pages
B&W
Hard Cover