Spice up your history classes with this fantastic resource. Organized
in units that represent major periods of U.S. history and regions
of the country, it contains all the ingredients you need to promote learning—recipes,
readings, and resources. You may have the first edition already, but
don’t miss the second edition with new recipes, updated bibliographies,
and convenient Library Links. Grades 1-8.
Features:
- More than 170 recipes
- Annotated bibliographies of books, videos, and CD-ROMs
- Library Links
- Cooking and Safety Tips
- Measurements, Altitude Adjustments, Glossary of Cooking Terms
- Chapters on Native American Indians, the Colonial Period, the Revolutionary
War, Westward Expansion, the Civil War, the Northeast, the
Mid-Atlantic States, the Southeast, the Midwest and Prairies, the Southwest,
and the West
Reviews
"Recalling the rich heritage of American cooking, this compilation
of over 100 recipes and correlated research activities will spice
up the study of U.S. history...Well-organized." - Social Studies
School Service
SAMPLE RECIPES
CIVIL WAR HOE CAKE
Ingredients
1 cup cornmeal
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ tablespoons oil
1cup boiling water
Butter or jam.
Steps
- Put cornmeal and salt in a medium bowl. Stir together.
- Add the oil and half of the water. Stir well.
- Add the rest of the water. Work it in with your hands.
- Grease a cookie sheet.
- Divide the dough into thirds and shape it into 3 round, flat shapes
on the cookie sheet.
- Bake in a 375 degree oven for about 30 minutes or until browned.
- Serve warm with butter or jam.
Serves 4.
APPLEADE
Ingredients
2 large apples
1 quart water
Sugar (to taste)
Steps
- Core and cut apples into slices. Do not peel. Place in a pan.
- Boil the water.
- Pour boiling water over apple slices.
- Let mixture sit for 30minutes.
- Strain well.
- Sweeten to taste with sugar.
- Chill.
Serves 6.
From Cooking Up U.S. History: Recipes and Research to Share
with Children, 2nd Edition.
© 1999
Suzanne I. Barchers. Englewood, Colo.: Teacher Ideas Press.
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