Favorite Family Recipes from the Mennonite Community Cookbook

by Mary Emma Showalter, Naomi Nissley (Illustrator)

A mouth-watering sampler of the best og Mennonite cookery.

Genres: Cookbooks, Nonfiction, Food, Reference, Cooking

128 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1950

Reviews

[Quiltnut · Rating 5 out of 5]

AWESOME RECIPES

[Jamesirwin19 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Three generations of Irwin cooks have used this. My grandmother, my mother, and now me. Quite simply, this my favorite cookbook. The meatloaf recipe saved me from having to admit to my Aunt Mary that I didn't know how to cook meatloaf. More importantly, it saved me from the 30 minute long lecture on "how she would cook it".

[Sandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

I find it hard to believe the recipes came from the earlier generations of simple hard working people. The ingredients are very processed 1950's- 60's sounding stuff. I am giving it 2 stars because I'm a sucker for any cook book, even if hot dogs are on the ingredients list.

[Sandra · Rating 3 out of 5]

Best Shoo Fly Pie recipe. Also the chicken pot pie

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

I did not read this version, but the 1950 edition.

Though there would be multiple shoofly pie recipes, but they weren’t all called by that title
Pickles and Relishes was feared to the home canner, which I no longer do.


Surprised by some of the ingredients. Corn flakes. 2 pages+ of liver, but a not very informative recipe for Scrapple. Lots and lots of Pineapple recipes. Probably some in each and every chapter

I ate a lot of these dishes growing up as my grandmother was Italian but had a German husband. They no longer raised hogs to butcher. Homemade bread, meats, desserts, pickles and relishes were staples on the Sunday table. Oh to have her pickled crabapples again.

But the coolest recipe. Never had it. Have to make it. It Is. Get ready…Wiggle Glacé. Even found a lady via Google who made it and provided pictures!

Enjoy the book!

[Karen Hannum · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is still on my shelf (unlike many others) So I will be reevaluating it throughout this year. I did not get rid of it, but nor do I remember it or any recipe from it. Maybe I held onto it for a sauerkraut recipe?

[Lp · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yum. I will never get rid of this book it will be passed down for generations. I hope it never goes out of print.

[Kathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

😊

[Lori Tatar · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is not our mom's, nor our grandmother's nor maybe even your great grandmother's cookbook. These are mostly old, authentic, traditional recipes that have been passed down for generations. I even found a few that I thought were lost. You'll be using the freshest ingredients since only a rare few call for a can of anything. And, in case you need it, there is a spot at the back with instructions on what to cook for a barnraising, enough for 175 men. There are more tips and general suggestions as well, which I found as interesting as the recipes.

[Nancy Gail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great cookbook with a lots of traditional recipes. It's a little hard to read and choose as there are a lot of recipes and no photos of finished food. Some recipes are simple and could use further instruction.

[Beth · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had this quaint and useful book, chocked full of old country recipes, for eons.

[Donna Godfrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the book I used when I learned to cook and I go to it often. I have my grandma's copy and that makes it special because she taught me to love to cook.

[Kristen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Classic cooking

[Fredrick Danysh]

A collection of old-fashioned recipes from the Mennonite community. There are over 1,100 delicious recipes in this collection. Everything is made from scratch.

[Stephanie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A gift from my grandmother.
Simply the best rhubarb crisp recipe I've ever seen or tasted.