Chuck Wagon Cookin'

This isn't really a cook book! It has reciepes in the back which are good but the best and most fun are the stories about chuck wagon roundup cooks. These guys were the unsung heros of the west and were usually nasty-tempered, irritable, petulant, always on the prod and "tetchy" as hell. All of this was due to the nature of their job. A man might be the sweetest dispositioned human that ever walked the face of the earth; he could be kind and benevolent, mild tempered, good-natured, amiable and placid, but just let him hire out as a cook for some roundup and his character would change as drastically as Jekyll and Hyde. A very funny and fun, fun, fun, read.

Great cookbook for those that still yearn for the days of the lonesome prairie. And the beans and bacon that we can smell simmering. I own quite a few of these old west, chuck wagon style cookbooks, and to be honest I have never found any of them to be disappointing. They all seem to have different recipes, and carry their own style as to trivia and western lore. This chuck wagon cookin' is no different, and a fine choice. Recommended...

You want so real old tyme cooking with lots of old stories this is the one for you. If you are not very brave you may want a different book. Very cool reading though!

A great cookbook!

Punctual delivery as always. Made it in time for Christmas (and I don't shop early!) It is another great find in an out of print book that my step father had requested. Mom called me. I went to Amazon to order it. Christmas was all the merrier and he loves the book!

I purchased this book for my dad, and he loves it. He is an old time cowboy who wants to learn a little more about dutch oven cooking. This book along with Bacon and Beans also by Stella Hughes were a hit with him!

Stella Hughes- her writing, cooking and recipes are top shelf. If you like "cowboy cookin' ", chuck wagons or Dutch Oven cookin' you will enjoy this book. She does a great job telling you what it was all about, she knows, she lived it.

I was glad to get all her cook books that she had published by Western Horseman magazine. If you like the ways of the old time ranch Cowboy, be sure and try this one. Stella and Richard Bolt were two who had been there at the "Wagon"! You can't go wrong with this one! 10+