dori sanders country cooking

I read this one from cover to cover in no time. It's one of those kinds of books you can't put down until you've finished the last page. Then when you get to the last page you don't want it to end. So many of these recipe are like ones I grew up on.... good old fashioned, down home, country, Southern cooking, with a few surprises thrown in for good measure. So many of the chapters and stories brought back pleasant childhood memories for me. Like Dori, I always enjoyed hog-killing time with my family -- Mom, Dad, grands, aunts, uncles, siblings and cousins.. I love helping prepare the hams to cure and making liver mush, sausage, pork skins and rendering the fat for lard.

Making Molasses was also lots of work but fun too. My uncle owned a boiler and let family and friends use it. Most times it was used on weekends and would start very early in the morning each day and go till way in the night. We would roast marshmallows and hot dogs in the fire beneath the boiler and chill drinks and watermelons in the creek. After the molasses were finished we always had a cane stick to sop the boiler with.

If you like books with stories among and about the recipes then I know you'll enjoy this one. I have had this book for some time and recently got it autographed by Ms. Sanders at our local library. She is a very gracious southern lady.