Elsie May Walker THE SPORTSMAN'S COOKBOOK First Edition
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Elsie May Walker THE SPORTSMAN'S COOKBOOK First Edition
First edition, first print hardback of THE SPORTSMAN'S COOKBOOK Fish and Game by Elsie May Walker, published by Hutchinson/ Stanley Paul & Co. Ltd., London, in 1978.The book is in very good condition (brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on the spine which has only minor creasing to the spine edges) with slight wear to the dust jacket, which is price clipped (light creasing around the edges, some tanning all around and the inside flaps). There is a previous owner's inscription inside the front board under the jacket flap and very slight tanning towards the page ends. Internally, the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears.
"You might have thought that being the managing director of a large, successful company wouldn't leave a lady in her eighties with much energy to spare. In Mrs. Walker's case you would be wrong. Some of her other interests are field sports, writing and cooking. As the daughter of a shooting man, wife and mother of anglers (her son is the celebrated angler Richard Walker) she had long noticed that many sportsmen's skill at taking their prey greatly exceeds their knowledge of what to do with it next. This is her solution.
In his foreword to the book Maurice Wiggin writes that 'she has shown us that exquisite good taste is not incompatible with resourceful practicality'. Every recipe included in the book bears this out. Whatever the occasion, a celebration dinner or a simple supper after a day in the country, there is a dish to match it. Apart from her recipes, Mrs. Walker's entertaining tales of sporting life make the book a fascinating one. On a more practical level, it is a cookbook for the sportsman with his own bag to draw from and also for those who must buy for the table. Detailed instructions are given on such essentials as choosing and preparing game, fish, home freezing, and the correct accompaniments to the various dishes, including the selection of wines.
The Sportsman's Cookbook has something for everyone. These are just a few of the recipes you can choose from.
SALMON AND TROUT: Coquille of Salmon; Cold Sea Trout with Avacado Sauce; Barker's Trout Pie.
CARP AND PIKE: Carp Izaac Walton's Way; Carp Cardinal; Collared Pike.
SMALLER FRESHWATER FISH: Water Souchy; Bream Baked with Oysters and Lemon; Grayling Gaillard.
SHELLFISH: Devilled Crap; Vermont Shrimps; Buttered Scallops.
GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL: Faisan au Verger; Spatchcock Grouse; Yorkshire Goose Pie.
VENISON: French Venison Pie; Venison a Franche.
HARE AND RABBIT: Lievre Hongroise; Hare Pudding; Spanish Stewed Rabbit.
PIGEONS AND ROOKS: Hertfordshire Pigeon Casserole; Pigeon en Escabeche; Rook Pie."
7?" - 9?" tall. 192 pages. Illustrated with several full page colour photographs and monochrome illustrations throughout within the text.
ISBN: 0 09 134320 8
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