Monstrous Depravity: A Treatise on Traditional Maine Cooking

by John Gould

Overview

John Gould believes that food should consist mostly of good things to eat. Here, he summons up, with a generous garnish of risible anecdote, an earlier day when natural foods were the only kind there were and meals were lovingly prepared. Recalling simpler days, Gould waxes nostalgic about such subjects as bread, coffee, and molasses cookies. Being of practical mind, he even throws in a few mouth-tingling recipes—from custard pies to clambakes. Rounded out with humorous drawings from his old friend F.W. Saunders, this is a truly original take on Yankee cookery.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781608935444
Publisher:	Down East Books
Publication date:	05/15/2021
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Born and bred in Maine, John Gould (1908-2003) was well known for his acerbic Yankee wit. Over his life he wrote dozens of books and for an astounding sixty-two years was a regular columnist for the Christian Science Monitor. Despite his literary fame, he would always claim that he was, first, last, and always, a farmer.

Table of Contents

Foreword 11

Poop One 15

Female Logic 22

"This Is Better!" 27

Tin-Can Coffee 32

Wangan Box 36

With Reverence 41

A Loaf-And Thou 44

Banquet Display 49

Molasses Cookies 59

Proving Ground 64

The Old Deacon 69

The Finest Hour 75

They Meet To Eat 80

Survival Test 87

The Milkman Cometh 93

Grandma's Pantry 100

A Hot Lunch 106

It's Really the Butter 110

Prometheus Re-Bound 116

A Herring Sandwich 122

An Apple Pie 129

Favorite Recipe 135

Cooking By Color 140

It's Good For You 149

A Rose Is 154

Please, No Peas 159

Non Fattening 163

The Clambake 171

No Red Bananas 177

The Missing Fork 181

Two Thousand Receets 187

Some Cheap Foods 190

A Fond Memory 198

Pudding Bag String 204

Beans, Cakes, and Biscuits 209

Slump, Grunt, and Flummery 220

Editorial Reviews

This is a song in praise of the flour barrel, honey from the beehive, “real” molasses, custard pies rising magnificently in milk pans, and unartificial, uncultured buttermilk. There are nostalgic vapors of his grandfather's day, this a finely modernized collection of traditional New England dishes.

Kirkus Reviews

This is a song in praise of the flour barrel, honey from the beehive, “real” molasses, custard pies rising magnificently in milk pans, and unartificial, uncultured buttermilk. There are nostalgic vapors of his grandfather's day, this a finely modernized collection of traditional New England dishes.

Kirks Reviews