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Hi my name is Chef Gene Carrol

I am writing this Cook book in hopes of letting you know how recipes were handed down from generation to generation. These recipes are from the early 1900 to about  1960. I have found them in old church cook books, woman groups, and from my Aunts and from talking to farm wives, that I have visited with and enjoyed hearing about there recipes. I am also going to inform you about facts I found, quotes I have read and pictures I have seen, There are going to be prayers and sayings along with house hold tips. The Midwest Cook book is my first adventure into the past and will not be the last. Please enjoy and ask many questions and I look forward to talking with you soon.

Thank you “For the Love of Food

How to Cook Husbands

Many Husbands are spoiled by mismanagement in cooking and so are not
tender and good. Some good wives keep their husbands constantly in hot water,
others keep them in stew by irritating ways. Some roast them, some keep them in
a pickle all their lives, others think they need to be blown up once in a while. Others
let them freeze by their carelessness and indifference.
It cannot be supposed that any husband will be tender and good managed
this way. In selecting a husband, a woman should not be guided by the silvery
appearance as in buying fish nor by the golden tints as if she wished salmon.
Be sure to select him your way as taste differ. Do not go fishing for him as the
best are always brought to the door. It is far better to have none unless you will learn
patiently...