Product Description

Growing up, Rolland Love roamed the Ozark Mountains, floated its rivers, and provided food for the family. We grew vegetables, hunted game, and enjoyed the rivers' bounty, he says. We were self-sufficient. And there was no need to travel, we already lived in paradise. You'll find: Fried Sweet Corn and Peppers, Huckleberry Hotcakes, Grandma's Chicken 'n' Dumplin's, Soft-shell Turtle Soup, Jefferson Davis Pie, Pawpaw and Black Walnut Cookies, and just for fun Possum Sweet Potato Bake and Stuffed Roast Raccoon. Homegrown in the Ozarks contains Ozarks nostalgia, as well as recipes for traditional home-cookin' favorites, truly capturing the flavor of the region.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1551868 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 241 pages

Review
From helping my grandmother snap beans on her big back porch, to hungering for Aunt Verna s cherry pies, to watching my grandfather crumble cornbread in a glass of buttermilk, I learned to savor the tastes of the Ozarks when I was a child. In this intriguing book, Rolland Love has captured my memories along with his and probably those of anyone who was raised in or around the Ozarks. Love grew up on the family farm near Summersville, Missouri; during the school year and at his uncle s Jacks Fork River float camp the rest of the time. He teamed up with award-winning cookbook author Mary-Lane Kamberg to record Ozark recipes and memories of the world in which he grew up. This book is a collection of truly Ozarkian recipes from bacon-grease-fried vegetables to a more exotic pan-fried crappie with salsa short essays on topics like gigging suckers, and Ozark tips, remedies, and superstitions - Thunderstorms make milk go bad. It s a must-have for anyone who is looking for remembered dishes, or who wants to relive meals and recall earlier days in the Ozarks. --June Morris, Ozarks Magazine

Love, a Lewis and Clark aficionado, and Kamberg, an established cookbook author, have compiled 140 recipes from the 1940s and 1950s. Each chapter begins with an essay written by Love, born and raised in the Ozarks. The recipes that follow use ingredients that are indigenous to the area or were routinely grown there. Sautéed Poke Salad With Mixed Greens, Razorback Sausage Gravy, Creamed Chicken Over Cornbread, Lemon-Fried Bluegill, Fried Squirrel and Molasses Popcorn Balls are just a few of the authentic dishes that Love includes. Charming nuggets, such as the Ozark superstition that thunderstorms make milk go bad, add to the appeal. --LAUREN CHAPIN, The Kansas City Star

About the Author
Rolland Love and his family lived off the land in the Ozark Mountains. He is the author of An Ozark Mountains Blue Hole Murder Mystery, a young-adult mystery adventure set in the Ozarks, and a sequel called An Ozark Mountains River's Edge Murder Mystery. He has also published short fiction and personal essays in Kansas City Voices, The Hannibal Courier Post, The Summersville Beacon, Amazon Shorts, and numerous outdoor publications. He belongs to the Kansas City Writers Group and the Secret Writers Group. He likes to fish for smallmouth bass and create fun stories to tell his grandchildren, Jake, Lauren, Katherine, and Nick. He has two daughters, one wife, and two Australian shepherds Sunny and Biscuit. Mary-Lane Kamberg was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and has spent most of her life in the suburbs. She has never eaten squirrel brains and doesn't want to. She does like to eat, however, and is "game" for almost anything. She is the author of The "I Don't Know How To Cook" Book. She and her husband Ken and daughters Rebekka and Johanna spent many summers at the Lake of the Ozarks swimming, spelunking, water skiing, fishing for crappie, and visiting grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. She belongs to the Missouri Writers Guild, Warrensburg Writers Circle, and the National League of American Pen Women. She serves as co-leader of the Kansas City Writers Group.

Customer Reviews

Oh, this makes me hungry!
It might be best to eat a favorite, filling meal before reading this book, because each page I turn just makes me hungry, and hungrier -- Ham and Asparagus Casserole, Lemon-Fried Bluegill, River Mud-Pie Cookies, Wild Game -- I think I'll pass on Leather Britches. Plus, stories about a boy growing up in the Ozarks. My favorite is the story about Clyde, the Belgian draft horse. For readers, cooks, and eaters, there's something here for everyone.