California Travel Tips
Multi-Ethnic Old West Holiday Cooking
Published on: December 21, 2013
By C. MacDonald
Interested in Old West Holiday Cooking? My grandfather, who was a miner in the Sierra, had some multi-ethnic recipes. Not sure where he got these 19th Century gems but someone added more modern terms. Haven’t tried these and give no guarantees but wish you luck with them. Happy Holidays.
SEE Old West Recipes for these dishes:
- INDIAN BREAD
- MEXICAN CHICKEN BALL SOUP
- CHINESE ROAST DUCK (a favorite for Chinese miners on New Years Day)
- HANGTOWN FRY
Scenes in the Life of a Miner (published in 1853)
Once more returned at close of day,
to a cheerless, dismal home,
He vows, if he was back in Maine,
He never more would roam.
Now hunger makes his “bawley yearn”
For “yams” or “Irish roots,”
But these he looks in vein to find–
Then tries to fry his boots.
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