Southwestern, BBQ, and Chili Cookbooks

Arizona Territory Cookbook Author:  Daphne Overstreet ISBN:  978-0-914846-75-8 Pub Date:  1/1/1997 Size:  5 1/2" x 8 1/2" Binding:  Comb Price:   $10.95	Click to enlarge
ABOUT THE BOOK
From the Publisher Arizona Territory pioneers prepared their food the hard way! Dutch ovens, open fires, barbecues ... they used many methods to overcome the difficulties of cooking on the trail. Authentic recipes from Indians, cowboys, the military, Mexicans, miners and Mormons.
SAMPLE RECIPE Chile Con Carne (Chile with Meat)
2 pounds beef 4 cloves chopped garlic 2 tablespoons lard or drippings 3 bay leaves 1 chopped onion 1 quart ripe tomatoes or 1 large can tomatoes 1 cup chile pulp 1 tablespoon oregano 1 tablespoon salt 1 pint ripe olives Cut the meat into small cubes. Brown garlic and onion. Add meat and steam. Rub tomatoes through a colander and add to meat. Now stir in chile pulp and cook for 20 minutes. Next, add seasonings and cook for 2 hours. Add cut-up olives last and cook for additional 1/2 hour. Serve with frijoles and tortillas. The spacious mansion of Don Solomon, and especially the very roomy kitchen, was full of women preparing all sorts of things for the coming fiesta of San Juan. Turkeys and chickens were slaughtered and plucked, red pepper was being ground upon two metates at once, dried maize leaves were soaked, stretched and dried to envelop the toothsome tamale; cornmeal cakes were patted flat and fried to assume the beautiful sprinkled appearance of enchiladas, while a professional baker busied himself in the manufacture of biscochuelos and other sweets.

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