Hoosh : roast penguin, scurvy day, and other stories of Antarctic cuisine /

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Antarctica, the last place on Earth, is not famous for its cuisine. Yet it is famous for stories of heroic expeditions in which hunger was the one spice everyone carried. At the dawn of Antarctic cuisine, cooks improvised under inconceivable hardships, castaways ate seal blubber and penguin breasts...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Anthony, Jason C. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2012]
Series:At table series.
Subjects:
Food habits > Antarctica.
Outdoor cooking > Antarctica.
Habitudes alimentaires > Antarctique.
Cuisine en plein air > Antarctique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Agriculture & Food.
Food habits
Manners and customs
Outdoor cooking
Antarctica > Social life and customs.
Antarctica > History > Anecdotes.
Antarctique > Mœurs et coutumes.
Antarctique > Histoire > Anecdotes.
Antarctica
Anecdotes
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • All thinking and talking of food
  • The secret society of unconventional cooks
  • Slaughter and scurvy
  • Meat and melted snow
  • How to keep a fat explorer in prime condition
  • Into the deep freeze
  • Prisoner-of-war syndrome
  • The syrup of American comfort
  • A cookie and a story
  • Sleeping with vegetables
  • A tale of two stations

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