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Best Cowboy Cookbook in the West?

The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook is a substantial volume, filled with a great variety of recipes.

The North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook is a substantial volume, filled with history, character, and a great variety of recipes.

Best Cowboy Cookbook in the West?

Cookbooks. Everyone eats, and most people like to eat. Some even Love To Eat. And then there are those who transform eating into a literary past time. Not only can cookbooks become literary works, they can become a glimpse in to organizations, geographical areas, cultures, and families. They can also be a source of fond reminiscence. What warms the heart more than food!

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook Title Page 2002

North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook Acknowledgements

Cowboys and Cookbooks

A while back I came across a substantial cookbook at a second hand store. Because of it, I learned about the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame in Medora, which is one of our favorite cowboy towns year ’round. Though it wasn’t well used and worn (someone missed a great opportunity by giving away this book!) the recipes contained within and the names and places conjured up stories!

Table of Contents, North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook

Phonograph Records and Gruel!

Depression Plants, Phonograph Records, and Gruel North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook

Beef Fudge, Anyone?

Beef Fudge, Anyone? North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook

Exquisite! And A Grunting Dessert!

Bananas Foster and Blueberry Grunt! Exquisite and mighty recipes from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook.

Doves and Pickled…..Partridges?

Doves in a Casserole, and with Chokecherry Jelly from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook.

Pickled Partridge and Pigeons, historic recipes from the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook.

Liver and What?

Raccoon and Liver, Anyone? North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook

Sweet Tooth?

Peanut Butter Thumbprints,North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook, recipe from Richardton, North Dakota.

Desserts to Delight! North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook. Recipes from western North Dakota.

Meat and Potatoes

Black Eyed Peas and Spuds, North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook

Grandma’s Beef Stew and Dakota Beef Brisket, North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook. There’s a lot of history behind these recipes!

Cream Can Dinner, A Rheumatism Cure, and Basque Sheepherder Stew, North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame Cookbook. What heritage!

Interested In This Cookbook?

If you’d like to obtain a copy of this cookbook, check out Western Edge Bookstore in Medora, North Dakota or the North Dakota Cowboy Hall of Fame website.