A Cookbook for Horse Owners & Lovers - Favorite Recipes from the Equine Heritage Institute. This cookbook is not only a compilation of tested recipes, it is also a brief history of cooking and baking. Horses have been a part of the journey from cooking on a spit to preparing meals in a chuck wagon for a trail crew, to making a family dinner in a crock pot. Crock pots?! What do they have to do with horses? Join us on this cooking journey and find out! Included are many of our favorite tested and yes, tasted, recipes! Some are new recipes and some are updated, older recipes that require cooking techniques handed down through the ages but now - using all of our modern appliances!

Foreword 8
A Brief History of Cooking 12

Cooking on a Spit 13

¿ Meats 14

¿ Cooking Tips 15

¿ BBQ Sauces 26

Cooking in a Pot 32

¿ Soups 34

¿ Stews 56

¿ Meet the Mongols 59

Food Preservation 70

¿ Canning - Low Acid

Vegetables 74

¿ Canning - Fruits and High

Acid Vegetables 84

¿ Canning - Jams, Jellies,

Conserves, Preserves,

Marmalades & Butters 94

¿ Canning - Troubleshooting 102

Flour and Baking 106

¿ Yeast Bread 108

¿ Quick Bread 120

Sweets 128

¿ Baking Tips 130

¿ Cakes 132

¿ Cake Tips 141

¿ If You Have Cake

Troubles 143

¿ Frostings and Fillings 146

¿ Cookies 150

¿ Desserts 160

¿ Candy 176

On the Go 188

¿ The Chuck Wagon 189

¿ Grant-Kohrs Ranch National

Historic Site 198

¿ The End of the Drive 203

Food Wagons and Food Trucks 204

Trail Riding 220

Horse Shows Team Recipes 236

Horse Shows Solo Recipes 243

Picnics 254

¿ Sandwich Fillings 256

¿ Salad Tips 257

Food Fast and Food Easy 268

¿ Egg Tips 281

Cooking Equivalents 290

Sources 292

Index 294