I found some old books in my grandfather’s collection. This one in particular stuck out, because it’s the only one which was entirely in German.
It’s also extremely old, as you can tell from the binding. I barely want to open the book because I don’t want to damage it.
But it seems to be an entire catalog of German cooking recipes. There are almost 200+ soup recipes in the book as well.
Is this a book in print out in Germany?
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ThePhytoDecoder
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praktisches kochbuch für die deutschen in amerika
There are some for sale, just google the above name, you will find exactly the same one.
Looks like this version:
Henriette Davidis
Brumder’s Verlag, 1897, Hardcover/gebunden
https://books.google.de/books/about/Praktisches_Kochbuch_F%C3%BCr_Die_Deutschen.html?id=GibLsgEACAAJ&source=kp_book_description&redir_esc=y
It is called *Praktisches Kochbuch für die Deutschen in America,* “practical cooking book for Germans in America”. So I’d assume it is a US production.
That is not in print anymore for a long time. I made a quick google research in Germany and found out that that it is kind of open commons because copyrights ran out a long time ago. BTW a copy in good condition is offered for 350€
An interesting detail, st least in my eyes, is that this is based on the 36th Edition of Henriette Davidis’ German Cookbook, but the second American Edition done by Hedwig Voß.
So it seems this was genuinely a German cookbook for a while before being brought to the states by settlers and then edited (but obviously not translated) to include typical American ingredients and dishes.