Cream Peas Already Shelled

There is such a tradition of good cooking in East Texas and the rural South - a treasure that is rapidly being lost. In this cookbook Mike Vaughn attempys to record a large part of this culinary heritage before it disappears. There is little opportunity today for the art of cooking to be passed down from generation to generation. It is not done with enough regularity for someone to merely watch and learn. Since that is the essence of tradition, it will be gone in another generation or two if it is not recorded.

Mike also offers you the opportunity to create your own food traditions. For traditions to have a really lasting quality, they must have a personal meaning - then your family will want to hand them down generation after generation. It is only when the tradition becomes your own that your grandchildren will want to know how to bake that special pie that you made as their grandmother or grandfather - just as you want to remember how to bake that memorable cake that your own grandmother baked.

This is only a beginning place. Try these recipes - you will never regret it and if you encounter frustrations along the way to success you will not long remember them. The rewards for your efforts will be many. It is as true as ever - the way to anyone's heart - man, woman, or child - is through their stomach.