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Lobscouse and Spotted Dog: Which it's a Gastronomic Companion to the Aubrey/Maturin Novels Paperback – Illustrated, 4 Oct. 2000

by Anne Chotzinoff Grossman (Author)

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Celebrate the joys of Patrick O'Brian's acclaimed Aubrey/Maturin series with this delightful cookbook, full of the food and drink that so often complement Jack Aubrey and Stephen Maturin's travels. Collected here are authentic and practical recipes for such eighteenth- and early-nineteenth- century dishes as Burgoo, Drowned Baby, Sea-Pie, Solomongundy, Jam Roly-Poly, Toasted Cheese, Sucking Pig, Treacle-Dowdy, and, of course, Spotted Dog. Also included are historical notes on the origins of the dishes as well as sections on the preparing of roasts, puddings, and raised pies."[A] splendid cookbook...graced with erudite bits of naval and gastronomical history....Deftly researched and written in prose nearly as funny as O'Brian's own."―Publishers Weekly "A thoroughly readable cookbook, as well as a useful appendix to a great series of novels and a newly opened window into a time now nearly 200 years gone."―San Jose Mercury News

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9780393320947
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978-0393320947
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Illustrated
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W. W. Norton & Company
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4 Oct. 2000
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English
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15.49 x 2.29 x 23.37 cm
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336 pages
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"I urge people to read this admirable book, the fruit of prolonged research combined with even longer periods of first-hand practice..."

(Patrick O'Brian) "...a handsome and witty culinary companion with cholesterol and archaic terminology." -- Reviews

About the Author

Anne Chotzinoff Grossman is a writer and musician.

Lisa Grossman Thomas owns and operates a computer consulting company.

One of our greatest contemporary novelists, Patrick O’Brian is the author of the twenty volumes of the best-selling Aubrey/Maturin series, as well as many other books, including Testimonies, The Golden Ocean, The Unknown Shore, and biographies of Joseph Banks and Picasso.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0393320944
Publisher ‏ : ‎ W. W. Norton & Company; Illustrated edition (4 Oct. 2000)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 336 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780393320947
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0393320947
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 15.49 x 2.29 x 23.37 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 317,409 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 475 in British Food & Drink
- 1,685 in Gastronomy (Books)
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Andrew D. Cockayne

Great fun

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 January 2019

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As the authors concede, many of the recipes in this book require ingredients that are hard to find, expensive or both. I would add that many of them require a lot of work. (for 'Mrs Pulling's Pie' we are advised to take note that the calves foot jelly takes a full day to make - it is one of 26 ingredients - one day I will eat this pie, I swear it.)

Recipe books, though, are read much more for pleasure than with a definite intention to cook something and in this case, the authors have done all the hard work on our behalf. To go as far as eating ‘Millers in Onion Sauce’ is, to my mind, worthy of an award – who knew they’d turn out to be delicious? (I’ll be glad of this recipe come the end of the world.) To have stopped short on p231 is entirely excusable, as is the failure to bake a dog or smoke a human hand.

Some of the recipes I will attempt, though on a reduced scale (‘Clam Chowder...serves 40’), very likely the 'Mince Pie' and 'Christmas Pudding' - and, of course 'Spotted Dog' - but the real joy of this book comes from the spirit in which it is written: A combination of genuine scholarly hard work and real enjoyment in doing it. It is the same spirit in which POB’s Aubrey/Maturin books are written. There can be no higher praise.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 August 2020

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I love cookery books, probably more than I love cooking. This is a joyful companion to the novels, which I happened to be reading at the time I bought this. It seemed that for every few pages I read I was looking up the recipe for what someone was eating. Not just the recipes either, but the things surrounding them. Although these recipes are from the late 1700s to early 1800s my mother was still feeding us on 'Dead Baby', 'Spotted Dick' and 'Jam Roly Poly', and very nice comfort food it was. Altogether a book well worth adding to any cooks library.

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Bubsy

Cook book from the days of Sail

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 July 2021

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As a fan of Patrick O'Brian's books it is great to find even more detail of practical life at sea for the Royal Navy in Napoleonic times. The book contains recipes and historical information, and references to the series in an interesting and humorous way. I would rather the actual recipes were written for a British readership rather than using American weights and measures, otherwise an excellent recipe or coffee table book.

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Allan Stewart

An excellent recipe book and a real delight for Patrick O'Brian readers

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 February 2015

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This is a splendid companion book for the "Jack Aubrey Novels" of the late Patrick O'Brian. The authors took the trouble to research contemporaneous recipes for all of the food and drink consumed in the novels.
They give each of these recipes along with small quotations from the books to set them in context. Each recipe is perfectly clear and we have used the book to produce many excellent meals - drawing the line at "Millers in onion sauce" (the Millers in question being rats), however the authors knew no such timidity and report "We were somewhat taken aback to discover that miller is absolutely delicious....". For non North American readers it is worth remembering to have a conversion chart handy to turn the North American measurements (e.g. cups) into (say) grammes - but that's not negative criticism of the book at all - they use what they are used to! The book is a delight and thoroughly recommended!

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Allan Stewart

A much appreciated Christmas present

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2018

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I believe I have already reviewed this book - my copy! However the person I gave it to as a Christmas present was delighted with it and has already tried out some of the recipes - so, once again, it gets and merits 5 stars. It is not just a cook book but it is an amusing and insightful commentary on the "Jack Aubrey novels" and the time they are set in - from a gastronomic point of view!

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alexandria1121

A real treat for Patrick O'Brian fans

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 25 March 2004

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Warning - this is not intended as a serious cookery book. It is a delightful addition to the bookshelf for readers of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, and traces each dish mentioned in the books, however revolting, back to a contemporary recipe where possible, and conjectures some others, like the recipe for Millers (rats) in onion sauce (sailors being reduced to eating ship's rats on occasion). It is divided into suitable occasions for the dish to be served, and each recipe section is headed by quotes from the books which refer.
I found when I got home that the book had arrived, so I sat down "for half an hour" to look it over. This was at 5.30pm. The next thing I knew it was 7.40pm! Much of the time was spent laughing out loud. Many of the recipes are still worth trying, especially the suet puddings, but I would give the one on page 231 a wide berth (no pun intended!)
Those who have read other Nelsonian Naval fiction, such as Forrester or Alexander Kent, may also find it interesting, although food does not feature anything like so much in those works.

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AJ

Aubrey, Pass the Salt!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 20 October 2020

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Loved it so much I immediately purchased a copy for my friend!
Now we're slowly (as slowly as two vegetarians can) embarking on our culinary voyages inspired by this book!
Now, we can't live without mushroom ketchup in everything!!

Love the brilliant excerpts that accompany each recipe!

May you live life like Jack; boldly, and with a concerned, tender, ever-vigilant crewman at the ready to place a slice of cake in your hand!!

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Toadjuggler

Which it's a scholarly and right study of cooking for the navy of 200 year ago.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 December 2016

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Fantastic book. If you've ever read any of Patrick O'Brian's marvelous books, or seen the movie "Master and Commander" then this is the cook-book for you. I bought it as a novelty, just to see what was involved in early-19th C cooking but I've found myself cooking from it more and more. It's worth it for the puddings and pies...

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