The Southern Railway dining car cookbook
Subtitle: a historical reference
By: compiled by E. Gordon Mooneyhan
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2013
Place of publication: [Place of Publication Not Identified]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 101
ISBN-13: 9781489567536
Subjects: Dining-car service; Railroads; Southern style; American Cooking; Southern Railway (U.S.)
Description: Nothing was better than dinner in a railroad dining car. Food had to be simple to prepare, especially when the kitchen was rolling down the tracks at speeds of up to 80 mph. The Southern Railway served the South, and the meals in the dining cars reflected the good, wholesome food from that area. You won't find an exotic quiche in this book, but there are classics such as Fried Chicken Southern Style with Cream Gravy and Southern Shrimp Creole. There was an added bonus to dinner in the diner -- the ever-changing American landscape outside the window. The heyday of the passenger train may be gone, but the food that helped make getting there half the fun, is still available and easy to make for the average home cook.