Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook

If you are looking for recipes that Aunt Bee Taylor was seen preparing and serving on The Andy Griffith Show for nostalgia’s sake, you are out of luck. If you are looking for recipes that belong to actress Frances Bavier, who played Aunt Bee, for curiosity’s sake, you are also out of luck. If you don’t mind recipes that would have appeared in a church cookbook or a women’s magazine in the 1960s, this is the cookbook for you.

These are recipes they somehow garnered from home cooks, as Tastes Like Home does. Be prepared for lots of “salad dressing” (a.k.a Miracle Whip), Velveeta, cream of mushroom soup, corn syrup, gelatin and canned vegetables. The cookbook does contain some interesting recipes, although you’re unlikely to show more make them: barbecued raccoon (I kid you not!), venison, two versions of owl pie (is killing owls even legal anymore?), alligator and persimmon pudding. I did enjoy a trip down memory lane with recipes for Russian tea, Chicken à la King, Chicken Chow Mein, Grasshopper Pie, real mincemeat, Baked Alaska, Nesselrode Pie (whatever that was) and more. Definitely worth reading, even if the recipes are pretty dated. show less

Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook, which was inspired by "The Andy Griffith Show," made me aware of how important food is to life, not just the eating of it, but also in the telling of it. Your dietician will probably not approve of many of the recipes, but they, along with the stories, quotes, and pictures, will remind you of good times and good people.

A fun cookbook from "Mayberry". This collection of useable recipes are from cast members and/or enthusiats of the show. There are script exerpts and some fun photos. A must have for any lover of the Andy Griffith Show.

A trip back to Mayberry. I loved the show and the characters. This book is more than a cookbook. It brings back a lot of memories. Most of the recipes are wonderful and very easy to follow.

So much fun! Get it for the Checkpoint Chickie Pan Pie. The Kerosene Cucumbers are in there too.

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