The Thousands

In addition to cleavage and guns, the White Trash have invented some gnarly things. Approximately 107 of these things are written down in White Trash Cooking.

Don’t be fooled, White Trash Cooking is not all corn on the cob and corn off the cob; there are baked possums, water lily pies and a girl scout one eyed egg. Packed with flavour and uncouth colloquialisms, the book is both an exercise in home cooking and Bundy-style banter. Take the introduction for ‘Cooter Pie (The Hunter’s Delight)’ for example:

"First you take a live cooter and wait for him to stick his head out from under his shell. When he does you grab it and wack it off. Take a hatchet to the underside so you can get the meat and remove it along with the liver, tripe and eggs (if he has any?) Set aside."

Compiled by Ernest Matthew Mickler (who is pictured in a Canadian tuxedo on the back cover and also shot the photo essay in the middle of the book) White Trash Cooking is a lovingly-compiled bible of skillet fried food good enough to feed all of your sisters and cousins.