Don and Myrtle Holm

Published in 1972, The Complete Sourdough Cookbook is a little bit more story-telling than biscuit-making, but with tales like the one above, that's doesn't matter much. And if you actually read "Bannock Bill the Biscuit Maker" and are wondering what a bannock is, well, it's a type of quick bread - bread that doesn't utilize yeast - similar to a scone.Don Holm and his wife, Myrtle, also wrote the Old Fashioned Dutch Oven Cookbook, Don Holm's Book of Food Drying, Pickling and Smoke Curing (which are both just as fine and just as available on Google Books), and Wholesome Country Living (not available on Google Books.) It is no easy task to read about sourdough biscuits being made over an open fire while sitting on a laptop.MP3: John Jacob Niles - Go 'Way From My Window