[Sca-cooks] Harvest times

[Sue Clemenger]

Actually, no.  They used wheat.  Made a type of bread from it, grinding the
wheat in their coffee grinder.  Ma used a sourdough starter for it, and
added salt and saleratus. They twisted hay stalks, IIRC, into "sticks" for
fuel.  I remembered most of this (from somewhere in my PUFF file, no doubt),
but I'd point out that the "Long Winter" in the books was 1880, not 1881.
At least, according to my copy of _The Little House Cookbook_.
I also seem to recall that Almanzo and his brother, who were batching it
then, made buckwheat pancakes and served them with a syrup made from melted
brown sugar.  And ham/salt pork of some sort.
--Maire

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dianne & Greg Stucki" <goofy1 at suscom.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Friday, May 12, 2006 7:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Harvest times


>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- > Perhaps she just misremembered the date.
> > It was written about 40 years after the fact, IIRC.
> > How many of us can recall which of the firt 10 winters of your
> > life was the hardest/coldest without an almanac?
> >
> > More importantly, what did they cook for that hard winter?
> >
> > Capt Elias
> > Dragonship Haven, East
> > (Stratford, CT, USA)
> > Apprentice in the House of Silverwing
>
>
> IIRC, it was actually the year she met Almanzo, and she was about...I want
> to say fifteen....but anyway, you tend to remember that year. Now I have
to
> go do some research..
>
> And they cooked corn. And they burned the husks for fuel.
>
> Laurensa
>
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