The Foodie-file: Pioneer Cooking
I am a sucker for this kind of thing. I love to see how people cooked before there were Viking ranges, slow cookers and microwaves. I am always amazed by the ingenuity of man. These pictures are from Historic Fort York in Toronto, they have a food program where you can experience cooking techniques and a very fine dinner from the 1800’s. I know I would have been a great pioneer – I am a master of ingenuity. As a matter of fact I find I define the people around me quite often by whether or not they would survive as a pioneer. People seem to fall into the two camps – the survivors and the ones who would be eaten by wolves – unless of course they hitched their covered wagon to a survivor.
Fort York is a great place to take the kids for March break, they have all kinds of interactive programs in place to keep them interested and out of trouble.
So what are you – a pioneer or a wolf’s dinner?
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A little high on yourself?? If you were so intelligent, these ways of cooking wouldn’t be such a great shock to you! Ever hear of bannock? It’s cooked on a stick! Sort of like a hot dog!
Oh pioneer days…when everything was organic and locally produced because there was no other way! I can’t say I’d like to cook over open fires and clean soot all day but I long for the buxom look of a butter-churning maid. Can you imagine the pipes on those girls!
I didn’t think these were shocking, just ingenious – like something I would have thought up if I only had a fire place to cook on, so yes I am a bit high on myself and yes I have heard of bannock.