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Recipes
The “Crazy” Dose
- Published April 26, 2012
- Written by TWMag
“One of the most prevalent superstitions was regarding the burial of partially decayed materials under steps of the house of the person to whom one wished harm.
Salty Thieves
- Published April 16, 2012
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Another Robbery, This One On the Yukon, Netted $7,000,” read the August 31, 1898, headline in The Helena Independent.
Tempted by Baked Goods
- Published March 29, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Look at dat cake. Caesar’s Bakery.” I kid you not—that is the headline in the February 17, 1898, Idaho Statesman. I bet you didn’t know “dat” was a popular word in the Old West! It’s actually a spin-off of the “Who Dat?” chant that originated in minstrel shows of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Snake River Salmon
- Published March 13, 2012
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“While travelling along the Snake River, father secured a fine, large salmon from an Indian, and we looked forward to a good feast at supper time.
Coffee with Lizards?
- Published February 22, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
We’ve all heard of coffee with cream and sugar, but with lizards?
Harvey’s Happy Girls
- Published January 10, 2012
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“There is never any sick among the travelers along the Santa Fe line on the eating houses. These are all owned and managed by Mr. Fred Harvey....”
Lead and Negligees for Breakfast?
- Published January 11, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
Cowboys had little time for breakfast, which must be eaten quickly and with no fuss.
Mountain Man Grub vs the Forts’
- Published November 08, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Our journey on will be still more difficult, on account of food. In a few days from this place, buffalo cease entirely, and no game is to be found in the country. To remedy the evil we have to dry and pack meat here for the journey.”
Cake Was His Last Meal
- Published November 09, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“How much am I bid for this cake?” asked the auctioneer as he lifted it to show the bidders.
Berries, and I Don’t Mean Whistle
- Published October 04, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“…I helped put in the corn, and on the hills I picked green huckleberries to make a pie. I picked ripe huckleberries, walked a mile and a half to town, and sold them for ten cents a gallon. Blackberries too,” Rose Wilder Lane said.
Exploding Ginger Snaps?
- Published October 06, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Ours was a high classed outfit and we would treat even a tenderfoot right until he got smart.
Eating Along the Oregon Trail
- Published August 28, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Should any of my readers ever be impelled to visit the prairies…I can assure him that he need not think to enter at once upon the paradise of his imagination,” stated Francis Parkman, an 1846 Oregon Trail pioneer, in his 1872 book, The Oregon Trail.
Cowboy Beans
- Published August 31, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
Beans. The word brings to mind many comments and jokes. Without these legumes-the American West would have been a whole different place.
Parlez-vous francais?
- Published July 28, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
In the last 30 years, “...cookery has made immense strides thanks to the importation of French, Italian, German and English cooks, seconded by the efforts of travelled Americans who have learned that there are nutritious and palatable viands ...beyond pork and beans, fish balls, clam chowder and pumpkin pie,” reported Texas Siftings magazine in 1886.
A Cure for Baldness?
- Published July 27, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
For centuries, bread has been a food staple.
Beware of the Dung Tea
- Published June 27, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Among the foremost of remedies ‘handed down’ in the family is the tea made of dung,” recalled Oregon pioneer Charles Banister.
Ethnic Fare
- Published June 29, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Those were exciting days. A regular pageant of non-descript people, coming and going, all the time.
Indian Fare
- Published May 24, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“We have cooking classes three days a week. The girls are taught to make all sorts of nice things to eat….
Frontier Wedding Menus
- Published May 25, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“One of the prettiest home weddings of the season was that of Miss Etta Scofield and Roy H. Tracey, Wednesday evening at 8 o’clock at the home of the bride’s parents.”
The Exploding Tortilla
- Published April 26, 2011
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Unaccustomed to the easy-going life of their Mexican neighbors, [old-timers] were not contented to farm a little, eat a frugal meal of frijoles, chili and tortillas, and finish with a cigarette.
As American as Apple Pie
- Published April 27, 2010
- Written by Sherry Monahan
“Before we were out of the mountains, we met a relief train from the Willamette Valley...as flour was being offered at $1.00 per pound, and as we were on the bankrupt list, our folks didn’t buy any.
