Have you started watching “Little House on the Prairie” on Netflix? Were you a fan of the book series or the previous TV series? If yes, then we have a question for you: have you wondered about the food they ate?
Learn more about some of the recipes they would have used in Newspapers.com’s blog post, “Inside the ‘Little House’ Kitchen”. From a discussion of how recipes were written (no measuring cups or spoons!), to the foods they had to grow, buy and prepare, this article is a fascinating reminder of how history is often the story of individual daily lives.
Feeling adventurous? They include several recipes that appeared in Midwestern newspapers in the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s that Laura and her family might have made.
Here’s another fun fact: a reproduction of the house Laura was born in was built and is open for visits near Pepin, Wisconsin. The Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum website offers some photos of the log cabin, and some of the reenactors who occupy the space during the summer. (Featured photo and the photo below come from the Museum website.)
Been a while since you read the books? Stop by and borrow books from the series, or read one of the several biographies written for children about Laura Ingalls Wilder. And getting back to food, we even have a book of more recipes from that time period with connections to where they appeared in the books. Johnny-cakes, anyone?
