Food for the settler [Early Settler Life]

Topics covered:From nature's bounty - fish, game, fowl, fruits and berries, including many recipesMaple sugar - tapping the trees, sugaring offWhat the Indians taught us - growing corn, making succotash, Johnny cake, wild riceDomestic animalsEgg recipes, chicken recipesOne-pot dinnersBread made step-by-step (illustrated through photographs)Butter made step-by-step (illustrated through photographs)How cheese was madeWorkday meals - breakfast to supperThe food served at beesThe apple harvestFireplaces, stoves and brick ovensKitchen gadgetsThe preservation of foodDomestic science, table mannersDessert recipesDishes from many landsThe Thanksgiving feastThe Christmas feast - the Christmas birds, plum pudding, a Christmas menu