Little House on the Prairie (the television show) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year!
I thought it would be fun to cook and bake our way through Barbara M. Walker’s “The Little House Cookbook.”
Let’s explore prairie and frontier style cooking as it relates to the Little House on the Prairie series of books by Laura Ingalls Wilder.
We’ll revisit some of our favorite food passages from the books; learn more about Laura Ingalls Wilder’s real life and peek into her kitchens virtually; examine methods for cooking over the fire; and try our hands at making several of Ma’s recipes.
Our guide will be the excellent “The Little House Cookbook” along with several Internet and video resources.
Each week this autumn, we’ll read a different chapter of The Little House Cookbook. We’ll also re-read food passages from one of the Little House series of books.
We’ll attempt to bake or cook a recipe or two from the cookbook and show off our efforts by posting photos in our Facebook group.
Textbook: The Little House Cookbook: Frontier Foods from Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Classic Stories, by Barbara M. Walker (via Amazon; affiliate link) (Harper Collins; 1979, 1989 and 2018 editions).
Also: We’ll revisit all nine of the Little House on the Prairie book to explore their food-related content.
If you want to participate with us, join our private Facebook group for discussions of frontier cooking, chats about Little House on the Prairie and sharing our efforts to cook from The Little House Cookbook!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/littlehousecookingclub/
READING SCHEDULE:
The Little House Cookbook
October 1-7: Chapter One – Food in the Little Houses
October 8-15: Chapter Two – The Cook’s Domain
October 16-22: Chapter Three – Staples from the Country Store
October 23-31: Chapter Four – Foods from the Woods, Wilds and Waters
November 1-7: Chapter Five – Foods from Tilled Fields
November 8-15: Chapter Six – Foods from Gardens and Orchards
November 16-22: Chapter Seven – Foods from the Barnyard
November 23-30: Chapter Eight – Thirst Quenchers and Treats
Optional: The Little House on the Prairie Series
October 1-7: Little House in the Big Woods
October 8-15: Little House on the Prairie
October 16-22: Farmer Boy
October 23-31: On the Banks of Plum Creek
November 1-7: By the Shores of Silver Lake
November 8-15: The Long Winter
November 16-22: Little Town on the Prairie
November 23-30: These Happy Golden Years