“The person who decides what shall be the food and drink of a family, and the modes of preparation, is the one who decides, to a greater or lesser extent, what shall be the health of the family.” -America Woman’s Home, Catherine Beecher, 1869 In nearing the end of the Provision Room series, […]
“For days, Mother and the girls made jellies and jams and preserves, and for every meal there was huckleberry pie or blueberry pudding.” Farmer Boy, Laura Ingalls Wilder A family’s Provision Room would just not be complete without home canned goods. Today, we shall talk about putting up jams and jellies – one […]
“Our willingness to be free of the responsibility of preparing daily bread has now put the control of what we feed our families into the hands of huge food companies who have one goal in mind – money. As we have delegated the responsibility of milling grain and baking bread to others, it has […]
“Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is the time for home.” ― Edith Sitwell As it is now in the dead of winter, so they say, I thought it would be a good time […]
“Run down and get the cinnamon, will you, Joey?” said Polly. “It’s in the ‘Provision Room.’” The “Provision Room” was a little shed that was tacked onto the main house, and reached by a short flight of rickety steps; so called, because Polly said, “It’s a good place to keep provisions, even if we haven’t […]
