Pioneer Woman
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suziecue25 wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
<video snipped, for length>
Well, to be fair, the actual pioneers were mostly competent. (Lots died anyway.)
And brave.
Well one thing's for sure the actual pioneers didn't eat Mac & Cheese
Oops, naughty me......apparently mac & cheese was brought over to USA by Thomas Jefferson when he'd been to France in 1802..... according to Wikepedia, and it has been an American comfort food ever since.12 -
French_Peasant wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!
Laura Ingalls' ma made a pie out of green pumpkin. Pa thought it was apple *nods*
I remember that! It was in The Long Winter, wasn't it? I believe there is a lot of pie referenced in Farmer Boy too. And I was thinking of the washtub full of honey that Pa got from the bee tree in Big Woods, where he tells Ma to take the bucket of honey, and she is so disappointed, till she realized he was joking and had every vessel in the back of the wagon overflowing with honey.0 -
SuzySunshine99 wrote: »OMG you guys are inventing something...
The Pioneer Diet! Where can I buy the book and how much does this diet plan cost??
I can’t wait for those threads to replace the Keto threads....
I will sign you up for The French Peasant Diet(TM)...but you have to grow a lot of your own food.6 -
French_Peasant wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!
Laura Ingalls' ma made a pie out of green pumpkin. Pa thought it was apple *nods*
I remember that! It was in The Long Winter, wasn't it? I believe there is a lot of pie referenced in Farmer Boy too. And I was thinking of the washtub full of honey that Pa got from the bee tree in Big Woods, where he tells Ma to take the bucket of honey, and she is so disappointed, till she realized he was joking and had every vessel in the back of the wagon overflowing with honey.
That Pa, such a joker!
I remember the pig cracklings and Ma's dress with strawberries in it and her getting cinched into it, but but the honey.
Farmer Boy was probably my least favorite of the books.0 -
French_Peasant wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!
Laura Ingalls' ma made a pie out of green pumpkin. Pa thought it was apple *nods*
I remember that! It was in The Long Winter, wasn't it? I believe there is a lot of pie referenced in Farmer Boy too. And I was thinking of the washtub full of honey that Pa got from the bee tree in Big Woods, where he tells Ma to take the bucket of honey, and she is so disappointed, till she realized he was joking and had every vessel in the back of the wagon overflowing with honey.
That Pa, such a joker! I remember the pig cracklings and Ma's dress with strawberries in it and her getting cinched into it, but but the honey.
Farmer Boy was probably my least favorite of the books.
Aw man, that was my favorite! With the colt, Starlight, and the baby oxen he trains...and that rascal, Eliza Jane--always so mean! I also loved to hate on that damn Nellie Olsen!
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Duck_Puddle wrote: »Duck_Puddle wrote: »MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
I have one from my grandma!
Me too! According to my grandmother, fats of all types (lard, butter, shortening, oils, etc) were all rationed in the Great Depression so saving and reusing fat is what became common practice (if it wasn’t already). I don’t know if that’s true or if that’s part of the collection of stories like walking in the snow, uphill both ways to school every day.
That is quite true. Now the walking uphill, in snow, with bare feet was pushing it since she lived in the flatlands of Nebraska.
Mine too! And it was my father who fed us that line (although grandma supported his tall tales). They lived across the street from the school house. I think he must have meant the road camber?
Quite sad that I had to look up the word camber. Maybe he did. My grandmother probably was just pulling my leg like she always did when I was being lazy. She always did that when she was trying to teach me a lesson about hard work.0 -
suziecue25 wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
<video snipped, for length>
Well, to be fair, the actual pioneers were mostly competent. (Lots died anyway.)
And brave.
Well one thing's for sure the actual pioneers didn't eat Mac & Cheese
Actually, they did...
Recipe's for macaroni and cheese, which was purportedly first encountered by Thomas Jefferson, started showing up in cookbooks in the early 1800s. By the 1880s it was showing up in cookbooks as far west as Kansas and Missouri...so it obviously traveled west with the pioneers.
ETA: I see you found this information.4 -
I usually make the Joy of Cooking Mac and Cheese, but not often, because it is indeed calorie dense and I can eat a LOT of it. It's similar to what Mom made, but I was a lot more active back then.
Next time I'm in the mood and have the calories I will try https://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/fancy-macaroni/1 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »
OMG so much fat and calories in that recipe (bacon grease, butter, lots of cheese, etc.)
Not in my house! 15 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »
OMG so much fat and calories in that recipe (bacon grease, butter, lots of cheese, etc.) Not in my house!
Why not? Sounds delicious for every once in a while.11 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »
OMG so much fat and calories in that recipe (bacon grease, butter, lots of cheese, etc.) Not in my house!
Why not? Sounds delicious for every once in a while.
That's what I was thinking. My wife made this after a day on the slopes skiing a few weeks ago...it hit the spot, and we had plenty of calories available to us after being on the mountain all day.5 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »Did anyone see this show on PBS? This was a fun experiment to watch and eye-opening. PBS and the real struggles of pioneers reenacted.
https://youtu.be/4m7ovkbu7cw
I watched a few of the _____ House shows, including that one.
Colonial House was perhaps even more ridiculous: https://www.thirteen.org/wnet/colonialhouse/index.html. Oprah showed up. https://www.oprah.com/relationships/oprah-goes-colonial/all
I have this weird desire to participate in such an experiment (without being on TV, though), and to get into it as much as possible, and so it bugged me that so many of the people seemed not willing to really try to enter into a non 20th/21st century mindset.6 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »
OMG so much fat and calories in that recipe (bacon grease, butter, lots of cheese, etc.) Not in my house!
Why not? Sounds delicious for every once in a while.
When you take into consideration the recipe is for 12 servings the calories per person are knocked back quite a lot. I'd cook it and make it fit in occasionally.5 -
If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though 5
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French_Peasant wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!
Laura Ingalls' ma made a pie out of green pumpkin. Pa thought it was apple *nods*
I remember that! It was in The Long Winter, wasn't it? I believe there is a lot of pie referenced in Farmer Boy too. And I was thinking of the washtub full of honey that Pa got from the bee tree in Big Woods, where he tells Ma to take the bucket of honey, and she is so disappointed, till she realized he was joking and had every vessel in the back of the wagon overflowing with honey.
I reread the books some years ago, and hadn't remembered how much they are always worrying about food, though.
This is fun: http://littlehouseontheprairie.com/little-house-on-the-prairie-recipe-index/3 -
If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
A fun show for historical cooking/eating (although lots of joking around) is Supersizers Go and Supersizers Eat.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tzUrtJAZcc 0 -
L1zardQueen wrote: »
OMG so much fat and calories in that recipe (bacon grease, butter, lots of cheese, etc.) Not in my house!
Well, fortunately, there's no law that says you need to eat all 12 servings at once.8 -
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
We have one. In fact, we have a fairly new one since the old one got banged up. Bacon grease and duck fat are must-haves IMO.1 -
If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Oh, I love that channel!2 -
collectingblues wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »
OMG so much fat and calories in that recipe (bacon grease, butter, lots of cheese, etc.) Not in my house!
Well, fortunately, there's no law that says you need to eat all 12 servings at once.
I believe there is.8 -
GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Oh, I love that channel!
I have to admit I rolled my eyes when my husband first started watching it (he watches some oddball stuff) but I've grown to like it.3 -
If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Dude! I literally live an hour away from his store, and my whole family has an 1812 era outfit from Townsend’s because for a few years we volunteered at a festival requiring period dress. I love this channel!9 -
French_Peasant wrote: »If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Dude! I literally live an hour away from his store, and my whole family has an 1812 era outfit from Townsend’s because for a few years we volunteered at a festival requiring period dress. I love this channel!
Really? That's awesome! My husband so wants to visit his store. 2 -
French_Peasant wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »L1zardQueen wrote: »I bet they had pie.
Heck yeah! Sugar cream pie, with a lard or butter crust and ALL the sugar!
Laura Ingalls' ma made a pie out of green pumpkin. Pa thought it was apple *nods*
I remember that! It was in The Long Winter, wasn't it? I believe there is a lot of pie referenced in Farmer Boy too. And I was thinking of the washtub full of honey that Pa got from the bee tree in Big Woods, where he tells Ma to take the bucket of honey, and she is so disappointed, till she realized he was joking and had every vessel in the back of the wagon overflowing with honey.
I reread the books some years ago, and hadn't remembered how much they are always worrying about food, though.
This is fun: http://littlehouseontheprairie.com/little-house-on-the-prairie-recipe-index/
This is great! I have a printed recipe book that I borrowed from a friend and really need to return...maybe I can do that now that I have this!1 -
French_Peasant wrote: »If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Dude! I literally live an hour away from his store, and my whole family has an 1812 era outfit from Townsend’s because for a few years we volunteered at a festival requiring period dress. I love this channel!
Really? That's awesome! My husband so wants to visit his store.
Does he reenact? There are some big events in this area, like Feast of the Hunters Moon near Purdue University, Battle of Missinnewa, etc. The store is pretty small but completely legit with all the old timey stuff. You feel like you are in a time warp.3 -
French_Peasant wrote: »If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Dude! I literally live an hour away from his store, and my whole family has an 1812 era outfit from Townsend’s because for a few years we volunteered at a festival requiring period dress. I love this channel!
Really? That's awesome! My husband so wants to visit his store.
😂1 -
French_Peasant wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Dude! I literally live an hour away from his store, and my whole family has an 1812 era outfit from Townsend’s because for a few years we volunteered at a festival requiring period dress. I love this channel!
Really? That's awesome! My husband so wants to visit his store.
Does he reenact? There are some big events in this area, like Feast of the Hunters Moon near Purdue University, Battle of Missinnewa, etc. The store is pretty small but completely legit with all the old timey stuff. You feel like you are in a time warp.
https://youtu.be/-w0WPkB3XJ4 6 -
French_Peasant wrote: »French_Peasant wrote: »If you want to see someone who really gets into it, with a focus on food, check out https://www.youtube.com/user/jastownsendandson for colonial cooking. Think super geek, Colonial America style. My husband watches his channel all the time. It's a bit earlier than the pioneers, but pretty interesting! I draw the line at using a bunch of twigs as a whisk, though
Dude! I literally live an hour away from his store, and my whole family has an 1812 era outfit from Townsend’s because for a few years we volunteered at a festival requiring period dress. I love this channel!
Really? That's awesome! My husband so wants to visit his store.
Does he reenact? There are some big events in this area, like Feast of the Hunters Moon near Purdue University, Battle of Missinnewa, etc. The store is pretty small but completely legit with all the old timey stuff. You feel like you are in a time warp.
No, he's not into any kind of reenacting. He's just the type that is always learning and finds lots of different things fascinating
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MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
Forgive me for asking what's probably a dumb question, but I often hear about people saving & reusing cooking grease... is this with or without refrigeration?3 -
MonkeyMel21 wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »Chef_Barbell wrote: »collectingblues wrote: »cmriverside wrote: »Ohhh....so many good little recipes when you type in lard macaroni and cheese.
https://centslessdeals.com/macaroni-cheese-secret-ingredient/
Now I want some. With bacon. Maybe a side of hot dog.
I'm 140 pounds, 5'7".
Is that okay to eat???????
You know what’s awesome? When you sautée the bacon first, and use the rendered fat for the roux for the cheese sauce.
I've done this.... sooo good!!!
I tried it on a whim the night I realized I was out of butter, but already had the other ingredients ready to go with no backup meal plan. I figured it couldn't do any harm, since fat is fat, and OMG it was fantastic.
I admit to using rendered bacon fat for just about anything that calls for butter...much more flavor.
I keep a jar of bacon fat next to the stove at all times. We use it very often.
Here's a li'l ol' lady reminiscence for you young'uns:
Loooong before the "obesity crisis", when I was a child (1950s), it was pretty standard for kitchen cannister sets - y'know, the ones that say "flour" "sugar" "salt" etc., on them, for storing staples - to include a cannister that said "grease". It would normally have a strainer inner lid. The idea was that you'd pour your rendered meat-fat into it through the strainer to strain out the chunky stuff, then you'd have a nice supply of cooking-grease right handy to use in other cooking.
Like I said, standard/common thing.
You can still buy individual jars/cannisters like this.
Forgive me for asking what's probably a dumb question, but I often hear about people saving & reusing cooking grease... is this with or without refrigeration?
Bacon grease is usually stored at room temp. Something that some people don't know is that salted butter can be stored at room temp as well if you go through it in about a week.
Edited to add: salted
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