Harvests and Homesteads on the Prairies

“It always amazes me to see what these cowboy cooks can create from the simple staples hauled from cow camp to cow camp in the back of a chuckwagon. With a barrel of flour and a little lard, some apples or CPR strawberries (a.k.a. prunes), they even bake sweet turnovers (or fried pies, as the cowboys call them), puddings, and doughnuts.” Beef & Berries on the Prairies by Cinda Chavich, Canada’s History.

Learn about how settlers of the Prairie regions lived and ate at the turn of the twentieth century with the following historic places and check out Canada’s History’s article, Beef & Berries on the Prairies. 

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Fort Vermilion, Alberta to Minnedosa, Manitoba

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