Chilliwack-Abbotsford Dairies
Chilliwack-Abbotsford Dairies The past week in Chilliwack has been a matter of hanging on every word of news about rivers rising, [...]
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Nov, 21
BC Recipes 1979
BC Recipes, 1979 It’s been forty-two years since one of the first recipe books attempting to define BC cuisine was published. [...]
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Nov, 21
War and Postwar Food
War and Post War Food The previous blog looked at Depression recipes, and recipes of the 1930s have similarities to recipes [...]
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Jun, 21
Butter – Early BC staple
Butter – An Early Staple We have had several past blogs about butter and I remain fascinated by it and its [...]
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Jun, 21
Summer Strawberries
Summer Strawberries Before the end of May, the strawberry stands opened along the roads in Chilliwack and now we are well [...]
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Apr, 21
Butchers of Barkerville
Butchers of Barkerville The trail through the Okanagan Valley was a major transportation route during the gold rush years of 1858 [...]
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Mar, 21
Joel Palmer: Pioneer Provisioner in British Columbia
Joel Palmer: Pioneer Provisioner in British Columbia By guest blogger Ken Mather, author of several books on pioneer and ranching history, [...]
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Mar, 21
Bunch Grass and Beef
Bunch Grass and Beef By guest blogger Ken Mather, author of several books on pioneer and ranching history, including Trail North, [...]
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Mar, 21
Beef for the Colony of British Columbia
Beef for the Colony of British Columbia Governor James Douglas of the Colony of British Columbia had a problem, but it [...]
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Jan, 21
Newspaper Recipes 1878
Newspaper Recipes 1878 In an earlier post I shared a recipe for butter making and how to re-store aged butter. https://bcfoodhistory.ca/butter-first-bc-newspaper-recipe/ [...]