Aunt Thale’s Lemonade Syrup
Aunt Thale's Lemonade Syrup is famous in my family. Examining the recipe and procedure, and realizing many people have similar recipes [...]
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Grist and Flour Mills in British Columbia
Grist and Flour Mills NOTE: See COVID - 19 updates, May 25, 2020 Grist and flour mills have provided many homely [...]
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Aug, 17
Physalis
Physalis is the genus name for tomatillos, groundcherries and Chinese lanterns. They look alike, but they are not the same. Tomatillos [...]
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Saskatoons – true Western Canada fruit
Saskatoons - true Western Canada fruit Saskatoons are a true Western Canada fruit; they sustained First Nations over millennia and by [...]
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Jul, 17
Strawberries Native to British Columbia
Strawberries Native to BC When I was young, the highlight of our summer was two weeks at the lake in [...]
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Jul, 17
BC Studies book reviews related to food history
In an earlier blog, I wrote about our project to document food related articles in BC historical journals. I annotated the [...]
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Jul, 17
Chinese Market Gardening in BC
Sam, a vegetable vendor in Vancouver (c.1900) B.C. Archives B-03625 While many Canadians happily celebrated Canada 150 on 1 [...]
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Jun, 17
Food on the Go – 1850s Style
The history of food in BC gives a new meaning to “food on the go”. Ship passenger lists published in the British [...]
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Jun, 17
Trading Fort Foods
Ship's Biscuits - Fort Food Trading Fort Foods Lately I’ve been reading a lot of 19th century history of [...]
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Jun, 17
Okanagan History Journal Bibliography
As Gale mentioned in her May 3 Blog, during the past year we have reviewed three BC history journals searching [...]