A sheep shearer’s war effort, and My Mother’s Cookbook’s lobster roll. This blog is 3rd in the series Atlantic Canadian Women of the Cloth – Homebased textile production. Happy to reshare this blog from 2024, about one woman’s war effort, and a recipe for lobster roll too. I have difficulty believing people order lobster inContinue reading “War, lobster and Lottie”
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War, lobster and Lottie
A sheep shearer’s war effort, and My Mother’s Cookbook’s lobster roll. This blog is 3rd in the series Atlantic Canadian Women of the Cloth – Homebased textile production. I have difficulty believing people order lobster in the shell in high end restaurants. It’s not that I don’t see lobster as luxury food, or that IContinue reading “War, lobster and Lottie”
Spindles, Spinning Wheels, and Potato Farls.
Atlantic Canadian Women of the cloth – 19th century and beyond – part 1 The running joke in our family was that it was breakfast, not the alarm clock that drove my Dad from bed in the morning. Dad loved breakfast, but his favourites were full on hot meals with loads of protein, quite oftenContinue reading “Spindles, Spinning Wheels, and Potato Farls.”
Homespun and Mrs. Campbell.
Atlantic Canadian Women of the Cloth 19th century and beyond…Homebased textiles And Fanny’s Frugal Food Hack – Planned leftovers: Mashed Potato Pancakes. I consider myself a cook, not a crafter. Oh, I know the basics of knitting and crocheting, I have successfully made a few garments from scratch, but they were one ofs. Despite myContinue reading “Homespun and Mrs. Campbell.”
My Mother's Cookbooks 