Wagon Wheel Kitchens: Food on the Oregon Trail

by Jacqueline B. Williams

Book Overview

Award of Excellence from the Washington Museum Association

Pioneer temperaments, Jacqueline Williams shows, were greatly influenced by that which was stewable, bakable, broilable, and boilable. Using travelers' diaries, letters, newspaper advertisements, and nineteenth-century cookbooks, Williams re-creates the highs and lows of cooking and eating on the Oregon Trail. She investigates the mundane--biscuits and bacon, mush...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700606106
• ISBN13: 9780700606108
• Release Date: August 1993
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Happy Trials.

Good read for those interested in how their ancestors ate -- especially if it is known one of them was among those who went west using this paticular route. Highly recommended.