Cooking with Anne of Green Gables
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Living in a pastoral world, Anne would have dined fairly modestly, butshe always tried to make the occasion special. Extraordinary results can be achieved by presenting the meal elegantly, to show your guests how much you care for them.
*Cooking in the early 1900's
*Turn-of-the-Century Etiquitte
*Planning and Authentic Anne of Green Gables Meal
*Popular Games
Kevin Sullivan
Captain Kevin 'Sully' Sullivan has made flying his passion and his life for the past 40 years. He graduated in 1977 from the University of Colorado with a Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering and earned his FAA Private Pilot Licence there before pursuing a career in the United States Navy. Designated a Naval Aviator in 1978, he was transferred to Naval Air Station Miramar (Fightertown) to fly the F-14 Tomcat in 1980. He was deployed to the Indian Ocean onboard USS America and USS Enterprise while assigned to Fighter Squadron 114 (VF-114 Fighting Aardvarks), and was chosen to attend the Navy Fighter Weapons School (TOP GUN). In 1983 he was selected as the first US Navy Exchange Pilot to the Royal Australian Air Force, in the role of a Fighter Combat Instructor flying the Mirage 3. He joined QANTAS Airways in 1986 and flew the Boeing 747 and 767 before transitioning to the Airbus A330 in 2004. As Captain of Qantas Flight 72 (QF72) between Singapore and Perth, WA, on 7 October 2008, he narrowly averted a horrific air disaster when a fault in the plane's automation caused the plane to suddenly nosedive, not once but twice. He was medically retired in 2016.
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Cooking with Anne of Green Gables - Kevin Sullivan
Introduction
At the beginning of the 1900s when Anne would have lived, a woman’s place was in the home and she was expected to find satisfaction in running a well-ordered household. Her typical day would have included cooking, cleaning, laundry, child care, tending the sick, splitting the kindling, banking the fires and hopefully some time left for reading, sewing, visiting and resting. While headstrong Anne Shirley certainly doesn’t fit the mold of your typical woman there is no doubt that she would have been a skilled cook, if not out of love than out of necessity. It was obvious that Anne really did enjoy the experience of creating a special dish. Just remember how excited she was when she finally had the chance to act as hostess when she invited Diana to tea. While the results were less than perfect, it was an experience that she never forgot. And that is really what cooking is about. Beside the obvious purpose of providing nourishment, each recipe is a story waiting to be told. Stories that were written long ago and passed on from mother to daughter. Through creating these recipes we take a step back in time and are able to smell, taste and feel what it must have been like to cook in Prince Edward Island at the turn-of-the-century, how it must have been to cook like Anne of Green Gables
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[Sullivan rehearsing on set with Megan Follows]
Cooking in the Early 1900’s
Before you begin trying the recipes inspired by Anne, you first need to appreciate what it must have been like cooking in Prince Edward Island in the early 1900s. Only the rich could afford iceboxes or running water so most households such as the Cuthbert’s would store their butter and cream either in a dugout in the kitchen floor, the icehouse or down in the well and they did their dishes using the backyard pump. Farm families worked from dawn to dark, raising cows and chickens, growing their fruits and vegetables, churning butter and baking bread. They went to town by horse and buggy on Saturday to buy oatmeal, sugar, molasses, beans and prunes, maybe some candy for the kids and bolt of cloth for a new dress. They often lived miles from their nearest neighbors, so visitors were always welcomed and offered something to eat. The first thing said was, Will you stay for supper?
There was always an extra place available at the table and nothing was wasted. Soup was made from the bone and then the marrow of the bone was eaten. Mass-produced goods like ketchup, tea, cheese and meats were just beginning to become available with the introduction of the first refrigerator rail cars.
[The White Sands Hotel from 'Road to Avonlea']
[Sarah Polley and Jackie Burroughs serve tea in 'Road to Avonlea']
Most cooks however depended strictly on their regional ingredients. In the coastal province of P.E.I this meant an abundance of seafood and potatoes concocted in an unending number of inventive ways.
Cooking truly underscored every social occasion. Tarts, scones, and small cakes were prepared when the Ladies Aid met or the preacher came. Muffins, raisin cookies and hefty spice cakes were carried to the men in the field. Food was brought to schoolhouse dances and all kinds of bees
from sewing to barn-raising and to shivarees at the homes of newlyweds. Box socials involved woman packed fancy lunches in decorated boxes to be auctioned off to the highest bidder (thus igniting many a romance). In cities the rich often dined in extravagant style. 14 course banquets that began with oysters, progressed through fish and meat dishes and ended with three desserts plus liqueurs.
Living on a farm, Anne would have dined fairly modestly, but she always tried to make the occasion special. The easiest way to do that is to present the meal elegantly to show your guests the care you went to for them. The following are recommendations from the time that Anne lived, on how a hostess should set her table and behave.
TABLE SETTING
An attractive display of the food makes it even more appetizing. It denotes that this dining occasion is special and encourages children to behave respectfully. Aside from esthetics though, the primary goal of table setting should be for the convenience and comfort of the dining guests. Therefore the following rules are merely guides and should not be followed slavishly.
TABLE LINENS
Should be chosen to harmonize with the room and furniture. All linens must be immaculate. The tablecloth should have a skirt of at least 12 inches. Allow 24 inches across of space for each setting. Place mats should be at least 12x8 inches and napkins should be 18 inches square. Place mats should be in line with the table and directly across from one another unless there is an odd number of guests. If using Victorian lace napkins, it is practical to couple them with linen napkins. The napkin is placed to the left of the fork for an informal dinner or on the plate for a formal dinner.
DINNERWARE
There are four principle types of dinnerware: bone china, semi-porcelain, porcelain or earthenware. Bone china is the finest of them all and should be accompanied with dainty silverware and fine crystal to create an overall harmonious look. Porcelain and earthenware are porous and must be minded for stains or discoloration. They also tend to be heavier than china. Plates should be placed one inch from the edge of the table. The butter plate is placed in the top left corner of each place mat.
SILVERWARE
Set the table with all the pieces that will be needed and no more. Should be placed in a straight line, one inch from the