HELLO THERE

Well, this is a bit of jump into the unknown. I've never done anything like this before but it should be quite interesting.

Last January, during my second term of my first year of university, I ate strictly within the limits of Second World War British rationing. It was surprisingly easy, tasty and enjoyable with only some worries about cheese or butter going off. There were some unforeseen complications (a frozen Woolton Pie which I forgot to defrost and ended up putting in the shower to melt quicker for example) but it was otherwise an eye-opening adventure into the culinary past. Not only that, but it was cheap.

Now, this term, I've decided to try out a new historical diet. And this one will be very different. I'm aiming for 1840s Western Pioneer. But I will be trying out recipes from all over the Old West in the next month before I move on to another historical diet. This one will probably be more expensive being heavier on meat, but I also plan on simulating the long periods of time that mountain men went without such rich food by spending at least one week in the next month subsisting on little else than root vegetables. I will be posting recipes that I have tried out, the sources I got recipes from and possibly describe some background history as we go along

I hope that you find this interesting, at least as much as I do, and if I inspire anyone thats all to the good.

Mumby