"Apples: to Bake Steamboat Style": Recipes for Living on the Frontier
Importance of recipes and health during the Victorian period--civilization reflected in types of food consumed--role of wife in establishing home through kitchen--improvement in transportation leading to shipping of exotic foods (i.e. tamarinds, pineapple)
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In contrast to the coarse and redundant suppers of overland travelers, steamboats brought edible luxuries to isolated mining towns. Goods such as pineapples, tamarinds, and oysters alleviated culinary monotony and diversified the daily diet.