. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . me that every Acadian girl that came tliereas a pupil could make pea soup to perfection. These peoplemake great use of buckwheat in their cuisine, in which itappears in the form of cakes and bread and mush and puddings— and in an Acadian settlement it might be the only grain thatyou could obtain for your horse. For the rest, the Acadian farmer to help out his bill of farehas his pigs to kill at Christmas time and lamb and mutton fromhis flock. Sometimes if he be unusually enterprising,
. In fair Aroostook, where Acadia and Scandinavia's subtle touch turned a wilderness into a land of plenty; . me that every Acadian girl that came tliereas a pupil could make pea soup to perfection. These peoplemake great use of buckwheat in their cuisine, in which itappears in the form of cakes and bread and mush and puddings— and in an Acadian settlement it might be the only grain thatyou could obtain for your horse. For the rest, the Acadian farmer to help out his bill of farehas his pigs to kill at Christmas time and lamb and mutton fromhis flock. Sometimes if he be unusually enterprising, or of asporting turn, he will take the trouble to go out to kill a mooseor deer ; or will go with a party up the Fish river in the autumnwith nets and torches to capture white-fish by the barrel to saltdown for winter use. He is all right in any event, for content-ment always goes with the pea soup and plogues ; and with allthe mouths to be filled in this land where the new child comesyearly to the household with the regularity of the seasons, wantis as little known as riches among the happy GRAND — A ST. |(>HN RIVER SCENE 56 IN FAIR AROOSTOOK.
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