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Hasty Pudding {Little House Recipe}

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While reading the Little House books, we decided to try making our own hasty pudding and seeing what it tasted like.

While reading the Little House books, Laura explains in detail many of the meals her family ate. So, we decided we would try some of these recipes as part of our Little House study. I purchased The Little House Cookbook, but you can find some of the recipes on the internet, if you wish to google for them. Today, we tried Hasty Pudding.

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While reading the Little House books, we decided to try making our own hasty pudding and seeing what it tasted like.

I didn’t think our boys would really like this as one doesn’t like corn and neither of them are too keen on hot porridge type foods. But, to my surprise they both loved this and asked for more. I served it warm, drizzled with maple syrup and a little butter. Maybe this is going to be a keeper recipe, a good way to  start a cold winter’s morning.

This is a very simple recipe, just follow the instructions on the back of the polenta packet on how to make the polenta and serve drizzled with maple syrup and butter. 

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While reading the Little House books, we decided to try making our own hasty pudding and seeing what it tasted like.

Hasty Pudding

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While reading the Little House books, Laura explains in detail many of the meals her family ate. One of those meals was Hasty Pudding.
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Ingredients
 

  • 1/2 cup cornmeal (or polenta)
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • maple syrup
  • butter
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Instructions
 

  • Place the water in a large saucepan and slowly bring to the boil over medium heat.
  • Once boiling, add the salt to the water and mix through.
  • Slowly add the cornmeal (polenta) while mixing. Take this slow as it can go lumpy if you go add it too fast.
  • Once all the cornmeal (polenta) has been added, turn the heat down low and cook for about 15 minutes, stirring every few minutes.
  • It is done when it looks like cooked oatmeal.
  • Once cooked, serve warm in bowls drizzled with maple syrup and a small dab of butter.

Notes

If you read the back of the polenta packet, it tells you how to cook the polenta. If you follow these directions, then serve with a little maple syrup and butter, you will be fine.

Nutritional information is an estimate and provided as a courtesy. The values may vary according to the ingredients and tools that are used. Please use your preferred nutritional calculator for more detailed information.

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If you have any leftover polenta, place it into a small loaf pan to mould it and refrigerate. The next day slice in 1/2″ thick slices and fry in a little oil. Serve with a little cinnamon and sugar. This is called Fried Cornmeal Mush in the Little House Cookbook.

Category: RecipesTag: Activities, Breakfast, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Literature, Unit Studies

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  1. Terry

    March 30, 2022 at 10:09 am

    5 stars
    I forgot how much we all used to like this meal. Its funny how you can have a favorite food or recipe and then stop making it. Thanks for the reminder. I’ll be making this again soon.

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