Sherry Monahan

Raleigh

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Articles

Wild Turkey, and Not the Drinkin' Kind

Dec 16, 2024 | l8r.it | Sherry Monahan

A mention of wild turkey often takes one’s thoughts to a bottle of whiskey, but not this time. This is all about the actual bird itself and the pioneers’ experiences with it. Most people had good experiences with the wild bird, but some did not. Jack and Jim were two English gentlemen who lived in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1872. The gents were working on Sheppard’s Island, when Jack saw a large black bird flying overhead. He exclaimed, “’Ello.
A Floating Feast

Aug 12, 2024 | l8r.it | Sherry Monahan

The Mississippi River steamboat lines feted passengers with gourmet menus while ferrying them up and down the great riverway. Dining options on the frontier included all the usual places like restaurants, hotels, around a campfire and other traditional locales. However, dining on moving transportation like riverboats was a different experience. Before the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, people traversed the rivers and waterways to head west and visit various locations.
A Floating Feast

Aug 12, 2024 | truewestmagazine.com | Sherry Monahan

The Mississippi River steamboat lines feted passengers with gourmet menus while ferrying them up and down the great riverway. Dining options on the frontier included all the usual places like restaurants, hotels, around a campfire and other traditional locales. However, dining on moving transportation like riverboats was a different experience. Before the transcontinental railroad was completed in 1869, people traversed the rivers and waterways to head west and visit various locations.
Flagship Fare

Jun 11, 2024 | truewestmagazine.com | Sherry Monahan

The Super Chief was the flagship train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and was built by the Budd Company in late 1936. It made a round trip once a week between Chicago and Los Angeles that took almost 40 hours. The train’s eight cars included a baggage car, a dining car called the Cochiti, a lounge car known as the Acoma and sleeping cars known as the Orabi, Taos, Laguna, Isleta and Navajo. The Super Chief was the first diesel-electric powered cross-country passenger train in America.
Flagship Fare

Jun 11, 2024 | l8r.it | Sherry Monahan

The Super Chief was the flagship train of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway and was built by the Budd Company in late 1936. It made a round trip once a week between Chicago and Los Angeles that took almost 40 hours. The train’s eight cars included a baggage car, a dining car called the Cochiti, a lounge car known as the Acoma and sleeping cars known as the Orabi, Taos, Laguna, Isleta and Navajo. The Super Chief was the first diesel-electric powered cross-country passenger train in America.
Missouri Barbecue

Feb 21, 2024 | l8r.it | Sherry Monahan

The word “barbecue” in frontier Missouri was used to describe how meat is cooked and not a food category. In 1899 The Miller County Autogram reported, “To barbecue meat is to roast it whole, generally in the open air.” As late as 1947 a Missouri cookbook noted the definition of barbecue was “to cook on a grill or spit over open coals.” Keep in mind that broiling was also used when grilling meat over hot coals in the mid- to late-1800s, but normally indoors.
Missouri Barbecue

Feb 21, 2024 | truewestmagazine.com | Sherry Monahan

The word “barbecue” in frontier Missouri was used to describe how meat is cooked and not a food category. In 1899 The Miller County Autogram reported, “To barbecue meat is to roast it whole, generally in the open air.” As late as 1947 a Missouri cookbook noted the definition of barbecue was “to cook on a grill or spit over open coals.” Keep in mind that broiling was also used when grilling meat over hot coals in the mid- to late-1800s, but normally indoors.
Wyoming Cowboy Cuisine

Oct 29, 2023 | l8r.it | Sherry Monahan

Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State, and cattle ranches dotted its landscape. Where there were cows, there were cowboys. They had their own language and culture, and their influence can still be seen all over Wyoming with rodeos, annual events and their food. Cowboys’ diets often included beef, biscuits, beans, coffee, and occasionally, a little something sweet.
Wyoming Cowboy Cuisine

Oct 29, 2023 | truewestmagazine.com | Sherry Monahan

Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State, and cattle ranches dotted its landscape. Where there were cows, there were cowboys. They had their own language and culture, and their influence can still be seen all over Wyoming with rodeos, annual events and their food. Cowboys’ diets often included beef, biscuits, beans, coffee, and occasionally, a little something sweet.
Jolly Times In Iowa

Sep 22, 2023 | truewestmagazine.com | Sherry Monahan

A Hawkeye State minister and a basement entrepreneur changed how the world snacks. Popcorn as we know it may seem like a fairly new concept, but it’s been around since the early 1800s. In fact, a woman named Sarah Bella Dunlop sent a letter to a Missouri newspaper discussing varieties of corn. She advised there was field corn, Indian corn from the Mandan Indians being grown in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and popcorn.