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Shaker recipes: "Sustainable before sustainable was cool"




This week, NPR's Kitchen Window series gives us some insight into the simple, wholesome recipes of the Shaker culture, in which food is carefully used and never wasted. They grew and prepared their own food, which was nutritious and well-rounded, and sat down to meals with often 300 at a table, everyone sharing in the bounty.

Here we get a few recipes adapted from "The Best of Shaker Cooking," including Peas and Potatoes in New Cream, Cream of Asparagus soup, and the 5-ingredient Shaker Lemon Pie. One Shaker chef explains the pie like this: "You've got to watch it, take care of it, pamper it...you can taste the difference."

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Tags: cream of asparagus, CreamOfAsparagus, Kitchen Window, KitchenWindow, lemon pie, LemonPie, NPR, peas and potatoes, PeasAndPotatoes, Shaker, simple, sustainable

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