the prog basket

Exploring our Canadian culinary past through tested and proven 'receipts' (recipes)

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spinage and sparrowgrass
supper dishes
‘such grand desserts’
drinkables
this business of soup making
biscuits, muffins, scones & gems
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Hi, I’m Patricia! Welcome to The Prog Basket.

This is a recipe blog for those of you who love to cook AND enjoy a little bit of Canadiana. The recipes here are the result of over a decade of research into heritage Canadian recipes done by my lovely aunt, Margie Lou Shaver. Got a bit of “butter the size of a walnut”? A “teacupful of flour”? A “pottle of strawberries”? Then let’s begin!

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According to Merriam-Webster, ‘prog’ is a verb meaning ‘to search about especially forage’. And so a prog basket was used in days gone by to gather food from the fields or kitchen garden.

the prog basket