Chapter 1

salty water used to preserve or pickle food

The hams and the shoulders were put to pickle in brine...

an underground room

pioneers used them to store fruit and vegetables - also called root cellar

Now the potatoes and carrots, the beets and turnips and cabbage were gathered and stored in the cellar...

small pieces of hickory wood used for smoking food

the photo shows hickory trees

"Run over to the chopping block and fetch me some of those green hickory chips..."

a flexible device that allows a door or window to open and close

in pioneer times, made of leather

On the piece that he cut out, he fastened leather hinges.

a low bed that can be slid beneath a higher bed for storage

Laura lay awake in the trundle bed.

deer meat

That day Pa and Ma and Laura and Mary had fresh venison for dinner.