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Bestemama & Bestepapa’s Poached Fish with Hollandaise & Boiled New Potatoes
Boy · Dahl

Bestemama & Bestepapa’s Poached Fish with Hollandaise & Boiled New Potatoes

September 19, 2015June 2, 2025 JenneLeave a comment

Author: Dahl, Roald
Book: Boy: Tales of Childhood
Difficulty rating: Anna Karenina
Deliciousness rating: You Pierce My Soul

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Marilla’s Blue Plum Preserve of Avonlea
Anne Series · Montgomery

Marilla’s Blue Plum Preserve of Avonlea

September 17, 2015June 2, 2025 Miko1 Comment

Author: Montgomery, L.M.
Book: Anne of Green Gables, Anne’s House of Dreams
Difficulty rating: Little Women
Deliciousness rating: Tolerable

Recipe & Notes …

Mary’s Cherry Dumplings
Boxcar Children · Warner

Mary’s Cherry Dumplings

August 18, 2015June 2, 2025 MikoLeave a comment

Author: Warner, Gertrude Chandler
Book: The Boxcar Children
Difficulty rating: Little Women
Deliciousness rating: Tolerable

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Marilla’s Plum Preserve
Anne Series · Montgomery

Marilla’s Plum Preserve

August 3, 2015February 23, 2018 MikoLeave a comment

Author: Montgomery, L.M.
Book: Anne of Green Gables, Anne’s House of Dreams
Difficulty rating: Little Women
Deliciousness rating: TBD

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Beanbender’s Baked Potatoes & Sausages with Beer
Pinkwater · Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death

Beanbender’s Baked Potatoes & Sausages with Beer

May 24, 2015June 2, 2025 Jenne6 Comments

Author: Pinkwater, Daniel
Book: The Snarkout Boys and the Avocado of Death
Difficulty rating: Matilda
Deliciousness rating: You Pierce My Soul

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Bruce Bogtrotter’s Chocolate Cake
Dahl · Matilda

Bruce Bogtrotter’s Chocolate Cake

May 2, 2015June 2, 2025 Miko4 Comments

Author: Dahl, Roald
Book: Matilda
Difficulty rating: Anna Karenina
Deliciousness rating: Ardent Admiration

Recipe & Notes …

Meg’s Blancmange
Alcott · Little Women

Meg’s Blancmange

April 1, 2015June 2, 2025 Miko5 Comments

Author: Alcott, Louisa
Book: Little Women
Difficulty rating: Traditional recipe: Little Women; Modern recipe: Pride and Prejudice
Deliciousness rating: Traditional recipe: Tolerable; Modern recipe: Tolerable

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Miss Ellen Pringle’s Pound Cake
Anne Series · Montgomery

Miss Ellen Pringle’s Pound Cake

March 22, 2015June 2, 2025 Miko13 Comments

Author: Montgomery, L.M.
Book: Anne of Windy Poplars
Difficulty rating: Anna Karenina
Deliciousness rating: Ardent Admiration

Recipe & Notes …

Abby’s Simple Summer Meal
Blume · Summer Sisters

Abby’s Simple Summer Meal

March 1, 2015June 2, 2025 MikoLeave a comment

Author: Blume, Judy
Book: Summer Sisters
Difficulty rating: Little Women
Deliciousness rating: Disagreeable

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Caitlin & Vix’s Spaghetti with Green Stuff
Blume · Summer Sisters

Caitlin & Vix’s Spaghetti with Green Stuff

February 28, 2015June 2, 2025 Miko2 Comments

Author: Judy Blume
Book: Summer Sisters
Difficulty rating: Matilda
Deliciousness rating: Ardent Admiration

Recipe & Notes …

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The 36 Eggs Project

When we were kids, we always wondered what that pound cake in Anne of Windy Poplars tasted like. A recipe that called for 36 eggs! We were dying to know. Not to mention Doc Spencer's meat pie, Bruce Bogtrotter's chocolate cake, Mr. Tumnus's tea, Heidi's grandfather's bread with cheese.... We spent our childhoods a teeny bit sad that we'd never get to try these fictitious dishes.

And then we grew up and became librarians, and suddenly, everything was possible.

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Difficulty Levels & Deliciousness Ratings

Difficulty Levels
We have chosen well-known book titles to represent the levels of difficulty for making our dishes:
1. Green Eggs and Ham: Very Easy
You could do this without any extra tools, and it doesn’t require heating of any kind.
2. Matilda: Easy
There is a chemical process involved, but just about anyone can do it. You should be able to make this in a basic dorm kitchen.
3. Little Women: Medium
Basic cooking experience is required, but it’s doable with instructions. You may need equipment that’s not in the basic kitchen set.
4. Pride and Prejudice: Hard
You will need a tool or two that’s not available in a standard kitchen. The recipe takes sustained attention or manual dexterity, or requires cooking instincts that come with varied cooking experience.
5. Anna Karenina: Very Hard
It takes a really long time, maybe multiple days. The recipe requires sustained attention and specialized equipment. You may need to consult various experts. Cooking the dish becomes a project that takes strategic planning.
6. Ulysses: Pretty Much Impossible
You can probably only manage this dish if it’s a family recipe you’ve been making every day with your grandmother since age 4, or you are a professional chef.

Deliciousness Ratings
We have decided on a Jane Austen-based rating scale for deliciousness:
1. Misery of the Acutest Kind: Absolutely inedible. We couldn’t even finish a bite.
2. Odious: We hated it.
3. Disagreeable: We did not like it.
4. Tolerable: It was okay.
5. Handsome Enough to Tempt Me: We liked it.
6. Ardent Admiration: We loved it.
7. You Pierce My Soul: True love. It was magical. A once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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