Anne of Green Gables

Tomorrow night is book club - hosted by me! I'm a little nervous, but hopefully it will go well. I chose the book Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery. My friend, Megan actually suggested the book to me. I had never read it before (or seen the movie!). Apparently it is quite a popular book for young girls... I guess I never was in the "in" crowd though!

Hosting book club basically means that I have to lead the discussion and serve treats afterwards. So I've been doing some research. And I discovered that Anne of Green Gables was first published in 1908 - that's right! It's the 100th year! How lucky of me to choose this book at this time!

I thought it would be fun for the treats to see if I could find some recipes for some of the food talked about in the book. And can you believe it? There is an Anne of Green Gables Cookbook. It was written by home economist and food stylist, Kate McDonald. Kate is also L.M.M's granddaughter!
It has quite a few recipes in it, and is an adorable cookbook. It is meant for younger cooks, or maybe even very inexperienced cooks so everything is pretty basic. It has quotes from the Anne books which really helped me decide what to make!

See if you can guess which things I'm going to make from these quotes:

"You'll put down the old brown tea set. But you can open the little yellow crock of cherry preserves. It' time it was being used anyhow - I believe it's beginning to work. And you can cut some fruit-cake and have some of the cookies and snaps." ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, XVI

Of course, I'm making the Maritime Gingersnaps.
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"But it isn't good manners to tell your company what you are going to give them to eat, so I won't tell you what she said we could have to drink. Only that it begins with an r and a c and it's a bright red color. I love bright red drinks, don't you? They taste twice as good as any other color." ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, XVI

And, naturally this is Diana Barry's Favourite Raspberry Cordial (you'll be relieved to know that there will be no mix-ups with it!).
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"Everything went right until I saw Marilla coming with the plum pudding in one hand the the pitcher of pudding sauce, warmed up, in the other. Diana, that was a terrible moment. I remembered everything and I just stood up in my place and shrieked out, 'Marilla, you mustn't use that pudding sauce. There was a mouse drowned in it. I forgot to tell you before.' Oh, Diana, I shall never forget that awful moment if I live to be a hundred." ANNE OF GREEN GABLES, XVI

And what kind of book club would it be without Marilla's Plum Pudding with Caramel Pudding Sauce (without the mouse of course!)?
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Just reading these quotes gives me the giggles. I loved the book, and I am so excited for tomorrow!