ADVENTURES IN COOKING 5

Introduction

Apvenrures IN COOKING” is the Centennial project of the
Women’s Institutes of British Columbia. We know good food well cooked
will always be an essential need, and it is hoped that the recipes contained
in this book will be tried and enjoyed.

The District Boards gathered the material from the members; the
Provincial Home Economics Convenor, the Superintendent, and the Pro-
vincial Board have compiled the book. The Provincial Convenors of Agri-
culture, Citizenship, Cultural Activities, Home Economics, Publicity, Social
Welfare, United Nations and International Exchange have each written
a history featuring their respective subjects.

The sixteen Women’s Institute Districts are introduced with a brief
history of their earliest settlers and pioneers.

We are celebrating 100 years of life in British Columbia. We hear
and relive our history from 1858 to 1958, in story and pageant, from Dis-
trict to District, all over our vast Province during this Centennial year.
We feel and appreciate our identity as British Columbians and Canadians
as never before.

The homes of the members of the British Columbia Women’s Insti-
tutes overlook all parts of our Province. ‘The membership includes daugh-
ters of the pioneers of 100 years ago, and many who have experienced
pioneering through the years since 1858 and there are native Indian mem-
bers, also members from many lands, who as “New Canadians” bring their
customs and cultures to blend with the old and create new life and interest.
All combine and contribute to the future, “For Home and Country”.

British Columbia starts on the next century with promise of development
of all natural resources, and growth and industry beyond our imagining.

Meanwhile words from a song of an early prospector express the thrill
of adventure in seeking riches, and appreciation of the wilds of those first
days in our beautiful province:

“Oh, give me the gleam of the swift mountain stream,
And the place where no hurricanes blow;

And give me the light of the campfire at night,

And the mountains all covered with snow.

Oh, give me the hills, and the ring of the drills

In the rich silver ore in the ground;

And give me the gulch, where the miner can sluice,
And the bright yellow gold can be found.”

The very best wishes of all our members of B.C. Women’s Institutes
go to our Province in this Centennial Year ,and to all who visit or read of
British Columbia in 1958,

MILDRED I. ROYLANCE,
President, Provincial Board
of B.C. Women’s Institutes.