Margaret “Peggy” Atwood wrote about the foods she ate in her biography, Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts. She ate foods that were grown, caught, cooked/ made or store bought. When Peggy was very young, she ate vegetables and fruit that were grown or sourced by her parents.

Peggy ate what her parents grew or foraged from the land

Carl Atwood and Margaret Killam grew lettuce, radish, green onion, baby carrots, beet, beet greens, Swiss chard, spinach, pea, beans, scarlet runner beans, wild blueberries, strawberries.

What fishes did Peggy eat?

Peggy’s mom and dad fished in the lake for pickerel, pike, bass and perch.

What are the confectionery that Peggy’s mom baked or made?

Peggy’s mother cooked and made bread, pies, puddings, and cookies.

Other sweet tasting foods that Peggy’s mom made for the children are pancakes, cereal porridge, doughnut & etc.

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What are the store bought foods that Peggy ate?

Peggy’s parents bought these foods from the store: Tomato, potato, eggs, dreid eggs, Carnation milk, canned peas, pea soup, Spam (meat), corned beef from Argentina, cheese, macaroni and cheese, Klim milk powder.

What foods did Peggy grow and eat as an adult?

When Peggy was an adult, she earned her own money and bought a farm, which she shared with Graeme Gibson, her partner. Together, they planted these vegetables: onion, radish, spinach, Swiss chard, beets, lettuce cabbage, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, carrot, squash, ucchini, summer squash cucumber, corn, asparagus, strawberries, currants, red currant, white currant, gooseberries, rhubarb, tomatoes, peppers, peas, snow peas, sweet peas.

Infographics of foods Margaret “Peggy” Atwood ate

VEGETABLES & FRUIT – lettuce, radish, green onion, baby carrots, beet, beet greens, Swiss chard, spinach, pea, beans, scarlet runner beans, wild blueberries, strawberries,

FISH – pickerel, pike, bass and perch.

COOKED FOODS – bread, pies, puddings, cookies, pancakes, cereal porridge & etc

FOOD BOUGHT FROM STORE – Tomato, potato, eggs, dreid eggs, Carnation milk, canned peas, pea soup, Spam (meat), corned beef from Argentina, cheese, macaroni and cheese, Klim milk powder.

RECIPES PEGGY USED WHEN SHE WAS A STUDENT – meatballs with rice inside, tomato soup, noodles, cheese casserole.

VEGETABLES GROWN ON HER OWN FARM – onion, radish, spinach, Swiss chard, beets, lettuce cabbage, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, carrot, squash, ucchini, summer squash cucumber, corn, asparagus, strawberries, currants, red currant, white currant, gooseberries, rhubarb, tomatoes, peppers, peas, snow peas, sweet peas.

Here’s the main book review, with many sub-topics linked.

Book Of Lives: A Memoir Of Sorts by Margaret Atwood.

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