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Original title: I Cooked Our Way Out of Poverty｜我靠厨艺带全家脱贫

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01Bought and Brought to the Hart Home02Old Bread Made New03The story continues04Eating Better, Spending Less05Haggling at the Butcher's06Bones and Potatoes Find Another Use07Nora Tests a New Dish and Orders a Warmer08Free Samples of Pork Stock Potato Cakes10An Honest Piece of Pork

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  1. Episode 1 · Bought and Brought to the Hart HomeNora begs a man to buy her, insisting she can work and cook. He hands her over to Eli, who brings her to his family's home, where his mother says she can stay as long as needed. In the kitchen, Nora points out that the dough hasn't risen, then asks for a fishing pole or spear to catch trout.
  2. Episode 2 · Old Bread Made NewNora turns the failed dough into a meal that leaves the Hart family satisfied. Mrs. Hart cries after tasting it, saying they haven't eaten like this since she hurt her leg. Nora then agrees to go into the hills with Eli.
  3. Episode 3 · The story continuesWatch I Cooked Our Way Out of Poverty, episode 3, free online.
  4. Episode 4 · Eating Better, Spending LessNora's dough fails, and she quickly changes the subject. She tallies what they have: eggs from their hens, fish from the river, free greens and crab apples. They are eating better while spending less, so she announces they can afford meat and will go to Maple Creek tomorrow to buy it.
  5. Episode 5 · Haggling at the Butcher'sNora and Eli shop in town for meat. They buy potatoes to eat and pull starch from. She walks away from a twenty-cent cut and bargains for three pounds of pork at seventeen cents a pound, getting the bones thrown in with a promise of return business.
  6. Episode 6 · Bones and Potatoes Find Another UseNora realizes cooking every order on the spot in town would take too long and plans to make food at home to carry in hot. She figures the pork is too expensive to sell cheap, but the bones give her stock and the potatoes yield starch. She tells Eli to eat lunch and decides to ask Mr. Hart to build a reclining chair.
  7. Episode 7 · Nora Tests a New Dish and Orders a WarmerNora brings a bowl of meat to the bedridden Mrs. Hart and warns her not to overeat. She tells Mr. Hart she wants to sell food in Maple Quisk, plans to make a test batch for the family, and asks him to build a large container to keep it warm on the road. He agrees at once.
  8. Episode 8 · Free Samples of Pork Stock Potato CakesNora makes potato cakes that smell richly of meat using only a little pork and stock. She takes them to town, lets passersby smell the aroma, and offers free samples to draw the first customers.
  9. Episode 10 · An Honest Piece of PorkNora keeps selling potato cakes and introduces a six-cent pork roll. She lets customers taste the slow-braised pork first, and its generous portion wins over skeptics. A customer who craved the roll since yesterday arrives early to buy one, along with potato cakes.

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  1. [00:02] Not her. The others.
  2. [00:06] Nora? What's wrong?
  3. [00:14] Sir!
  4. [00:14] No.
  5. [00:15] Buy me out. I can work. I can cook. I'll earn back every cent.
  6. [00:20] You want to come with me?
  7. [00:21] Yes.
  8. [00:27] How much?
  9. [00:35] She's all yours.
  10. [00:37] Come on, Nora. It's time to go.
  11. [00:44] I was faking.
  12. [00:49] Nora Hart.
  13. [00:51] Hart. Same as mine.
  14. [00:56] Eli, this is Nora.
  15. [00:58] She's gonna be staying here for a while.
  16. [01:01] For how long?
  17. [01:02] As long as she needs.
  18. [01:04] I can earn my keep.
  19. [01:06] Eat first.
  20. [01:14] You didn't let the dough rise.
  21. [01:16] It's supposed to get bigger.
  22. [01:20] Yep.
  23. [01:21] More promising than that batch.
  24. [01:23] Wait and see.
  25. [01:24] Do we have a fishing pole?
  26. [01:25] A spear?
  27. [01:26] Anything?
  28. [01:28] Those trout are wild. If she catches one, I'll be impressed.

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9 of 62 planned episodes of I Cooked Our Way Out of Poverty are currently published and ready to stream.

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Genres: Urban stories, Contemporary. In 1885 Minnesota, Nora starts with little more than a hot stove, a few simple ingredients, and a talent for making hum… Available audio and subtitle tracks are listed directly in the episode player.

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