The House At Pooh Corner Food Guide
The House At Pooh Corner
Food Guide
A Complete List of Every Food Mentioned in The House At Pooh Corner
The adventures with Pooh and his friends in the Hundred Acre Wood continue, where a very bouncy Tigger joins the fun in The House at Pooh Corner, sparking a search for what Tiggers like best to eat. As we arrive at Pooh Corner, the clock has stopped at “five minutes to eleven some weeks ago,” which means we are just in time for a little smackerel of something…
This complete list of every food mentioned in The House at Pooh Corner will quickly guide you back to the Hundred Acre Wood.
There’s more to explore…
Visit the Winnie-the-Pooh menus & recipes page if you’re looking for themed food menus for your next party, including a Winnie-the-Pooh baby shower and a Hundred Acre Wood picnic. Or explore the food guide for A.A. Milne’s first book, Winnie-the-Pooh.
Favourite Foods of the Hundred Acre Wood
In the Hundred Acre Wood, adventures unfold between meals. Breakfast, lunch, tea, and “a little smackerel of something” shape the day in a world where clocks may stop, but a rumble of the tummy certainly doesn’t!
Honey
When we imagine Winnie-the-Pooh, the very next thing we picture is a pot of honey. In The House at Pooh Corner, honey appears again and again, from Pooh counting his carefully stored pots to offering it at breakfast to Tigger.
When Tigger firmly declares that Tiggers do not like honey (much to Pooh’s quiet relief), the search begins to discover what Tiggers do like.
Haycorns
As Pooh and Tigger set out through the Forest, they begin asking each friend to help Tigger find a breakfast he’ll eat. Piglet is the first to offer his own simple woodland food, haycorns (his name for acorns). Tigger gives them a hopeful try, but after a chew, declares that Tiggers do not like haycorns after all.
Thistles
Next, they visit Eeyore, who offers thistles, his usual and much-preferred meal. Tigger, convinced that thistles must be what Tiggers like best, eagerly takes a bite. But after one large crunch, Tigger quickly discovers that thistles are prickly, sharp, and, as he describes them, “hot.” In a flurry of discomfort, Tigger runs in circles, tongue out, as Pooh realises that thistles, too, need to be crossed off the list.
Condensed Milk
The search continues to Kanga’s,where we’re reminded that condensed milk is a staple in many cupboards in the Hundred Acre Wood, and one we see in other scenes in both The House at Pooh Corner and Winnie-the-Pooh, where it’s enjoyed with bread or by the spoonful. But when we visit Kanga this time, Pooh quietly removes it, suspecting it will not suit Tigger.
Extract of Malt (aka What Tiggers Like Best)
Only when Tigger impulsively samples Roo’s “Strengthening Medicine” — Extract of Malt — do they finally discover what Tiggers like best and th search finally comes to an end.
Food for Forest Adventures
In the Hundred Acre Wood, there are always adventures to be had, from nearly meeting Heffalumps to climbing trees.
Kanga, being the most sensible of them all, knows that small creatures like Roo and Tigger need something to fuel them. On one outing, she sends them off into the Forest with watercress sandwiches for Roo and extract-of-malt sandwiches for Tigger.
Winnie-the-Pooh Food Guide
Complete list of every food mentioned in Winnie-the-Pooh, from honey and condensed milk to birthday cake and expedition provisions.
Gardening in The Hundred Acre Wood
(Of Haycorns and Mastershalums)
In the Hundred Acre Wood, if you plant a honeycomb, will it grow into a beehive?
If you plant a haycorn, what would appear?
Pooh and Piglet ponder such matters, particularly when Christopher Robin gives Pooh a “mastershalum” seed which Piglet timidly suggests might really be called a nasturtium. Whatever their name, Pooh is quite certain that ‘mastershalums’ will soon be growing all over the front door at Pooh Corner.
Fun Fact: Beyond the Hundred Acre Wood, nasturtiums are edible flowers you can grow in your own garden, known for their bright petals and peppery leaves, with seeds that can be pickled like capers.
FAQ: Food in The House at Pooh Corner
What foods are mentioned in The House at Pooh Corner?
In The House at Pooh Corner, the foods of the Hundred Acre Wood reflect each character’s favourite snacks. Pooh’s honey appears throughout, while Piglet offers haycorns (acorns), Eeyore prefers thistles, and Kanga keeps condensed milk and Roo’s “Strengthening Medicine” (Extract of Malt) in her cupboard. Other foods mentioned include watercress sandwiches, extract-of-malt sandwiches, and recurring references to breakfast, lunch, tea, dinner, and “a little smackerel of something.
What does Tigger like to eat in The House at Pooh Corner?
Extract of Malt (Roo’s strengthening medicine), after deciding honey, haycorns, and thistles are not what Tiggers like best.
What is a “smackerel of something” in Winnie-the-Pooh?
A “smackerel of something” is Pooh’s phrase for a small snack, usually taken around eleven o’clock, what might also be called elevenses. It marks a pause in the day for something comforting to eat, and for Pooh, that almost certainly means reaching for a pot of honey!