Unconventional Foods People Ate During the Civil War
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Date: 2022-12-29
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Daniel
FYI you can make a tea from Sumac, Also Pine Needle tea. Pine needles purportedly have three to five times more vitamin C than an orange, depending on what source you read, but theres no hard and fast rule for how much C is in a pine needle. Of course if you hit it lucky in the spring, you could tap a maple grove for Maple sap, but you and your buddies have a bit of work to do to condense it down. From my point of view I would go for venison jerky, it is easily rehydrated into a stew but your going to need vegetables to make a more tasty stew. Squirrels were plentiful but you wont have much left if you use a minie ball. 58 cal or. 69cal would turn it inside out. And you also got frog legs, and crawfish the downside is you need a lot of that. Probably the best thing to carry would be a shotgun you could eat like a king if you are willing to eat birds of all kinds, waterfowl was plentiful
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FYI you can make a tea from Sumac, Also Pine Needle tea. Pine needles purportedly have three to five times more vitamin C than an orange, depending on what source you read, but theres no hard and fast rule for how much C is in a pine needle. Of course if you hit it lucky in the spring, you could tap a maple grove for Maple sap, but you and your buddies have a bit of work to do to condense it down. From my point of view I would go for venison jerky, it is easily rehydrated into a stew but your going to need vegetables to make a more tasty stew. Squirrels were plentiful but you wont have much left if you use a minie ball. 58 cal or. 69cal would turn it inside out. And you also got frog legs, and crawfish the downside is you need a lot of that. Probably the best thing to carry would be a shotgun you could eat like a king if you are willing to eat birds of all kinds, waterfowl was plentiful
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Ruby
My Dad was born 1905, I was born 1956. I'll never forget the first time he made a loaf of grits, sliced it and fried it. To this day I love grits.
My Mom was born and raised as a Moravian in then Czechoslovakia. She told me after the war, then in a Germany refugee camp. They made one potatoes last Three meals, outside peel, the next the potatoes exterior, then the last meal was the inside of the potato.
I didn't grow up poor. Very blessed.
I thank heaven my wise parents showed us how to make food last and be grateful for it.
Thank you for sharing these recipes. My Daddy was Southern born and bred from Mo. I grew up in Mid West.
We are so blessed in USA.
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My Dad was born 1905, I was born 1956. I'll never forget the first time he made a loaf of grits, sliced it and fried it. To this day I love grits.
My Mom was born and raised as a Moravian in then Czechoslovakia. She told me after the war, then in a Germany refugee camp. They made one potatoes last Three meals, outside peel, the next the potatoes exterior, then the last meal was the inside of the potato.
I didn't grow up poor. Very blessed.
I thank heaven my wise parents showed us how to make food last and be grateful for it.
Thank you for sharing these recipes. My Daddy was Southern born and bred from Mo. I grew up in Mid West.
We are so blessed in USA.
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145FREE
Well into the 1960's, my grandmother in New Jersey made pickled watermelon rind, corn cakes, corn relish, Manhattan clam chowder, biscuits, and her famous home made rice custard pudding. Her ultimate dessert for special occasions was Strawberry Shortcake. home made biscuits split open and slathered with Charlotte Russe (vanilla flavored fresh whipped cream) and fresh strawberries. All these family recipes came from before the Civil War. And how good it was!
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Well into the 1960's, my grandmother in New Jersey made pickled watermelon rind, corn cakes, corn relish, Manhattan clam chowder, biscuits, and her famous home made rice custard pudding. Her ultimate dessert for special occasions was Strawberry Shortcake. home made biscuits split open and slathered with Charlotte Russe (vanilla flavored fresh whipped cream) and fresh strawberries. All these family recipes came from before the Civil War. And how good it was!
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Magpie
Hey, when you're starving, you will eat just about anything. Some of those I have tried cooking, not too bad. It saddens me to hear the condemnation from the narrator or writer on these Weird History segments that include from the second WW and the Great Depression. He sounds very judgmental. He obviously has never been to war or been poor.
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Hey, when you're starving, you will eat just about anything. Some of those I have tried cooking, not too bad. It saddens me to hear the condemnation from the narrator or writer on these Weird History segments that include from the second WW and the Great Depression. He sounds very judgmental. He obviously has never been to war or been poor.
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lawrence
You left out d age of SOS shit on d shingles. My great uncle albey confederacy southern soldier said one of d south's favourite but seldom got was white flour gravey with chip beef or dried pork shavings. Over hard tack. Thus d OLE shit on d shingles dough boys n ww2 soldiers would follow with using sliced bread n graveys.
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You left out d age of SOS shit on d shingles. My great uncle albey confederacy southern soldier said one of d south's favourite but seldom got was white flour gravey with chip beef or dried pork shavings. Over hard tack. Thus d OLE shit on d shingles dough boys n ww2 soldiers would follow with using sliced bread n graveys.
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SnapshotOfASoul
Fish hardtack is something I used to eat all the time. It's where you just take some cheap canned fish like tuna, make some hardtack (it's seriously easy to make) or buy it if the store sells crisp bread which is fundamentally the same, and drizzle in olive oil or whatever else you can get. It's absolutely delicious.
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Fish hardtack is something I used to eat all the time. It's where you just take some cheap canned fish like tuna, make some hardtack (it's seriously easy to make) or buy it if the store sells crisp bread which is fundamentally the same, and drizzle in olive oil or whatever else you can get. It's absolutely delicious.
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ManInAmerica
Most all these doumentaries or mini documentaries are about a tenth as good as documentaries that came from the 70s and 80s. I am trying to figure out what happen to all the talent that went into making really good interesting documentaries. This skill is lost!
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Most all these doumentaries or mini documentaries are about a tenth as good as documentaries that came from the 70s and 80s. I am trying to figure out what happen to all the talent that went into making really good interesting documentaries. This skill is lost!
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Alexander
The more I watch these videos the more I realize the past was just awful. I already knew it was but damn it was just not great thank you god for allowing me to exist in a time where eating basic meals are better then what kings and queens ate on the regular
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The more I watch these videos the more I realize the past was just awful. I already knew it was but damn it was just not great thank you god for allowing me to exist in a time where eating basic meals are better then what kings and queens ate on the regular
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Beatnik
Why in the hell didnt they just make jerky with all that meat? It keeps a very long time and retains nearly all of its nutritional value & calories, plus takes up significantly less space than jars of pickled or salt meat. Was there a reason they did not?
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Why in the hell didnt they just make jerky with all that meat? It keeps a very long time and retains nearly all of its nutritional value & calories, plus takes up significantly less space than jars of pickled or salt meat. Was there a reason they did not?
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Kim
Salted meat in large wooden barrels was a staple food in English maritime history.
Salting is one of the oldest ways to preserve fish and meat.
Same with the Crackers given to sailors on English Ships.
They were full of weevils and their larvae.
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Salted meat in large wooden barrels was a staple food in English maritime history.
Salting is one of the oldest ways to preserve fish and meat.
Same with the Crackers given to sailors on English Ships.
They were full of weevils and their larvae.
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BAMA
Lol. This guy tells this story about the South and the food like we still don't eat that. and it's GOOD. and Molasses is NOT an Acquired taste. Hell. I don't know anybody that don't like biscuits that wouldn't eat butter and Molasses on a hot biscuit
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Lol. This guy tells this story about the South and the food like we still don't eat that. and it's GOOD. and Molasses is NOT an Acquired taste. Hell. I don't know anybody that don't like biscuits that wouldn't eat butter and Molasses on a hot biscuit
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get
For a people that knew what real chocolate was, how in hell could they call something made only with peanuts and sugar CHOCOLATE? Call it something else, not chocolate. Must have been some brain dead people coming up with these names.
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For a people that knew what real chocolate was, how in hell could they call something made only with peanuts and sugar CHOCOLATE? Call it something else, not chocolate. Must have been some brain dead people coming up with these names.
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ragnarmiami
Coffee was and is still made out of dandelion roots. The flowers can also be fried. Mullein is toilet paper and also helps with coughing. Thank God nowadays we got ramen noodles. Main diet in prisons and Biden economy victims
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Coffee was and is still made out of dandelion roots. The flowers can also be fried. Mullein is toilet paper and also helps with coughing. Thank God nowadays we got ramen noodles. Main diet in prisons and Biden economy victims
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Witchy
I love researching recipes like this because you never know when youre gonna hit hard times. Despite the conveniences including foods that most likely have in modern times, nothing in life is certain
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I love researching recipes like this because you never know when youre gonna hit hard times. Despite the conveniences including foods that most likely have in modern times, nothing in life is certain
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Doris
I was surprised to see the rissol recipe at the end of the video. Its very commonly eaten in Portugal and absolutely delicious! Though in Portugal youll see it filled with shrimp or hog meat.
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I was surprised to see the rissol recipe at the end of the video. Its very commonly eaten in Portugal and absolutely delicious! Though in Portugal youll see it filled with shrimp or hog meat.
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Mike
Salt pork and beef fed Roman troops, so yeah its been around since before the civil war. As a matter of fact, most of those recipes predate the civil war by at least a hundred years.
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Salt pork and beef fed Roman troops, so yeah its been around since before the civil war. As a matter of fact, most of those recipes predate the civil war by at least a hundred years.
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RJC
Can't imagine getting by on bug-infested hard tack and rancid salt beef. The rates of food poisoning among the Civil War soldiers must've been through the roof!
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Can't imagine getting by on bug-infested hard tack and rancid salt beef. The rates of food poisoning among the Civil War soldiers must've been through the roof!
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mkervelegan
It was sloosh not slosh and they didnt have milk chocolate till later in the 19th century. They mixed dark chocolate with hot milk as mentioned.
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It was sloosh not slosh and they didnt have milk chocolate till later in the 19th century. They mixed dark chocolate with hot milk as mentioned.
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Michele
Deviled Ham was a main food given to the South. It was shipped in small jars so each solider could carry his own. I still like it, do u?
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Deviled Ham was a main food given to the South. It was shipped in small jars so each solider could carry his own. I still like it, do u?
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jennifer
Oh my God I make a South American dish with QB ask you beef and vinegar and boy and cute and not in and garlic and it is f-g amazing
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Oh my God I make a South American dish with QB ask you beef and vinegar and boy and cute and not in and garlic and it is f-g amazing
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