Stern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoHere’s What Revolutionary War Soldiers Were Eating on July 4, 1776www.cracked.comexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down11
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkHere’s What Revolutionary War Soldiers Were Eating on July 4, 1776www.cracked.comStern@lemmy.worldM to Neat - For neat stuff you found@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square2fedilink
minus-squareZachariah@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agohere’s the basic daily ration as approved by Congress on November 4, 1775: One pound of bread Half a pound of beef and half a pound of pork, or if no pork, a pound and a quarter of beef One pint of milk, or without milk, half a cup of rice One quart of good spruce or malt beer or cider Half a cup of peas or beans Six ounces of good butter (per week) One pound of good common soap (per six men, per week) Half a pint of vinegar (per week)
minus-squareundergroundoverground@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYou alright John? You’ve hardly touched your vinegar.
here’s the basic daily ration as approved by Congress on November 4, 1775:
You alright John? You’ve hardly touched your vinegar.