Colonial America Beef Barley Soup

Colonial Americans had access to a rich and diverse diet – from the sea, the rivers, the land and the sky…prepared by the Dutch, the French, the Scots, English, Native Americans, Africans. Spices from around the world seasoned it all well. Walter Staib, author of “The City Tavern Cookbook” …Recipes from the Birth of American…

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Potluck with Patriots

What did the colonists eat? Everything you could imagine!! Every village had a market day where wagons rolled in from the farms bearing all kinds of produce and foods, pigs, cows, geese, and chickens. The Dutch, the Germans, the French, the Finnish, the Irish, the British, the Native Indians, the slaves brought everything from hot…

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