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Outline of American History: THE COLONIAL PERIOD ... What Did the Colonists Eat? How Stuff Works Video: Food of the Early Colonists ...
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www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_colonial_...
www.kidinfo.com/american_history/colonization_colonial_life.html
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Food Timeline: free food history reference & research service ... ---1683--- De Verstandige Kock, colonial Dutch recipes; ---1686--- croissants; ---1691--- lemon meringue pie; ---1691--- Bill of Fare of Seventy-Five Noble Dishes of Excellent Food, Thomas Tryon; ---18th century America--- Colonial & Early American fare;
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www.foodtimeline.org/
www.foodtimeline.org/
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If you lived in Colonial Times you would eat a lot of corn. If you lived by the sea you might eat lobsters, clams or other sea food. People who lived inland would eat rabbits, squirrels, bear, deer, and other wild game.
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library.thinkquest.org/J002132/food.html
library.thinkquest.org/J002132/food.html
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Neighbors traded with each other. Families stored food in the cellars. Meat was cured, and sugar was a luxury. Milk was reserved for babies. Children and adults drank tea or cider. Many wonderful recipes have been handed down through generations...
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lincoln.midcoast.com/~wps/3ripley9899/food.htm
lincoln.midcoast.com/~wps/3ripley9899/food.htm
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The cooking is done over the fire and out on the hearth, as was characteristic of the 1750’s–1770’s, the time period which is interpreted at Williamsburg. In order to better understand colonial cooking Brandau spent the summer of 1989 at Adingham Summer School in England studying old British kitchens.
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www.foodhistory.com/foodnotes/road/cwf1/
www.foodhistory.com/foodnotes/road/cwf1/
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At the Table in Colonial America by Patricia B. Mitchell ... Patricia B. Mitchell explores the early days of American cookery in At the Table in Colonial America. 112 endnotes, and numerous “let-me-read-this-to-you” passages make this book an aid to education and conversation.
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www.foodhistory.com/inklings/books/atthetable.htm
www.foodhistory.com/inklings/books/atthetable.htm
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Domestic animals brought by the first colonists were intended as breeding stock although they were quickly eaten during the Starving Time winter of 1609-1610. Other evidence of this terrible period of Jamestown's history, when over 40% of the colonists died of apparent starvation, has been found with the food remains.
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www.apva.org/exhibit/eats.html
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In Colonial times children had to follow some very strict rules such as, not moving their mouth with any noise and the same for all their other body parts. ... Getting food wasn't as easy as going to the super market. Most of the food was hunted, grown in the family garden, fished for or came from the animals on the farm.
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hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Food/Kitchen....
hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Colonial/Life/Food/Kitchen.trivia.html
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Period Quaker traditions are best captured by Penn Family Recipes: ... COLONIAL FOOD PRESERVATION & COLD STORAGE; How did people in colonial times keep food cold? Excellent question! As we know, folks in 17th-18th century Canada/North America did not have ready access to the power-generated refrigerators we know today.
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www.foodtimeline.org/foodcolonial.html
www.foodtimeline.org/foodcolonial.html
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