Cooking in the 1700

O breakfast02.jpg During the 1700, breakfast was usually very large and consisted of meat and grain. It was also considered as the most important meal of the day.

O Clip Art This meal was usually the biggest meal of the day. Stew, or soup, was usually had or if you were wealthy, supper consisted of meat and vegies.

O File:NCI_clove_ham.jpg This meal was leftovers heated up.

most people drank beer,apple juice, and apple cider because water was usually not safe to drink, and milk was not fresh usually because of no way to keep it cool and most people did not have cows are goats. Clip Art

O 1812_british_soldiers_8.jpg Every day soldiers were suppose to get a ration of food. A soldiers ration consisted of, a pound of bread a pound of meat a gill of dry beans or peas a gill of rum A soldier was very lucky indeed if he received ½ of that!

credits breakfast02.jpg 1812_british_soldiers_8.jpg Clip Art Erdosh, George. Food and Recipes of the Revolutionary War. New York: Rosen Publishing Group's, Print. Soldier in the Revolutionary War. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Apr /colonialwoman.htm