MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Popcorn
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Steak
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Chocolate
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Fish or Bread
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Detailed explanation-1: -The mainstays of a pioneer diet were simple fare like potatoes, beans and rice, hardtack (which is simply flour, water, 1 teaspoon each of salt and sugar, then baked), soda biscuits (flour, milk, one t. each of carbonate of soda and salt), Johnny cakes, cornbread, cornmeal mush, and bread.
Detailed explanation-2: -As for desserts-they were simple, but many and varied. There were apple dump-lings, rice and bread puddings, soft molasses cookies, sugar jumbles, and mincemeat, pumpkin, dried apple, or custard pies.
Detailed explanation-3: -Dried Meat The pioneers were big fans of dried meats, as it provided them that delicious protein without causing them to worry about spoiled food.
Detailed explanation-4: -About midday, the travelers would stop for their “nooning” rest and meal. Lunch choices could include breakfast leftovers, more beans but now cold and with bacon, bread and crackers, rice and dried beef. A day’s travel ended in the early evening.