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One common dish prepared by Civil War soldiers was Skillygalee, hardtack soaked in water and fried in fat. The Confederate army would fry bacon and add in some water with cornmeal to make "coosh," often prepared when the army would have little time to make meals during marches. Food often became infested with insects, especially rice or grain ...
The name is derived from "tack", the British sailor slang for food. The earliest use of the term recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1830. [3]It is known by other names including brewis (possibly a cognate with "brose"), cabin bread, pilot bread, sea biscuit, soda crackers, sea bread (as rations for sailors), ship's biscuit, and pejoratively as dog biscuits, molar breakers, sheet ...
Sloosh was a form of cornbread that was popular during the American Civil War, especially among Confederate soldiers. [1] Civil war historian Shelby Foote described it as a mixture of cornmeal and bacon grease to make a dough, snaked around a rifle ramrod , and cooked over a campfire .
United States military ration refers to the military rations provided to sustain United States Armed Forces service members, including field rations and garrison rations, and the military nutrition research conducted in relation to military food. U.S. military rations are often made for quick distribution, preparation, and eating in the field and tend to have long storage times in adverse ...
American Civil War prison camp survivor, author unknown (restored by Jujutacular) Andersonville Prison , by John L. Ransom (restored by Jujutacular ) John F. Reynolds , by Alfred Rudolph Waud (edited by Jujutacular and Papa Lima Whiskey )
Cush; Alternative names: slosh, coosh, kush, cornmeal hash: Type: hash, hotcake or stew: Course: Main course / Side dish: Place of origin: United States: Region or state
Check out everyone from Hillary Clinton to Mitt Romney chowing down on "regular people" food like pizza and Chipotle, the cornerstone of the best diets. 1.) Hillary Clinton enjoying some pizza in ...
In the months following the 1898 Spanish–American War, during a court of inquiry held to investigate problems in the U.S. Army's food quality, Commanding General Nelson A. Miles made reference to "embalmed beef." Miles, a Civil War Union Army veteran, had many years of experience with army