So what did cowboys eat?
Well it depended on who was doing the cooking. If it was the cowboy doing the
cooking most meals were the same, the three Bs, bacon, biscuits and beans,
washed down strong coffee. If it was ranch cooking or trail drive
food it was much more varied and likely tastier.
Here is what you might find
in a well stocked kitchen or chuck wagon in the days of the Old West
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Flour
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Coffee
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Tea
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Salt pork
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Bacon
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Dried fruit
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Beans
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Rice
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Dried peas
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Canned tomatoes
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Canned
peaches
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Condensed milk
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Corn meal and dried corn
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Sugar
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Molasses
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Vinegar
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Onion/garlic powder
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Black pepper
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Eggs
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Potatoes
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Chickens
- around the ranch house and even on the trail
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Other
spices such as ginger
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And
of course the ranch always had beef and wild game when they could find it. Many
ranches also raised a few, eatin’ hogs, even if they did not like to admit it.
Looks pretty good to me.
2 comments:
Thats more than some have now! But non the less, it sounds good to me!
Yea, Cheyenne, sounds good to me too.
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