What did they eat?

1. What did the Roanoke colony eat?
2. What did they eat in the war?
3. What did the colonists eat?
4. What food did they eat in the 1700's?
5. What kind of food did the Jamestown settlers eat?
6. What did ww2 families eat?
7. What did soldiers eat for dinner?
8. What food did soldiers eat?
9. What did they eat for breakfast in ww2?
10. What did colonial eat for breakfast?
11. What did they eat for breakfast in the 1700s?
12. What did people eat in the 1800s?
13. What was the average diet in the 1800s?
14. What was a typical breakfast in 1800?
15. What did British eat before potatoes?

What did the Roanoke colony eat?

Bread was always the settlers' main food stuff. Breakfast might consist of bread with butter or cheese. In the middle of the day, as part of their main meal, settlers might enjoy smoked or salted meat, or perhaps a bowl of stew, with their bread. The evening meal was likely porridge—with bread, of course.

What did they eat in the war?

The bulk of their diet in the trenches was bully beef (caned corned beef), bread and biscuits. By the winter of 1916 flour was in such short supply that bread was being made with dried ground turnips. The main food was now a pea-soup with a few lumps of horsemeat.

What did the colonists eat?

Colonials ate a variety of fish including cod, flounder, trout, salmon, clams, lobsters, and halibut. The colonials brought over domesticated animals from Europe that could be raised as livestock for meat. These included sheep, cattle, chicken, and pigs.

What food did they eat in the 1700's?

During the 1700s, meals typically included pork, beef, lamb, fish, shellfish, chicken, corn, beans and vegetables, fruits, and numerous baked goods. Corn, pork, and beef were staples in most lower and middle class households.

What kind of food did the Jamestown settlers eat?

What kind of food did the settlers eat at Jamestown? Corn was the most important food. It could be made into mush, hoecakes, and other kinds of corn bread. Corn cakes were a part of most meals they ate.

What did ww2 families eat?

Food rationing started early in the war under the auspices of the Ministry of Food. Meat (March 1940) was first, followed by fat and eggs, cheese, tinned tomatoes, rice, peas, canned fruit and breakfast cereals.

What did soldiers eat for dinner?

A typical day, writes Murlin, might include breakfast of oatmeal, pork sausages, fried potatoes, bread and butter and coffee; lunch of roast beef, baked potatoes, bread and butter, cornstarch pudding and coffee; and dinner of beef stew, corn bread, Karo syrup, prunes, and tea.

What food did soldiers eat?

The most common food given to soldiers was bread, coffee, and salt pork. The typical ration for every Union soldier was about a pound of meat and a pound of bread or flour. The Confederacy started out following the same rules. As the war went on, they weren't able to keep up.

What did they eat for breakfast in ww2?

Breakfasts will be porridge (made with 50/50 milk and water) with apple and pear compote. Lunches will be soup with homemade bread rolls. Snacks will be fruit, muffins, scones, vegetable sticks (carrot and celery) and homemade yoghurt.

What did colonial eat for breakfast?

For breakfast colonist might have eaten porridge or mush, which is a warm cereal and could have been made with cornmeal, oats or beans. They may have had bread with butter and jam, but one thing they would not have had was milk!

What did they eat for breakfast in the 1700s?

A 1600's or 1700's American breakfast could consist of a mug of beer or cider, bannock or hoe cakes, and a bowl of porridge, and often a cornmeal pudding called mush, pap, Indian pudding or hasty pudding. The pudding would be eaten with milk poured over it or maple syrup or molasses.

What did people eat in the 1800s?

Most fruits and vegetables were grown on the farmstead, and families processed meats such as poultry, beef, and pork. People had seasonal diets. In the spring and summer months, they ate many more fruits and vegetables than they did in the fall and winter.

What was the average diet in the 1800s?

Corn and beans were common, along with pork. In the north, cows provided milk, butter, and beef, while in the south, where cattle were less common, venison and other game provided meat.

What was a typical breakfast in 1800?

Before cereal, in the mid 1800s, the American breakfast was not all that different from other meals. Middle- and upper-class Americans ate eggs, pastries, and pancakes, but also oysters, boiled chickens, and beef steaks.

What did British eat before potatoes?

Cereals remained the most important staple during the early Middle Ages as rice was introduced late, and the potato was only introduced in 1536, with a much later date for widespread consumption. Barley, oats and rye were eaten by the poor. Wheat was for the governing classes.