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(#7) Madeira Wine
George Washington stocked up on Madeira wine just months after the American Revolution began. In preparation for an extended conflict, Washington ordered 1,900 bottles of the wine. Madeira wine, imported from the Portuguese colony of Madeira, might contain sweeteners or brandy depending on the variety.
To protest British import taxes in the 1760s, John Hancock underreported his Madeira wine imports, which led to a mob in Boston. While debating independence, the First Continental Congress delegates drank Madeira, and Thomas Jefferson raised a glass of Madeira after the signing of the Declaration of Independence.
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(#12) Cranberry Tarts
While the American colonists enjoyed many British foods, they also adopted new foods grown in North America. In her 1805 cookbook, The Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy, Hannah Glasse included "several new receipts adapted to the American mode of cooking."
One of those was cranberry tarts. Glasse recommended stewing cranberries into a jelly, adding brown sugar, and then baking with flour and butter.
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(#3) Ice Cream
Just after the American Revolution ended, Thomas Jefferson went to France. While there, Jefferson may have tasted ice cream for the first time. The dessert became a favorite of the Founding Father, who popularized his own recipe for ice cream.
As president, Jefferson served ice cream at least six times. In 1802, a Massachusetts Congressman wrote, "Ice cream very good, crust wholly dried, crumbled into thin flakes." Another dinner party guest marveled at the "balls of the frozen material inclosed [sic] in covers of warm pastry, exhibiting a curious contrast, as if the ice had just been taken from the oven."
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(#8) Coffee
Coffee was so popular during the American Revolution that women in Boston rioted to keep the cost of coffee low. When merchant Thomas Boylston manipulated the price of coffee by stockpiling it, at least a hundred women marched to his warehouse.
Abigail Adams wrote about the July 24, 1777, riot. "A number of females, some say a hundred, some say more, assembled with a cart and trucks, marched down to the warehouse, and demanded the keys, which he refused to deliver.” When Boylston refused to open the warehouse, things took an aggressive turn:
One of them seized him by his neck and tossed him into the cart. Upon his finding no quarter, he delivered the keys, when they tipped up the cart and discharged him, then opened the warehouse, hoisted out the coffee themselves, put it into the trucks and drove off.
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(#2) Boiled Ox Liver And Sheep's Head
Americans during the Revolution used every part of the animal. Joseph Plumb Martin, a private from Connecticut, recorded some of the unusual foods he ate during the conflict. Martin boiled "an old ox's liver," but eating the meat gave him a terrible stomachache. After taking medicine, Martin “discharged the hard junks of liver like grapeshot from a fieldpiece.”
During the Revolution, Martin also ate "a sheep's head," refusing to let it go to waste, and "an ox's milt, or spleen," which made him throw up.
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(#1) Blood Pudding
Americans used every part of their animals during the Revolution, including their blood. Hannah Glasse's 1805 cookbook contained a recipe for blood pudding. She recommended mixing cornmeal with boiled milk or water, and then stirring in blood. After mixing, Glasse recommended adding hog's lard and treacle.
She advised cooks to boil the blood pudding for up to seven hours before eating it.
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Because Britain has been exploiting the colonies, it has severely hindered the economic development of the North American colonies. The North American people fought against the British economic policies. The victory of the Revolutionary War has made great contributions to the development of the American economy and culture. Food played an important role in the Revolutionary War, the army without food cannot obtain energy and calories.
Depending on the unique American climate and environment, many foods became important supplies at that time. Cash crops such as rice, tobacco, and cotton were mainly grown, and many products were even comparable to British products on the international market. There is a list of 14 unconventional foods that most people ate during the Revolutionary War.
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