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(#10) Rum
Rum has had a long history in the Americas. Made from fermented molasses, a byproduct of Caribbean sugar plantations, rum was shipped to the British colonies by the gallon. By the time of the American Revolution, colonists were distilling their own rum, with over 150 rum distilleries in New England alone.
Just how much did Revolutionary Americans love rum? America's rum consumption hit an astonishing four gallons per person per year at the time of the Revolution.
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(#14) Tea
The British colonies loved tea, and when Parliament cracked down on tea smugglers, Americans tossed tea into Boston Harbor, in what became known as the Boston Tea Party. During the Revolution, many Americans rejected British tea as an act of patriotism. British loyalists who drank tea faced criticism from revolutionaries.
While some Americans drank coffee to replace tea, others began drinking raspberry leaf tea and American-grown herbal teas.
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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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(#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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(#6) Pumpkin Pie
Pumpkins were a New World food that Americans cooked in several ways during the American Revolution. One of the most popular uses was pumpkin pie. In her 1805 cookbook, Hannah Glasse explains how to make pumpkin pie the way the Founding Fathers ate it.
Glasse recommended peeling a pumpkin and stewing it until soft. The recipe called for a mix of one pint of pumpkin, one pint of milk, one glass of rosewater, and one glass of Malaga wine. To finish off the pie, Glasse called for half a pound of butter, seven eggs, sugar, salt, and nutmeg.
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(#5) Scrapple
The Pennsylvania Dutch popularized scrapple, made from the leftover parts of a pig. One recipe that dates back to the colonial period recommends using the pig's "head, feet, and any pieces which may be left after having made sausage meat." Toss them in a pot with salt and let them boil until soft enough to remove the bones.
Americans seasoned the meat with pepper and salt, adding Indian meal to thicken the meat into a mush. After cooling, cooks sliced the scrapple and fried it in hot lard.
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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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