Sailor Rations in the 18th Century

Name: Here's What British Sailors Ate in the 18th Century
Uploaded: 2019-04-22
Duration: 7 min 20 s
Description: "A frothing, bubbling, cooking mess." Townsends reads passages from an 18th century British sailor's memoir that lists some of the things that they ate,

cooking | food | learning | making | April 22, 2019

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“A frothing, bubbling, cooking mess.” Townsends reads passages from an 18th century British sailor’s memoir that lists some of the things that they ate, and cooks one simple item from the list. It’s burgoo – boiled ground oatmeal served with molasses. Or pork and beef fat.