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Bean soup
« on: June 11, 2009, 04:22:21 PM »
Was bean soup a common ration of 19th century U.S. soldiers?

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Re: Bean soup
« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2009, 05:37:09 PM »
Dried beans, hardtack and bacon were common food items issued 'dry' or 'raw' and cooked by the individual soldier or by the squad - pooling rations and messing together.

They'd supplement these rations with items purchased from the sutler - if one was available and they had money - from farmers, and through foraging.

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Re: Bean soup
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2009, 11:17:36 PM »
At some posts they would also pool any available assets to form a company fund. With this fund they would sometimes purchase vegetable seeds and grow a garden to supplement diets.
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