25 Foods Buffalo Soldiers ACTUALLY Ate on the Western Frontier

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25 Foods Buffalo Soldiers ACTUALLY Ate on the Western Frontier

In 1875, the Army shipped a ration crate to Fort Concho, Texas. Inside, 12 pounds of salt pork, 18 pounds of hardtack, dried beans, green coffee nobody had roasted yet. That crate was a week's ration for one Buffalo Soldier on patrol. The soldier was Sergeant George Jordan, 9th Cavalry, born into bondage in Williamson County, Tennessee. Every dish on this list passed through Jordan's mess kit in 23 years of service. Number 7 was cooked on a plains fire the night the wind would not quit. Number 13 was rationed at three quarters of a pound a day. Number 19 came from the battle at Tularosa. These 25 foods were not menu items. They were the line between alive and not. Subscribe so you do not miss the next history kitchen we open. Here are the 25 foods Buffalo Soldiers actually ate on the western frontier.
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