Cruzatte
50 Cal.
Way back yonder, a long time ago, I found a website that had the neatest little idea. The guy had a listing of camp ration suggestions all measured out in 1 gill or ½, gill amounts; such things as rice, parched corn, beans, coffee, tea, various dried fruits, groats, maple, or muscovado sugar, and a bunch of other things. And I think it may have been Jim Jacobs at Blue Heron Mercantile. Of course the point was he wanted to sell these items all packaged up for you. Well, being the thrifty sort I am, I just went to the grocery store and bought the same stuff, saved the shipping charge, went home, and measured out all the stuff.
Now, I must be mistaken, because I just went to the Blue Heron Mercantile site, and no such thing as measured, packaged trail rations was there. The whole thing was listed almost like a menu. All the items as I remember them listed on the site were things that were available to travellers in the 18th and early 19th centuries; some were foodstuffs I would never have thought of packing along. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I once had it all copied down, and because of a computer crash, I lost a bunch of files, and this information was among the lost files.
On the other hand...if I am correct, maybe he removed those packaged deals because too many guys were going out to the local store, and measuring their own rations when they got home. Eh bien....
Cruzatte
Now, I must be mistaken, because I just went to the Blue Heron Mercantile site, and no such thing as measured, packaged trail rations was there. The whole thing was listed almost like a menu. All the items as I remember them listed on the site were things that were available to travellers in the 18th and early 19th centuries; some were foodstuffs I would never have thought of packing along. Does this sound familiar to anyone? I once had it all copied down, and because of a computer crash, I lost a bunch of files, and this information was among the lost files.
On the other hand...if I am correct, maybe he removed those packaged deals because too many guys were going out to the local store, and measuring their own rations when they got home. Eh bien....
Cruzatte
