i am going to assume that the revolutionary war to which you are referring happened over a hundred years ago. the answer would be yes. many frontiersmen etc ate sourdough bread because there was no other kind of bread until the twentieth century when commercial baker's yeast was developed. before that time all people got their baking yeast from a sourdough starter.
People from Ethiopia often eat a stew that has spicy meat it . This stew is called wat. It is served with a sourdough bread.
No they did not.
A pound of bread A pound of meat A gill of dry beans or/and peas A gill of rum A soldier was very lucky to receive even half of that.
Bread, fish, vegetables, fruit.
bread, biscuits and cheese.
One thing to do with it is to eat it. In wartimes, soldiers used bread as a strainer.
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They ate one pound of beef, one pound of bread and a quart of beer in a days rations and a quart of rum a week They were paid a shilling (25 cents) a day once a month
Ethiopian people often eat many vegetables along with spicy meat. A very common dish in the area is called wat. This dish is a stew that is eaten poured over a sourdough flat-bread.
In case you are concerned about the yeast, both vegetarian and vegan diets recognize that yeast (a fungus) is acceptable to eat. It is not considered an animal product. (Don't let Alton Brown's sock puppets confuse you.)
yes, because if your food has molds, it means its contaminated with germs... it can lead to food poisoning if you consumed a lot
instead of bread, union soldiers often ate hardtak it is a REALLY hard cracker and it should easily not go out of date for at least 50 years.