What did people eat in the 1880's?

Answer 1

In the "civilized" areas of the US, the menus were similar to today, except that without mechanical refrigeration, fresh milk meant getting it daily from a nearby dairy. Similarly, there were few places outside restaurants that provided cooked meals. Many boarding houses had communal meals. Meat was preserved by salting or smoking, to delay its spoilage.

In the West, many trappers and pioneers subsisted on wild game, supplemented by crops grown on small farms or purchased from farmers. Here, again, food had to be prepared by "canning" (put in airtight glass bottles), except where the natural wilderness was cold enough to provide longer freshness.

Answer 2

In the 1840's, pioneers harvested vegetables in the spring time. Potatoes, corn, carrots and beans were among the most popular to be harvested.

If they were part of a wagon train traveling West toward Oregon, they had to carry rice, wheat, flour and sugar to make meals. Common foods made were cornbread and rice to go along with a fresh meat.

Meat had to be hunted along the way. Large groups of wagon trains could hunt large game such as buffalo. Smaller groups would hunt deer, wild hogs, turkeys/other small birds and fish. For free roaming land animals, heavy spears were needed to bring down the animal. Small animals and fish could be killed with much smaller spear heads.

Meat that was left over had to be dried or it would spoil with in a day. Pioneers would often cut the meat into thin strips, tie the strips into bunches and hang them from their wagons. The strips of meat would dry over the next few days while they traveled. The dried meat was called jerky.

Answer 3

they ate pork and beef not really chicken because it wasd hard to preserve back then