Karen O'Mara wrote:
>
> Did anyone watch Colonial House last night on PBS? I know the
> recruitment stages were discussed on this newsgroup last year.
>
> I thought it was very interesting. So, dried peas and salted fish and
> meat and flour is what they have to work with. And, the beer is
> rationed.

Saw part of it. Had to chase the rugrat up to bed, and then deal
with the phone.

I've hung out with the interpreters from plimouth plantation years
back, and yes, the food and work involved in life of the 17th
century was not easy, and the doctors could kill you faster than the
diseases.

> It looks like a lot of hard work. I don't think I could've survived.
>
> Karen

I'll go dig out the recipes I have from that time. They had one for
stuffed hubbard squash that was tasty even by today's standards.

maxine in ri