In order to more accurately reflect the lives of the people we have chosen to portray, we use the following list of victuals in preparing our meals:
Crown Provided Provisions:
Pease (dried split peas)
Meale (steel cut oat meal)
Biscuit (hardtack)
Flour
Butter
Pork
Beef
Grog (any amount above the
1 flask permitted on forage list)
Foraged Provisions:
(Members are permitted to bring
limited supplys of the following items.
On occasion quantities
of these items were provided by the Crown.)
Bohea Tea (no teabags)
Hunan Tea (no teabags)
Green Coffee
Sea Salt
Sugar (Maple / Cone)
Sauerkraut
Cheese
Fresh Bread
Sausage
Dried Beef / Pork / Venison
Raisins / Dried Currants
Ginger
Onions
Turnips (seasonal only)
Brown Rice
Yellow Corn meal
Fresh Corn (seasonal only)
Carrots (seasonal only)
Cabbage (seasonal only)
Lettuce (seasonal only)
Apples (seasonal only)
Other fresh produce when season
permits
Rum flask (only ONE small
flask per man!)
Chocolate
We are indebted to the Company of Select Marksmen for their list of field provisions. Please visit their excellent site for more information about how soldiers lived on campaign.