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Time Travels
​Primary Sources of Reality!

There is no more informative way to understand yourself than to understand through the eyes of others.  Watch the videos below to learn about the experience of Swede, Peter Kalm travelling to North America, around 1750.
William Moraley:  Diary of an Indentured Servant
No wonder Colonial Americans never travelled more than a few dozen miles from where they were born!

​Living History

 Remembering the People at the Bottom . . .
The Great Parson John Site.  Click on the Header below!

John's Journal

The Book Club
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American

Story
Visit The family store! Click on the Townsends icon.
See the cooking blog by clicking on the Savoring the Past header

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On the Menu

Latest from Townshend's German Kitchen or Cabin Fireplace
What did Americans eat?



Breakfast
Beer, Bread, and Cheese

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Mix Grain Bread & Butter Milk


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​German Puffs

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Dinner, the largest meal of the day: (The Modern "Lunch")
Meat Pie and Spruce Beer


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​​Fried Chicken




Supper:
Lobscouse and Strong Beer







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​Apple & Pork Pie



Dessert:
Plum Pudding
Food of the Enslaved and Downtrodden
Barbecue! 
Michael Twitty from GunstanHall.org
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The Origins of Okra
Okra Soup with Michael Twitty



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Stretching a small amount of food . . .




Black Eyed Peas Snack

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