7 Common Foods Eaten in the 13 Colonies
From potted meat to pickles to syllabub, here are some foods and beverages that were popular in colonial America.
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From potted meat to pickles to syllabub, here are some foods and beverages that were popular in colonial America.
What people ate in colonial America largely depended on where they lived. Due to differences in climate, available natural resources and cultural heritage of the colonists themselves, the daily diet of a New Englander differed greatly from his counterparts in the Middle Colonies New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware and even more so from those in the South.
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