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For breakfast and dinner they ate mostly some form of corn mush sweetened with milk, fruit, honey, molasses, or maple syrup.

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when they made stew it would be in great iron pots that simmered 24 hours a day in a fire place. Each day bowls were served as a main meal. Which was eaten between noon and 3 o'clock

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Fruit was also a favorite like, apples, huckleberries, blackberries, blueberries, grapes, and strawberries.

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women pounded corn  for hours in wooden bowls called mortars. If fisherman were lost in the fog they would hear the pounding on land.

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By Damien, Aubrey, and Jenna

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many people thought vegetables many were unhealthy when eaten raw. But they were grateful for pumpkins, squash, beans, peas, and sweet potatoes. They would turn these vegetables into mushy stews.

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Colonists often used pepper and other spices to disguise the bad taste of old meat.

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meat was a favorite for many colonists. They hunted wild deer, rabbits, and birds. They also raised pigs, cattle, and chickens.