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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP21 Apr 2023 8:58 p.m. PST

"Many people, including servants and those in the lower and middle classes, typically awoke long before sunrise—maybe as early as four o'clock—to do morning chores like starting the fire, preparing the day's meals, feeding and caring for the animals, and getting water from the well. After several hours of work, they would "break the fast" from the previous night. The morning meal might be yesterday's leftovers, a corn mush cake, or porridge…"


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Personal logo ochoin Supporting Member of TMP22 Apr 2023 1:34 a.m. PST

What did they eat?
Each other.

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Stryderg Supporting Member of TMP22 Apr 2023 9:09 a.m. PST

You gotta have a backup plan for when the crops fail.

Grattan54 Supporting Member of TMP22 Apr 2023 10:14 a.m. PST

When they were hungry?

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP22 Apr 2023 3:35 p.m. PST

(smile)

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The Tin Dictator22 Apr 2023 5:30 p.m. PST

Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Boiled Potatoes and Spam.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP23 Apr 2023 3:40 p.m. PST

Ha!…

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Choctaw25 Apr 2023 10:13 a.m. PST

I get up around 3:45 every morning. I usually have coffee.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP25 Apr 2023 3:41 p.m. PST

Dude…! (smile)

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