4th grade homework..

[DragonLove]

My daughter has to do an entire report on Meriwether Lewis including a costume to wear and a dish with detailed recipe from the time. Where the heck do I look that up! lol

I have surfed around online for dishes of the late 1700's-early 1800's in the eastern region of the US but nothing comes up.

Anyone have any idea what Mr. Lewis ate? :D

[Madmartigan]

I caught parts of the PBS special on Lewis & Clark recently...it was a great program, and may answer some of the questions you're asking. Here's a link to the website:

http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/

Hope that helps!

[Lunacie]

Check with your local library. Most have some good books on historical costuming and maybe even some historical cookbooks.

[Bainidhe Dub]

Try your local historical society for period dishes too - my hometown historical society put out a period collection of recipes that they researched from older residents of town. It was amazing what they found.

[Jenne]

Uh...roasted any wild game, lol. Over an open fire, most likely! :) Ok, so I'm a smartaleck. Good luck--all those suggestions are good. I'd be willing to bet you'll find something soon--on the 'net or in the library!

[door]

http://www.lewis-clark.org/choice.htm

http://www.lcarchive.org/

http://www.lewisclark.net/

http://www.historycooks.com/item.asp?recordid=lcjournal&pagestyle=book

Hi, here are some sights that may give you some info. The second is a comprehensive list of websites on Lewis and Clark and the last is about a cook book based on what Lewis and Clark ate.

[Chibi-Fallon]

loc.gov might have some stuff

[amathera]

Any kind of stew with possum.

[~*Ginger*~]

Bake a potato, or sweet potato.
Or maybe some cornbread.
Pop some popcorn!
:whatgives

[~*Ginger*~]

food for 1700's (http://web.ask.com/web?q=What+were+some+of+the+things+people+ate+in+the++1700%27s&o=0&qsrc=0&askbutton.x=19&askbutton.y=18)
You could put a fish on a stick and cook it over a fire.
clothes of the 1700's (http://web.ask.com/web?q=clothes+of+the+1700's&qsrc=1&o=0)
Hope that helps!

[ajna]

Even when I was a kid I never understood why teachers would give these kinds of assignments, my mom ended up doing most of it for me and I didn't learn anything. Arggg.

[~*Ginger*~]

haa, yeah...
in 7th grade art, the teacher was excellent, but some times he'd go over the edge.
He would assign 3 page reports on people who did not exist.
I was the only one who ever got an A for my report.
When he would do this and there be nothing to research, I would take 3 pieces of paper and write the name (first, middle, & last seperately on each page.)
Always got an A, other's would get an F for not doing any thing to turn in.
Personally, I thought it was funny! (although, a bit on the stupid side of reality)

[SylverStar]

living pretty much on the Lewis and Clark trail you'd think I'd know. I wonder if Whitman Mission has a online site. It's in Walla Walla, Wa. really interesting one of the first settlements over here.

[Kaylara]

Somewhere I have a recipie for baked squirrel. I'll see if I can dig it up. Word to the wise though, don't eat the brain, you might get Kuru. (or something similar to it.)

[DragonLove]

Thanks for all the help! I wont be using any squirrels for the dish though..I dont think it would go over to well lol