Suffolk Bushcraft Group Daniel Boone Challenge 20th and 21st September 2013

Big Stu 12

Bushcrafter through and through
Jan 7, 2012
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Been looking at Drink for the mountain man, not spent any time really on things like alcohol, just on tea and coffee, there seems to be mainly a tendency to lean towards coffee, manly carried as green beans, and roasted as required, it would have been brewed in a pot of some description, and not in a peculator as they were not patented in America until just after 1860.

Tea was very expensive and a luxury at the beginning of the 1700's but towards the end of the 1700's was common place, and used as a regular drink, so it would have be likely that Mountain men did drink tea as well as coffee..until a tax was imposed on tea, then tea was a smuggled commodity, some started to drink Herbal alternatives.

Beef tea was also being drunk, in a way a real Bovril.. :), and a commercial made beef extract was available from mid to late 1800's
 

Big Stu 12

Bushcrafter through and through
Jan 7, 2012
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Ipswich
Chris, are you still thinking about doing the Challenge?, I know Carl wanted to, but not seen him on here for about a week... wonder if his on holiday?

As you know I am thinking about opening the challenge to others in July... Sams the first on the list :)
 

ozzy1977

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Jan 10, 2006
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List of Attending - Regular Attendee's only at this point in time....
1. Big Stu
2. RemeaviThanatos
3.Crosslandkelly. Looking forward to this.:D
4. Tagnut69
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