Feb 20, 2015 · I made Sloosh The first thing I learned is that cooking it on a wooden stick only creates a small torch as the fat from the sloosh gets into the wood. I also may have had it too …

Oct 27, 2014 · I've been tempted to make some, but just haven't gotten around to it. I imagine it can't be very healthy, but I’m sure it fortified you for a long march.

May 16, 2019 · Many are obsessed with the the vision of soldiers always digging into their haversacks for a piece of hardtack or cooking "sloosh" around their bayonets, but for the most …

Dec 9, 2023 · "In the southern army, you ate something called “sloosh.” You got issued cornmeal and bacon and you fried the bacon, which left a great deal of grease in the pan.

Feb 16, 2020 · Do you agree that Jeff Shaara is the best current writer of Civil War historic novels? Are there any other writers as good or better?

May 12, 2010 · Many foods during the War in the South were hard to obtain. Many times the Southern homemaker had to develop recipes without a main ingredient. One such was …

Dec 7, 2008 · Some of my favorites: John Barleycorn - beer or rye whiskey Light Out - leave in haste Long Sweetening - molasses Lucifers - matches Sloosh- corn meal flour and bacon …

May 12, 2010 · These recipes from the army were for the soldiers during the Civil War. Ashcakes. Cornmeal mixed with salt and water; wrapped in cabbage leaves and cooked in ashes until …

Feb 5, 2017 · On a somewhat related subject, are there any recipes for Johnny Cakes or Sloosh @donna? Pardon me if this is the wrong place to ask.