Allie
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The following anecdote from the reminiscences of my relative Charles Stephen Olin Rice, here writing about his time in winter quarters with the 9th TN infantry at the beginning of the war, made me wonder about pickled beef. Where did it come from and what was it like?
The answer is: it was often shipped all the way across the country from cattle country by train, after being packed in barrels. Of course, people also pickled beef locally too. And this is an 1851 description of how it was done. From "The Carolina Housewife."
The answer is: it was often shipped all the way across the country from cattle country by train, after being packed in barrels. Of course, people also pickled beef locally too. And this is an 1851 description of how it was done. From "The Carolina Housewife."
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