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Did Colonists Eat Pasta?

Pasta made its way to the New World through the English, who discovered it while touring Italy. Colonists brought to America the English practice of cooking noodles at least one half hour, then smothering them with cream sauce and cheese. When did Europeans start eating pasta? Pasta arrived in Northern France and Germany in the …

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What Did Colonists Drink?

During the colonial era, rum was the preferred alcoholic drink of American colonists. By one estimate, colonists consumed 3.7 gallons annually per head by the time of the American Revolution. What kind of drinks did the colonists drink? The Founders, like most colonists, were fans of adult beverages. Colonial Americans drank roughly three times as …

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