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Geer - - May 24, 1862
On Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays we have Been Soupe, or perhaps a bettor name would be to call it Bean Water. I am often tempted to strip off my shirt and make a dive and see if there really is Beens in the Bottom that gives it the flavor. I think there must be, but I seldom see them. But the Government ways Beens are very Wholesom and strengthening. I am of the same opinion...
Keeler - - June 16, 1862
A portion of our iron deck has been converted into a stock yard containing just at present, one homesick lamb, one tough combative old ram, a consumptive calf, one fine lean swine, an antediluvian rooster & his mate, an old antiquated setting hen…
Keeler - - July 30, 1862
A piece of salt beef regularly makes its appearance with the call for dinner, it reappears in the form of hash for supper, & is re-hashed for breakfast the next morning. If vegetables exist in any portions of the civilized world they are intangible to us… |
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