Revolutionary War Supply Tent Candy Timeline

$21.00

Experience what Revolutionary War soldiers ate, bought from sutlers, and received in packages from home.

12 samples ranging from crystalized ginger to nipped brown sugar, dried fruit and cacao beans.

Comes with a tag with a historic image and story on back.

Step Back in Time…

The Revolutionary War years were a time of food shortages and hunger. Supplies came from packages, donations, or were foraged from the earth. Sugars and sweets among them – used as medicine, food, and a source of sustenance. Enjoy the surprisingly delicious flavors of the Revolutionary War tent in this authentic, curated box!

Government Rations & Packages From Home

From the government came coffee beans, eaten whole or boiled. Chocolate was enjoyed for health and virility. Also sent was molasses, significant to early Americans as an accessible and inexpensive food that was sometimes pulled as a taffy-like treat – the molasses pull. From home, a variety of treasures such as dried fruit and the curative-turned-candy stain glass.

Foraged Finds & Sutler Tents

Foraging offered roots, such as licorice root – 50x sweeter than cane sugar. Pecans and other nuts, as well as seeds from watermelons, squash, and sunflowers. From sutlers, government-approved but still disreputable vendors who followed troops, and bumboats, their seafaring counterparts, came practical and hard-to-find items: ginger, coconut, and pepper. Although supplies were meager, Continental soldiers had more than the British – one important reason for victory.

Revolutionary War Supply Tent In A Box… brought to you by the nation’s ONLY researched-based historic candy company. Our founder, Susan Benjamin, is author of numerous articles, even a book on the subject (her tenth) on Smithsonian’s Best Books About Food. Everything you get from True Treats is the best possible, most delicious version of her scholarly research – and Revolutionary War Supply Tent In A Box is no exception. True Treats products are sold in museum gift stores across the county. Enjoyed in homes everywhere!

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