By: MikeL

MikeL — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:44:45 +0000

Really
the pioneers were required to present the receipts for a years supplies of staple items before joining any wagon train
as for the Chuck Wagon, I am sure the every day spices were used even the ones for turkey and pumpkin pie.
how long is 20 miles a day for 3000 miles close to 6 months
and jerky was more likely an item that was made in the towns Rather than in the field It takes days to dry the meat
and they have a time schedual
But i guess a clever cook could keep the flys off the hanging raw meat within the covered chuck wagon.

By: Bert C

Bert C — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 01:30:30 +0000

Jerky used by the pioneers was simply meat “pulled” from the muscle rather than cut, then soaked in brine (saturated salt water) and sun dried by hanging the strips over a clothes line or wire.
Bert

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