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Ok - what would an turn of the century immigrant from Ireland bring with
them to the USA in the way of a food that they WOULD NOT find here then and it must be nonperishable. Google was unhelpful Cheryl |
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Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Ok - what would an turn of the century immigrant from Ireland bring with them to the USA in the way of a food that they WOULD NOT find here then and it must be nonperishable. Google was unhelpful Cheryl I don't think there were terribly many unperishable foods back then. AFAIK, the Irish weren't into drying, smoking and preserving until after they arrived in the US. The only thing I can imagine that might survive the sea journey would be root vegetables (maybe including seed potatoes, maybe not...) and seeds. I doubt they'd have brought 'decorative' items, because the poverty was so severe that would be unlikely. I'd plump for turnips, parsnips, carrots, cabbages and/or the seeds thereof as well as barley, oats, maybe wheat or rye. I don't know whether it would have been possible for livestock to be transported by a private family, but have seen films that implied sheep and goats were regular immigrants on the Atlantic crossing. HTH, -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Gillian Murray wrote:
wrote: On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:58:14 -0500, Cheryl Isaak wrote: Ok - what would an turn of the century immigrant from Ireland bring with them to the USA in the way of a food that they WOULD NOT find here then and it must be nonperishable. Google was unhelpful Cheryl Seeds that could be planted and likely a female would bring flower seeds that could be grown and subsequently used for dyes for her quilting and stitching. Good answer Sheena. I am assuming it is the 1900s plus or minus. When was the potato famine? My gut feeling is mid 1800s. My history classes were a long time ago. IIRC, my Granny, who was born & raised in Creeslough, Co. Donegal, said there were several different potato famines of different severity throughout the 19th century. She was born 27 November 1888 (might have been 1886 but I'm not sure) and came over when she was sixteen. She brought her meager few pieces of clothing and a bit of food that she would eat while in transit. She never made mention of bringing anything food related other than the few bits of cereal and bread type grains and likely a few root veggies if they were available. Granny (Bridgit Kelly was her name) planned on living and working in the city and, at sixteen, knew she would have no resources to allow for land in which to plant anything. She arrived in Philadelphia and ended up working as a "third floor girl" doing laundry and such for the household she lived in. She finally worked her way to the kitchen where she got enough experience to finally be hired as the head cook for one of the embassies located in Boston. CiaoMeow ^;;^ -- PAX, Tia Mary ^;;^ (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at http://community.webshots.com/user/tiamary |
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Well, - given that DD is going to her family, we assuming that they are on a
farm or atleast have a garden plot (her character is the last of many siblings coming over). We have "seeds" for madder, flax and other dye plants |
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joyce wrote:
wrote: On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:35:14 -0500, Gillian Murray wrote: wrote: On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:58:14 -0500, Cheryl Isaak wrote: Ok - what would an turn of the century immigrant from Ireland bring with them to the USA in the way of a food that they WOULD NOT find here then and it must be nonperishable. Google was unhelpful Cheryl Seeds that could be planted and likely a female would bring flower seeds that could be grown and subsequently used for dyes for her quilting and stitching. Good answer Sheena. I am assuming it is the 1900s plus or minus. When was the potato famine? My gut feeling is mid 1800s. My history classes were a long time ago. 1845 or so, I think, long time since I was at school too. It was partly thinking of Deerfield embroidery that made me think they would bring the necessities for making their household accoutrements more decorative. Potatoes originated in America - Sir Walter Raleigh brought them to England. I imagine the Irish would take linen, and flax seeds to grow more. Joyce in RSA. True, that I was taught in school, but I was just thinking of when the big exodus from Ireland happened. I think Ireland was a "stopping" point for some of the Scots after the evictions of the crofters. I know Jim's great grandfather was born in Ireland, but being a Murray, I suspect they were only there for a generation or so. I should love to get the family history worked out further back. With the James and Andrews as Christian names, Scotland does make sense. I know.... I meandered away from the subject LOLOL. Gillian |
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On Feb 3, 9:21*am, Cheryl Isaak wrote:
Well, - given that DD is going to her family, we assuming that they are on a farm or atleast have a garden plot (her character is the last of many siblings coming over). So, are you writing a book, Cheryl??? Enquiring minds want to know! lol Joan |
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My papaw says it would have been "corns and tack" for eating en route; --
"corn" a generic terms for grains/oatmeal/rye/wheat etc. and "tack" being a variety of journey breads and tea/fruit type of cakes that would have been made with the last of any perishables or dried berries/nuts/beans/jerky they had around. Likely some of the same things you would find in working class lunch pails in that time period -- things easy to carry and handle and not requiring refrigeration. Boy could my irish family (my maiden name is O'Neal) to this day work any leftovers into fritters (most recipes similar to potato pancakes aka latke style things) or soda breads (mostly similar to cornbreads) or a variety of biscuit/scone things. Few expected to be going to farms but would have human and livestock medicines, seeds, dyes and family spice and tea blends in hopes of future land possibilities and in preserving some family recipes (personally I think some of the cabbage and bean things some of my family elders tried to mash into muffins really could have been happily lost -- summers spent with grandparents we learned to please finish off most of the huge stewpot of pinto beans if we didn't want to be eating them in various things the rest of the week). "Cheryl Isaak" wrote in message ... Ok - what would an turn of the century immigrant from Ireland bring with them to the USA in the way of a food that they WOULD NOT find here then and it must be nonperishable. Google was unhelpful Cheryl |
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