What did cowboys typically eat on a cattle drive?
Wes Shinn
Saratoga Springs, New York
Around 3 a.m., hours before cowhands climbed out of their bedrolls, the cookie grinded roasted coffee beans to make his blend of coffee—usually strong enough to “float a horseshoe.”
Cookie then blended some sourdough with flour and water to make a large serving of biscuits. Then he’d cook up the bacon (sowbelly), potatoes and sourdough pancakes (flapjacks).
After breakfast, the cookie cleaned the
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