An Exercise in Monotony

An Exercise in Monotony. That's how food in Arizona Territory military camps is described in the “Arizona Territorial Cookbook, 1864-1912” by Daphne Overstreet. This gem gives great insight into life in those rough, unsettled days. She notes that diaries of the time seldom mention food, since it was so bad and so repetitive that everyone would rather forget. “The official ration during territorial days consisted of pork or bacon, soft or hard bread, beans, coffee, tea, sugar, vinegar, s