 | Think you're hungry? Joseph Plumb Martin's description of the campaign of 1780 begins with a pretty brutal description of hunger. It is something to consider. I do solemnly declare that I did not put a single morsel of victuals into my mouth for four days and as many nights, except a little black birch bark which I gnawed off a stick of wood, if that can be called victuals. I saw several of the men roast their old shoes and eat them, and I was afterwards informed by one of the officer's waiters, that some of the officers killed and ate a favourite little dog that belonged to one of them. |
I am recording this post after eating a large meal - ribs, brisket, pulled pork, a roll, onion rings, and sweet potato fried. I am already miserable from eating too much, and then read this paragraph about Revolutionary War soldiers starving over a difficult winter. It just emphasizes the abundance for which we should be thankful and not take for granted.
