What's For Dinner?

Nineteenth-century food is something like what we eat now, and in some ways is very different. What you ate also depended on how much money you had. See if you think you would like what they ate.

Bones

Bones or faunal remains are a commonly-found object on archeological sites. The kinds of bones found at a site tell you a lot about what people were eating, their diet, and even how much money they had.

Pollen Evidence

Pollen evidence was collected from the Stanwix Hall Hotel privy. The study of pollen evidence or palynology allows you to get information about plants when you otherwise have little else left to find archeologically. In the privy, we found pollen from cloves, broccoli or cauliflower, and the kind of pollen that is collected by bees when they make honey.

Saratoga Spring Water

Saratoga Spring water was a popular drink in the nineteenth century. This bottle from Congress Spring was produced between 1879 and 1884.