Week # 11

For my blog this week I will be commenting on two presentations that really caught my attention. The two presentation I found to be fascinating were,  "Desserts from Jefferson's Kitchen" and "Food in the American Army during the Revolutionary War/ in Colonial America."

"Desserts from Jefferson's Kitchen"

For this presentation I really enjoyed the Chocolate tort she brought in. It was a little bitter, but overall I thought it was very well made. Her presentation, on the different desserts in Jefferson's kitchen, was very well done and contained a lot of varieties of desserts. I particularly thought it was interesting how a lot of her presentation contained ice cream because that was Thomas Jefferson's favorite dessert and even though I spoke about ice cream in my presentation I felt I learned things from hers that I didn't know before. Overall, I would say that she did a great job on her presentation and at the end I really wanted to try more desserts.

"Food in American Army during the Revolutionary War/ in Colonial America"

For this presentation I think the thing that stood out most for me was the visual aid he brought in. I found it very intriguing to be able to see what kind of food is served to soldiers to eat. From what I learned from holding the box set lunch/dinner was what they got isn't much at all and doesn't look very appetizing either. So by seeing what soldiers now get to eat while on duty, I can't even imagine how much food and if it was even edible that soldiers back in Jefferson's era had to eat; in my opinion it had to be a lot worst than what soldiers get now.