Civil War/French/Indian Era Recipies

My District's Fall Camporee is going to be held at Blakeley, AL, the site
of the last *Major Battle* of the Civil War. As our Alabama history tells
us, "the assault of the Union army on Fort Blakeley, AL, held by Confederate
troops, took place on 9 April 1865 about six hours after Gen. Robert E. Lee
surrendered his
forces to Gen. U.S. Grant at Appomattox. VA."

"This park encompasses the largest NATIONAL REGISTER SITE east of the
Mississippi River (3800 acres). Once home to a pre-historic Indian civilization
(it abounds with mounds), to an early French and Appalachee Indian
Settlement (circa 1704-65), to a Federal style seaport town created as a
direct result of
the Second War of Independence (1812), and finally to it part in the Civil War."

We are planning to have a 4 station roundrobin.

Station #1 will be a reinactment preformed by a team from Louisiana that
travels the circuit around the Southeast doing historic battles.

Station #2 will be a presentation put on by some of the Park Rangers and
the Historian telling and showing the history of Blakeley. (At it's peak, it
was a larger city than Mobile across the bay. For those that don't know it,
Mobile was founded by the founders of New Orleans 7 years before New
Orleans, and was the first capital of French Louisiana. It also was the
Birthplace of the Mardi Gras that has made its sister city so famous.)
Blakeley (the city) was wiped out by a Yellow Fever epidemic in the 1840's(?).

Station #3 is my station (part of my Wood Badge ticket). I am planning on
having a cooking demo, and am looking for ideas, methods, styles and
recipies. I have a large time frame, and several different nationalities to
draw from. If anyone has any ideas or references that I can use I would be
very greatful.

Station #4, at this time still is yet to be developed. We are hopeing to get
one of the old-time treasure hunters to bring an artifact collection to demo.
(The area was outlawed to treasure seekers/metal detectors back in the early
70's, but before that time there were many artifacts taken from pre-historic up
to civil war cannons, rifles, etc.

Any help or ideas pertaining to any aspects of this would be welcomed.

TIA
YiS
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Larry Jones Unit Commissioner
lwjones@foley.gulf.net ASM Troop 447
20530 County Road 24 East Baldwin District
Foley, AL 36535 Mobile Area Council

I used to be a BobWhite, a Crimson Crested BobWhite. SR-119 N.O.A.C.
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