# Revolutionary War Recipes You Can Cook at Home: Part #4 of our American Revolution Food Series

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Podcast: [Family Tree Food Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/family-tree-food-stories-7049295)
Published: 2026-07-23T08:23:00+00:00
Episode link: https://family-tree-food-stories.captivate.fm/episode/1776-recipes-were-cooking
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We're cooking 8 shockingly simple colonial recipes today. From George Washington's hoecakes and Jefferson's famous mac and cheese to the cherry bounce that took us three months to make. It really is easy to do 1776-style. You probably assume Revolutionary War recipes are fussy, obscure, and impossible to make today. In this America 250 grand finale of Family Tree Food & Stories , Nancy May and Sylvia France prove that colonial cooking slides straight into a modern kitchen, no hearth, no weird 1776 ingredients, no fear required. If you have cornmeal, peanut butter, chicken, elbow noodles, navy beans, and a few apples in your pantry right now, you can cook the exact colonial recipes George Washington and his contemporaries ate. We run a full-day cooking marathon: crispy hoecakes and velvety colonial peanut soup for breakfast; spatchcock chicken and James Hemings' original French-béchamel mac and cheese for the midday feast; slow New England baked beans with homemade sauerkraut and pickles for supper. Dessert is Abigail Adams' rustic apple pandowdy, and the nightcap is George Washington's own cherry bounce, which took three full months. Don't want to do it all from scratch? Sylvia shares the free grocery store shortcut that does half the work for you. Along the way, you'll hear the real stories behind these 1776 recipes — including the brilliant, enslaved chefs, Hercules Posey and James Hemings, who built the bedrock of American cuisine. This is comfort-food history you can taste. Grab your cast iron pan and cook through history with us. What You'll Learn: How to cook what George Washington ate for breakfast every single day: — flourless hoecakes, with butter and honey and a savory colonial peanut soup that you can make fast with what’s in your pantry now. Who really…

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