They Had the Recipe for That too

What were two recipes that were included in the Deseret Almanac of 1852?

A)                 Molasses candy and cold medicine

B)                 An oat gruel for colic horses and meat tenderizer, primarily for pork

C)                 Glue and crayons

D)                 Whitewash and wine

Yesterday’s answer:

c.   Belts

Flour and meat

102 pairs of boots and shoes

157 pairs of socks and stockings

30 quilts and comforters

100 frock coats of various kinds

36 hoods

80 petticoats and bloomers

27 handkerchiefs

14 neckties

89 pairs of mittens

The total cost in supplies: $1,294

This was in a time when men worked for a little more than a dollar a day.

Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg, Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story (American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications Inc., 2006), 59-60, 100.

Additional interesting information:

When Brigham Young stood in General Conference on October 5, 1856 and called for a united effort to bring in the handcart companies stranded on the plains of Wyoming he received an outpouring of donations from those willing to help in the cause. Lucy Meserve Smith records the following in her journal:

   Then Brigham Young asked the women to fetch food, blankets, skirts, shoes, hoods, winter bonnets—“almost any description of clothing”—to fill the wagons. “The sisters stripped off their petticoats, stockings, and everything they could spare right there in the Tabernacle.”

Heidi Swinton and Lee Groberg, Sweetwater Rescue: The Willie and Martin Handcart Story (American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications Inc., 2006), 58.