19th Century to Now

Napoleonic Wars

1803

1. Napoleon preferred simple meals like potato soup, beans, and onions.
2. Napoleon fed his soldiers soup, boiled beef, a roasted joint, and some vegetables.
3. Napoleon is said to have claimed that "an army arches on its stomach".

Napoleonic Wars End

Nov 20, 1815

Victorian Era

Jun 20, 1837

1. There would be meat in a midday meal, and a lighter meal of cheese and bacon later on (for the wealthier).
2. Meals tended to be a time where the wealthy would flaunt their money.
3. Street meat became popular with unusual foods, and these included sheep feet.

Progressive Era

1890

1. Congress passed the Pure Food and Drug Act due to medicine having unsafe substances.
2. Congress also passed the Meat Inspection Act due to how people were killing animals.
3. Rats and their feces were found in breakfast sausages very often, and they used pickles to cover the smell.

Victorian Era Ends

Jan 22, 1901

World War I

Jul 28, 1914

1. Most of their foods was canned corn beef, bread, and biscuits.
2. By winter of 1916 the flour supply was so short that they used dried ground turnips to make bread.
3. The main food became pea soup that contained horse meat.

World War I Ends

Nov 11, 1918

Progressive Era Ends

1920

World War II

Sep 1, 1939

1. Common foods were oilseeds, oils, fats, canned meat, cheese, processed milk, boneless compressed meat, and canned fish.
2. They quickly became used to dry milk.
3. They ended up rationing food due to the shortage of rubber tires, and they could not import many foods.

World War II Ends

Sep 2, 1945