Uploaded November 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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For “course two,” Bennett Rea AKA @cookinwithcongress served Ken Burns some fire cakes, which are way less exciting than they sound. Ken shares some insight on how the troops were staying fed (👀) and keeping motivated, and how fire cakes evolved to become “sloosh.”

Watch Bennett's full conversation with Ken in the linked video and watch ""The American Revolution,"" on the PBS app.

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