What was a wooden age sailor's food like?

Hey all! I saw his article a while back and it came around again on Facebook so I thought I would share it with you. These guys made some food according to period recipes to see what would happen. They even handled the food like it would have been handled in the late 1600's and early 1700's: you know, no hand-washing, etc.They even have a picture of a barrel of salted meat. (Ew!)

Read and enjoy:

What would real ship's food have been like?

Some modern "Pirate coins" you can collect now!

Yes, I'm talking about pirate coins again! But these aren't "real" pirate coins, they are a colorized set of Kennedy half-dollars you can buy in a box set from Littleton Coin. These are a fun, inexpensive way to add to your coin or pirate coin collection without breaking the bank.

You can order these at: Littleton Coin Pirates of the High Seas

Images from author's personal collection.

Gold Treasure Fleet coin sold on Pawn Stars

Someone recently posted this on Facebook, and I thought people might enjoy seeing it here, too. It's not very often you see a real Spanish Gold coin come up for sale!

Spanish Gold Coin sold on Pawn Stars

What was New Year's like in 1700?

I bet you haven’t ever thought about just how long some of our New Year’s traditions have been going on! Check out this web site:

http://www.pauldenton.co.uk/Newyearsday.htm

Also going on in 1700 was the change in what calendar we used. You can read all about the change from the Julian to the Gregorian calendars here:

https://libguides.ctstatelibrary.org/hg/colonialresearch/calendar

And here is quick little article about how New Year's was celebrated in Boston in 1700:

https://www.bostonglobe.com/ideas/2014/03/22/march-happy-colonial-new-year/L0MrkQc47SiUu1OHVJt1lI/story.html

Here is another look at New Year’s traditions from Live Science.com:

https://www.livescience.com/57344-the-origin-of-7-new-years-traditions-revealed.html

The Irish woman who married a dead pirate says they've split up

This is just too much fun to pass up! You can't make this stuff up, folks! If I wrote a novel around this you would think I was nuts!

Here's the link:

Irish woman who married ghost of 300-year-old pirate says they have split up