1. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Food on the Frontier

2. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Where did pioneers get the foods they ate? There were no grocery stores. There were no restaurants.

3. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 …caught or hunted, Everything a person on the frontier ate had to be…

4. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 …grown,

5. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 …gathered,

6. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 …or prepared before it could be eaten.

7. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 There was no electricity on the frontier, so cooking was done over an open fire… …or on a woodstove.

8. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 As more people came to an area, general stores opened.  These stores carried staple items.

9. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 One common staple was cornmeal.  Cornmeal is dried ground corn.  

10. © 2008 Program ENERGY Program ENERGY is funded by SEPA grant number 5R25RR020469-05 Program ENERGY is funded by a Science Education Partnership Award from the National Center for Research Resources/National Institutes of Health in partnership with the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at Colorado State University