Friday, May 14, 2004
LEWIS AND CLARK AT COSTCO: Yesterday was the 200th anniversary of the start of Lewis and Clark's journey to the Pacific, and to mark the occasion the National Archives released some of the duo's papers, including their shopping lists. Besides the usual assortment of opiates for pain, "thunder clappers" for purging, ink, wax, and quills, the pair got a special rate on the 193-pound container of "portable soup," a paste made of boiled-down beef and cow's hooves, eggs and vegetables. Alas, the soup proved to be something of a dud amongst the men, and was usually consumed only when starvation was nigh.
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