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Date: 12/02/22 11:33
What Chinese Workers Ate On The Transcon
Author: OHCR1551

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/diets-transcontinental-railroad

It's great when intended cruelty backfires. This was really interesting and it's too bad we haven't found their notes. Bet there are clues about specific dishes in their letters home.

Rebecca Morgan
Jacobsburg, OH

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Date: 12/02/22 12:59
Re: What Chinese Workers Ate On The Transcon
Author: wp1801

Thanks, very interesting!

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Date: 12/02/22 14:56
Re: What Chinese Workers Ate On The Transcon
Author: agentatascadero

Those heathens, how dare they "out-health" the vastly superior white man?

AA

Stanford White
Carmel Valley, CA

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Date: 12/02/22 18:46
Re: What Chinese Workers Ate On The Transcon
Author: RuleG

OHCR1551 Wrote:
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> https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/diets-transc
> ontinental-railroad
>
> It's great when intended cruelty backfires. This
> was really interesting and it's too bad we haven't
> found their notes. Bet there are clues about
> specific dishes in their letters home.

Thank you for finding and sharing that very interesting piece!

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Date: 12/02/22 21:17
Re: What Chinese Workers Ate On The Transcon
Author: 1200v

I have a "Central Pacific Railroad Computing Table" book dated January 1, 1876 on the fly leaf but stamped Property of California Pacific R.R. on the cover.
The inside cover has anote pasted in saying "China Time - multiply by 12 divide by 13." I have always guessed that this to compute the pay for a work gang of 12 from which one portion went to the gang cook.

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