What did french ppl eat in the 1800 or around the time napoleon bonaparte was emporer?
Dr Papirini’s answer is very good. There is another item you really ought to add. The process of canning food was developed in order to feed Napoleon’s armies. Check this out from DelMonte’s website: “Canning started in jars. The process was invented in France in 1795 by Nicholas Appert, a chef who was determined to win the prize of 12,000 francs offered by Napoleon for a way to prevent military food supplies from spoiling. Appert canned meats and vegetables in jars sealed with pitch and by 1804 opened his first vacuum-packing plant. It was a French military secret that soon leaked across the English Channel. In 1810 Peter Durance, an Englishman, patented the use of metal containers for canning, and by the next year others had opened factories. The troops that faced off at Waterloo had canned rations.” http://www.delmonte.com/news/cans1/body.… Also check out this blogspot:
