Christmas Dinner Menu Camp Desolation,1848

Recorded by
Thomas E. Breckenridge, member of Colonel John Fremont's 4th expedition west.

Fried Mule                Mule Chops      Boiled Mule                Stewed Mule           Scrambled Mule
Shirred Mule                 French Fried Mule                    Minced Mule
Damned Mule                    Mule on Toast(without toast)
Short ribs of Mule with Apple Sauce (without Apple Sauce)

Beverages:  Snow     Snow Water    Water

"It really makes no difference how our meat was cooked. It was still the same old mule".