Flapjacks or Slapjacks - Vol. VI, Episode 21

Many enjoy a warm stack of fluffy pancakes covered in syrup! In this episode, we share two veterans’ accounts, one confederate and one union. They describe making pancakes, or as they called them, slapjacks or flapjacks. These might be a bit different than what you might enjoy today since soldiers often had limited ingredients! Thank you to the Waterloo Area Historical Society for providing the location for this ration episode.
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[@mcritel1]

Great connection to the soldier every day life!

[@marcusaurelius9631]

"Proof that if you take just about anything and fry it in bacon its gonna be pretty good" Lol. Awesome Will! Great video. My son and I did this with our hard tack ration. It softened it inside and made it crispy outside and tasty just like bacon!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Isn’t it great to just have fun experiencing history!! Cheers!

[@BocageTiger]

I'm going to do this in our Backyard today! Thank you, Will!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Let us know how it goes!

[@smokeandtack5251]

I love the food episodes!

[@charleydraper8656]

My mom used to make corn bread fritters, delicious..........

[@MrSheckstr]

The after effects of the civil war can be seen in the fact that the South has WAFFLE Houses While the North has International Houses of PANCAKES

[@mickeyholding7970]

One thing that for Confederates that guys might have had would have been sorghum/molasses for them.

[@Tomatohater64]

Yep, never thought of that - good idea.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Absolutely! We just shared what was actually in the primary account. Good addition, if it could be had!

[@GrangerGangster]

Nice job boys!

[@robluke4266]

Good job guys, in my mess we do the same thing using corn meal, it's also very good to mix a little flour in with the corn meal if you have it.

[@LNER4771]

I remember reading about a couple men from my 4th-great grandad's regiment (Fourth Iowa Cavalry) who got captured by Confederates after going out to find a frying pan for making flapjacks. One made a harrowing escape by stealing a Confederate officer's horse, while the other spent two long years languishing in southern POW camps, like Andersonville. All for a plate of pancakes.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Thanks for sharing that story!

[@markserour9115]

Couldn't you have patty-caked the slapjack dough with your hands ere putting in the pan as to make it more flat?

[@Dscampbell1286]

I tried it and it reminded me of an English Muffin

[@arthurvarady7258]

It looks like you guy’s are making heavy fried bread, should the batter be almost in the state of pan cake batter as to almost pour it, they are called flap jacks / slap jacks. Is this how the instructions are interpreted.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Possibly, but fireside with the tools at hand it would be a lot harder to deal with.

[@ShootFirstSev]

Hey Chad!