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I always hear the " traditional " American diet is more suited to manual labor and farm work then most modern, sedentary jobs. So what did the people of the past who had more sitting-down, low activity jobs eat? What was the diet of clerks and monks and scribes and the like?

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Found this from 1939 letter in an old edition of Shakespeare. Appears to be in German shorthand. Any idea what it says?

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Online Resources for Rural New England Life in the 1800s?

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What's the actual science behind steam rooms? They claim to do so many things and it seems really suspect....

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IAMA penguin, ask me anything

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I always hear the " traditional " American diet is more suited to manual labor and farm work then most modern, sedentary jobs. So what did the people of the past who had more sitting-down, low activity jobs eat? What was the diet of clerks and monks and scribes and the like?	145	AskHistorians
Found this from 1939 letter in an old edition of Shakespeare. Appears to be in German shorthand. Any idea what it says?	9	AskHistorians
Online Resources for Rural New England Life in the 1800s?	5	AskHistorians
What's the actual science behind steam rooms? They claim to do so many things and it seems really suspect....	1	askscience
IAMA penguin, ask me anything	1	IAmA