A dinner of corn bread alone, or of meat without bread, was a common repast.
A popular dish is "sopa paraguaya", similar to a thick corn bread.
By 1918 the soldiers were not only short of basic equipment like boots, but they were being fed mostly corn bread with a little meat.
Even with trade, diet in the camp was mainly corn bread, salt bacon and a little milk, with occasional fresh game or domestic meat.
Other items included corn bread, eggs and bacon, ham, potatoes, and other vegetables.
Whitney chose an appetizer of sweet shrimp on crispy corn bread with black eyed pea pure, country fried chicken for the entre, and a white chocolate bread pudding for dessert.
