GC35XJZ Traditional Cache December 29~Pepper Pot Day
Type: Traditional | Size: Micro Micro | Difficulty: 1.5 out of 5 | Terrain: 1.5 out of 5
By: poolsharkycat @ | Hide Date: 10/13/2011 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 46.100 W104° 09.317 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 0
Pepper Pot Day When : Always December 29 Pepper Pot Day commemorates the creation of this thick spicy soup, which was served to the Continental Army during the cold, harsh winter of 1777-1778. Pepper Pot soup was first made on December 29, 1777. According to the legend........... During the Revolutionary war, the Continental army was camped at Valley Forge. The winter was cold and harsh. Conditions were deplorable. Food was often scarce. George Washington asked his army's chef to prepare a meal for the army, that would both warm them, and boost their moral. The chef found scraps of tripe, small bits of meat and some peppercorn. He mixed this in with some other ingredients, and created Pepper Pot soup, also known as "Philadelphia Pepper Pot soup". The hot, and somewhat spicy soup, was well received by the troops. It was called "the soup that won the war". Celebrate Pepper Pot Day by making some Pepper Pot soup for the family. Note: while tripe was a main ingredient of this soup, you can substitute with chicken or beef.
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Found it 05/04/2019 By WalkingDuo
Cached around Strasburg and Bennett today.Repaired containers and logs as needed. My check engine light came on so didn't venture too far from civilization. Enjoyed the Search - Thanks

Found it 03/26/2019 By team.STEWART817
TFTC! Finishing up on this road before we head in for the evening, the sun is setting, it’s getting chilly and batteries are dying.

Found it 11/21/2018 By EJBHGV
Great day of geocaching in the Eastern plains.
Thanks to all CO's for making this game possible.
This was one of 66 finds.

Found it 09/09/2018 By IowaGerd
Thanks!

Found it 09/02/2018 By Mean Kitty
Find #48737

Its been a long hot summer in Texas, I've been trying to get out and do a caching trip a couple of times this summer, but it never worked out. Finally managed to get a week off, and am so happy to be out here in Colorado. The weather if perfect, and there is a load of caches that need my name on Smile Thanks so much for the hide poolsharkycat, I really enjoyed finiding this cache!

Found it 08/11/2018 By oz8118
Feels like I’m following goosegander here, as I’m signing my name after very log with his/her stamp. ;)
Baggie flew away but I caught it across the road. Lots of white wildflowers here.

Fun day bagging caches! T4TC

Found it 04/27/2018 By Brewman65
Had a nice visit to Colorado, and found a lot of caches

Found it 03/22/2018 By DanndyDan
TFTH

Found it 01/29/2018 By GanderGoose
With beautiful weather forecast, we took a long drive to the Colorado plains and found 36 caches. We saw lots of hawks and a herd of 42 mule deer (4 bucks) along the way. The holiday series is fun. I have never had pepper pot soup. Thanks for the placement, poolsharkycat!

Found it 10/12/2017 By L O S T - S O U L
TFTC

Enjoying the day traversing the countryside, acquiring many miles and boosting cache numbers along the power trails and others in between.!
Nothing better than caching along the back country roads of America! Thanks for placing these out here. Replaced wet logs and broken containers as needed. Initialed logs