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C. Yes! Flapjacks were pancakes made with sourdough starter. Some miners guarded their sourdough starter as carefully as their bag of gold dust. Bread on a stick was a quick meal. A piece of bread dough was wrapped around a stick and cooked over a fire. Rice was the staple food of Asian miners. These are just a few of the foods miners ate.

Go to your local library and find a recipe for sourdough pancakes, or follow this link to a list of sourdough recipes. Cook some flapjacks with your family or classmates.

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Miner's camp with campfire

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