Historical story

What did the people eat at dinner mission san miguel?

Breakfast and Dinner served at Mission San Miguel Arcángel

- Atole, bread, fruits, gruel, wheat.

- Ajo (garlic), onions, chile, and pepper were occasionally used to season meat and vegetables.

- Most neophytes were vegetarians on special days, while meat and fish were available other times.

- Beef, mutton, and occasional wild or domestic bird were available to Native American neophytes by 1790, and fish were always abundant along the nearby Salinas River.

- Bread was available but not daily.