"Trench Food" Topic

"A total of 3,240,948 tons of food was sent from Britain to the soldiers fighting in France and Belgium during the First World War. The British Army employed 300,000 field workers to cook and supply the food. At the beginning of the war British soldiers were given 10 ounces of meat and 8 ounces of vegetables a day. As the size of the army grew and the German blockade became more effective, the army could not maintain these rations and by 1916 this had been cut to 6 ounces of meat a day. Later troops not in the front-line only received meat on nine out of every thirty days. The daily bread ration was also cut in April 1917. The British Army attempted to give the soldiers the 3,574 calories a day that dieticians said they needed. However, others argued that soldiers during wartime need much more than this…"
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Food fit for trencher-men: not.

I'm a bit surprised. I'd have thought things were better for the Allies.

(smile)

Amicalement
Armand

rationing was underway on the home front so th military were prioritised the problem being it was hard to gey good hot food to the trenches. men behind the times did a little better and could buy food locally. the cooking methods were not too appetising as the same cookers were used to make stew and later to make tea. sadly this made the tea taste of onions and the stew had tea leaves in it….yummy.my granddad who served in the trenches told me his favourite was crushed army biscuit with a lot of condensed milk. pork and beans were supplied in tins but apparently the beans were not digested= a fact no doubt discovered by a close examination of the latrines.

Thanks!

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