"grande armée food" Topic

napoleon, did he offer a bounty or those who could preserve food
was it ever claimed?? by some one food for the grande armée

Refer to the book by Terry Crowdy Napoleon's Infantry Handbook. A very good read and info.

From Wikipedia:

'In 1800 Napoleon offered a prize of 12,000 francs for a new method to preserve food.[4] In 1806 Appert presented a selection of bottled fruits and vegetables from his manufacture at the Exposition des produits de l'industrie française, but did not win any reward.In 1810 the Bureau of Arts and Manufactures of the Ministry of the Interior gave Appert an ex gratia payment of 12,000 francs on condition that he make his process public. Appert accepted and published a book describing his process that year'.

Hope that is a start.

Here is Appert's book:

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And here a short overview in English (I don't know whether this preview is visible to all):

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dear ARTILLERYNAN DID NOT THINK OF THIS THANKSI FORGOT WETIPEDIA MEA CULPA

The preserving technique was invented by the French confectioner and inventor Nicolas Appert (1749-1841), who presented his invention to the French government after his first sterilized food in jars proved to be good after eight months. His way of preserving turned out to be ideal for the army to survive in harsh conditions, because not only fruit and vegetables could be stored in this way almost indefinitely, but also meat. NOW ADAYS THERE IS A RUBBER BAND BETWEEN POT AND LID IN NAPOLEONIC TIME I THINKS A WAXED LID WIL DO? IN DUTCH WE CAL IT WECKEN

I never get into this without thinking of Aral Vorkosigan breaking out the emergency rations in "Shards of Honor."

"It's edible, nutritious and lasts for years." (Samples ration.) "In fact, I think it already has."

I do miss C-rat pound cake.