"References to elephant cake" Topic
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MichaelCollinsHimself | 22 Mar 2023 11:43 a.m. PST |
I was told once about the use of elephant cake in militqry campaigns in India, but I have no reference for this. Can anyone supply information on this, or perhaps on the use of elephant cake in ancient Indian texts, which might have also included this in regulations of elephant training and welfare. TIA Mike Collins. |
CFeicht | 26 Mar 2023 3:28 p.m. PST |
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robert piepenbrink | 26 Mar 2023 7:08 p.m. PST |
CFeicht, think MREs for elephants--a standard portable ration for elephants the British were using for transport. Sadly, if you google "elephant cake" what you get is a thousand ways to make a cake which looks like an elephant for birthday parties or Republican conventions. |
DBS303 | 27 Mar 2023 4:53 a.m. PST |
Napier's Abyssinian campaign in 1867-8 had quite a few elephants for transport. To quote a paper on the subject: "The daily allowance of water for each elephant was 40 imperial gallons and of food: gram 4 lb, rice or flour 20 lb, salt 2½ oz and hay or kirben 175 lb." One assumes the flour and rice, and possibly the gram, was mixed into cakes of some description. |
Bashytubits | 29 Mar 2023 8:05 p.m. PST |
Here is a modern book for mahouts for the care of elephants used in Indias logging industry. I cannot image that the recipes and suggestions in here would differ much from Elephants used for artillery transport. here is the PDF link Section III mentions feeding |
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