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WW1 military rations, from https://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/ration.html https://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/ration.html > British Daily Ration, 19
by legerdemain 4y ago
WW1 military rations, from https://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/ration.html https://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/memoir/ration.html
> British Daily Ration, 1914:
>
> 1 1/4 lb fresh or frozen meat, or 1 lb preserved or salt meat;
> 1 1/4 lb bread, or 1 lb biscuit or flour;
> 4 oz. bacon;
> 3 oz. cheese;
> 5/8 oz. tea;
> 4 oz. jam;
> 3 oz. sugar;
> 1/2 oz salt;
> 1/36 oz. pepper;
> 1/20 oz. mustard;
> 8 oz. fresh or 2 oz. dried vegetables;
> 1/10 gill lime juice if fresh vegetables not issued;
> 1/2 gill rum;
> not exceeding 2 oz. tobacco per week.
So, mostly meat, bread, bacon, and sugar?
- _aavaa_ 4y agoThis is not a productive comment. Comparing military rations to what civilians eat is apples and oranges. The focus of military rations is getting enough calories and to avoid any short-medium term health issues (notice the conspicuous reference to a lime juice ration to fight scurvy). But let's take it at face value, these rations are calculated for target activity level. Any idea of what that is? Cause I'm pretty confident that it's higher than the sedentary North American lifestyle.
- exfatloss 4y agoStudies from the 20s thru 40s for somewhat sedentary office workers in NYC show that they ate more the less physically active they were, often eating up to 4,500kcal/day. Large portions of that from white bread, lard, butter, milk, and pork.