The Unauthorized Soldier's Cookbook
Great ideas to help consume your rations. Make the most of them--after all, you are automatically docked 6 pence a day (out of your 8 pence salary) to pay for food!
3/4 lb. Beef (daily ration, weighed with bone and gristle) Place the water in a copper boiler. Place over a a fire,
until water boils. Add beef to water. When beef is boiled, remove. Serve
with bread.
Broth Place Beef Broth in boiler. Heat. Serve with bread. Enjoy!
Vegetables Place vegetables and water in boiler. Boil. Serve with Bread. Enjoy! (Brereton, 36) Bonus: Saratoga Edition Cookbook Beef and Shipbiscuit: Beef Take Beef and Shipbiscuit out of kit. Serve with muddy water. Enjoy! (Frey,101) - Capitan J.A. Brenner, 5th Regiment, Culinary Division (2001) |
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