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• by 141Dial34

  Daily diet!

  Posted December 4, 2014 10:58 AM

• by ral104 moderator, scientist

  Interesting. I'd guess that by the standards of the time, this was pretty decent.

  Posted December 4, 2014 1:37 PM

• by DZM admin

  Soooooo much tea. 😃

  Posted December 4, 2014 4:35 PM

• by cyngast moderator

  I notice that it just says "stewed meat" without specifying what type of meat it was. Interesting.

  Posted December 4, 2014 5:18 PM

• by David_Underdown moderator

  Yes, many men filled out considerably while serving due to much better food. It was on top of your pay too (and you didn't pay for your accommodation), so a powerful incentive to sign up for many, particularly as many companies laid-off workers at the start of the war, and it was traditionally a quiet time of year in some jobs such as mining (as demand for coal was lower than in the winter).

  Posted December 5, 2014 10:02 AM