Food Eaten in the Trenches 😀😀😀

In this paragraph  you will read about the food which was eaten in the trenches

British soldiers eating hot rations in the Ancre Valley during the Battle of the Somme, October 1916

Even though food was very short in Britain during World War One, families often sent parcels to their fathers and brothers fighting at the front. The parcels contained presents of chocolate, cake, tobacco and tinned food.

At the beginning of the war, soldiers got just over one pound of meat, the same amount in bread and eight ounces of vegetables each day

Maconchie's meat stew' and hard biscuits was a meal that many soldiers ate. Sadly, the meat was mostly fat. This, along with a shortage of fresh fruit and vegetables, was responsible for many soldiers to suffer from upset stomachs!

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