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Originally Posted by Romani
Lots of soup, that being the most resource efficient way of feeding large numbers of troops since inmemorial time. Simply boil everything you have, meat, vegetables, flour..etc on big vats.
This is from memory as my library is at present packed in cardboard boxes after I've entered an institution.  but I swear everything I write I have seen printed in black and white in some book here and there.
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Also, since airmen had a hazardous duty, they probably got better rations, on par or better than those of shock troops. For example, in the Second World War, German U-boat crews had the best rations of the Wehrmacht, followed closely by fighter pilots, I think.
Now, back to the Great War, zeppelin crews did get the luxury of hearty breakfasts with eggs and bacon and other stuff, a high calory intake meal, before sailing out on a raid. That was a neccessity, since they had to endure several hours of flight at artic temperatures at high altitude. |
I recall reading about one of the Zeps that was shot down on a raid over England. The British found the aluminum lockers containing the crew's breakfast that they were going to eat on the return leg of the flight. IIRC, it was bacon with "delicately sliced" potatos and some foul black bread and margerine.
I also have a German Army Feldkockbuch from WW II -- lots of recipes for soups and stews since, as Romani points out, the cook had to make limited rations feed a mob of soldiers. You can get it here if you want a copy --
German Manuals in English
Look in the section towards the bottom "Reenactor & Historical Interest, Non-Gun".