The prevailing image of food at sea in the age of sail features rotting meat and weevily biscuits, but this highly original book proves beyond doubt that this was never the norm Building on much recent research Janet Macdonald shows how the sailor s official diet was better than he was likely to enjoy ashore, and of ample calorific value for his highly active shipboard li The prevailing image of food at sea in the age of sail features rotting meat and weevily biscuits, but this highly original book proves...
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