British Navy got scurvy for a reason
Posted by awfulpigeon@reddit | shittyfoodporn | View on Reddit | 8 comments
9 weeks old baby, I’m the primary food shop and house chef. But have struggled to balance work, baby and the mental capacity of 7 days of food. My wife and baby out for lunch and left me to fend for myself.
- 2 day out of date store bought sandwich
- frost bitten, taste cross-contaminated froze Yorkshire puds
- terrible, cheap store own brand onion rings.
All in the air fryer. Proud, not proud.
miraculousgloomball@reddit
Every navy got scurvy.
The British were the first to effectively deal with it by rationing citrus products to the shipment.
awfulpigeon@reddit (OP)
Didn’t learn my lesson from my ancestors then
miraculousgloomball@reddit
Well, onions have some amount of vitamin c in them
the solution is clearly just way, way more onion rings. you're golden la'
Noobfortress@reddit
Peak british food, only shades of brown & beige
Acornriot@reddit
The palest onion rings I've ever seen
HuggyMonster69@reddit
It was the grog that prevented the scurvy, not the food.
Grog being 2oz Rum, 1oz water, 1/2 oz lime juice, and a teaspoon of sugar.
awfulpigeon@reddit (OP)
Exactly, needed some grog to wash this down
montyrattus@reddit
I am sure the age of Nelsons navy did not have frozen Yorkshire puddings.