The Trench Cook Book 1917: Western Front Recipes from Bully Beef Pie to Trench Tea

by War Office, Great Britain War Office, The War Office

An absorbing facsimile manual showing how to cook in the field from official books supplied by the War Office and the Red Cross during the First World War. Why did trench tea taste of vegetables? What were 'iron rations'? Why was 'Maconochie' the most despised food on the front? The old adage that 'an army marches on its stomach' was never more true than on the Western Front during the First World War. Literally millions of hungry soldiers had to...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1445655497
• ISBN13: 9781445655499
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Amberley Publishing
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 7.9"