CONTENTS

  Acknowledgements
  Foreword
  Introduction
1. Basic Rations
2. How It Got There – the Work of the Victualling Board
3. Administration On Board Ship
4. How the Men Ate
5. How the Officers Ate
6. What Other Navies Ate
7. Diet in Health and Sickness
  Conclusions
  Appendices
1. Weights and Measures
2. Official Substitutes for Species of Provisions
3. Calorific Values of Naval Foodstuffs
4. Vitamin Content of Naval Food
5. Bills of Exchange
6. Eat Like a Sailor – Recipes
  Notes
  Glossary
  Bibliography
  Index