Book: Fifty Foods That Changed The Course of History
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 31: Hardtack
Go to Questions
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Answer Key
1. The 3 staples of the British Royal Navy rations are hardtack, salted meat, and beer.
2. Salted meat is beef or pork.
3. Samuel Pepys was appointed Clerk of the Acts on the Navy Board in 1660.
4. Lobscouse is a type of stew originally made by sailors from Liverpool with salt beef and vegetables thickened with crumbled hardtack.
5. The Great Plague in London took place in April 1665.
6. 100,000 people, 15% of the population of London died in the Great Plague.
7. The Great Fire in London took place in 1666.
8. The Great Fire in London lasted 4 days.
9. Thomas Farriner's bakery in Pudding Lane was making biscuits for the navy when he started the Great Fire of London.
10. G.H. Bent Company, cookie factory, is located in Milton, Massachusetts.
11. Scurvy is a consequence of nutritional deficiency.
12. The solution to solving scurvy was to add lemon juice to the rum ration given to sailors.
13. Scottish Physician Gilbert came up with the solution of solving scurvy.
14. Huntley & Palmers was the hardtack bakers in Reading, Berkshire in 1822.
Author: Bill Price
ISBN: 978-1-77085-427-7
Chapter 31: Hardtack
Go to Questions
Go to Directory of Fifty Foods That Changed the Course of History
Go to Directory of Articles & Books
Answer Key
1. The 3 staples of the British Royal Navy rations are hardtack, salted meat, and beer.
2. Salted meat is beef or pork.
3. Samuel Pepys was appointed Clerk of the Acts on the Navy Board in 1660.
4. Lobscouse is a type of stew originally made by sailors from Liverpool with salt beef and vegetables thickened with crumbled hardtack.
5. The Great Plague in London took place in April 1665.
6. 100,000 people, 15% of the population of London died in the Great Plague.
7. The Great Fire in London took place in 1666.
8. The Great Fire in London lasted 4 days.
9. Thomas Farriner's bakery in Pudding Lane was making biscuits for the navy when he started the Great Fire of London.
10. G.H. Bent Company, cookie factory, is located in Milton, Massachusetts.
11. Scurvy is a consequence of nutritional deficiency.
12. The solution to solving scurvy was to add lemon juice to the rum ration given to sailors.
13. Scottish Physician Gilbert came up with the solution of solving scurvy.
14. Huntley & Palmers was the hardtack bakers in Reading, Berkshire in 1822.
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