[MR] History Blog: Safety of Period Ships' Rations

[Garth Groff and Sally Sanford]

Noble Friends,

Lady Sophie, a non-Merry Rose correspondent, sent me a very interesting
piece from the History Blog concerning a study of the rations carried on
16th-17th C ships. A team from Texas A&M University exploring a 1619
shipwreck gathered data on the ships' food, drink and water rations. They
then recreated the rations as closely as possible, including their storage
vessels, and placed them aboard a 19th C sailing ship for several months to
study how the foods fared.

You can read about their methods and some of their conclusions at
http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/50896

Yours Aye,

Mungo Napier, Laird of Mallard Lodge  🦆