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The average British soldier ate the most meat out of their international counterparts. A big part of the British diet was canned foods, for example Maconochie stew. Maconochie stew was a canned beef and vegetable stew named after the company that made it. One of the most popular foods of the trenches was known as "Bully Beef" a basic canned corned beef, finely chopped and soaked in gelatin. Soldiers also enjoyed bread and crackers. As the government was sometimes unable to provide for these soldiers and food began to get scare in the later parts of the war they sometimes resorted to living off the land. Pea-stew with chunks of horse meat became a popular dish. Sometimes when there were no vegetables soldiers resorted to using weeds such as nettles to flavor their stews.

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Part of the British Soldier's daily ration was Rum. This could boost morale and help some soldiers deal with the stress of war.

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The British Army employed 300,000 field workers to cook and supply food for the soldiers. To prepare food for the soldiers staffs had limited equipment and had to reuse the same containers in which food was made. Soldiers often reported their food tasted like something else, for example the tea may have tasted of vegetables. Providing fresh food for the soldiers was also hard. It was reported that it took up to 8 days for fresh food to reach the front lines and so food was almost always somewhat stale.

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Before a big battle or dangerous mission, soldiers were often given a "fancier" or bigger meal to boost their morale. This often had the opposite affect as when soldiers received these upgraded meals they knew they could possible perish very soon.

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The Mess tin was a small metal tin included in every soldiers army kit. This tin was used by soldiers to eat in the front lines.

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The Anzac biscuit was created by the wives and mothers of soldiers who were worried about the nutrition of the food soldiers were receiving. They developed a biscuit which would have a long shelf life and a lot of nutritional value. Originating Australia and New Zealand for soldiers deployed in the Middle East.

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Soldier Harry Patch said in a letter to his mother, "Our rations - you were lucky if you got some bully beef and a biscuit. You couldn't get your teeth into it. Sometimes if they shelled the supply lines you didn't get anything for days on end. There were five in a machine-gun team, and everything we had was shared amongst us. I used to get a parcel from home. My mother knew the grocer pretty well."

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At the start of the war, food was  plentiful and soldiers were able to enjoy, on average, about 4,000 calories. British soldiers were given 10 ounces of meat and 8 ounces of vegetables a day. The war had been raging on for 2 years and food shortages began to set in. As a result the average British soldiers ration was cut down to only 6 ounces of meat per day. The supply of flour was so low that bread began to be made out of dried ground turnips. As the war went on conditions continued to get worse.