Feeding Tommy, Battlefield Recipes from the First World War

Robertshaw, Andrew

ISBN 10: 0752488759 / ISBN 13: 9780752488752

Published by The History Press, Stroud, 2013

About this Item

187 pp illustrated in colour and bw. Bookplate in front, corners a little rubbed sound copy.

Seller Inventory # 043872

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Feeding Tommy, Battlefield Recipes from the First World War
• Publisher: The History Press, Stroud
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0752488759
• ISBN 13: 9780752488752
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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Synopsis

"I found to my delight that I had stumbled across a kind of soup kitchen. The Tommy in charge was stirring a copperful of ‘Shackles’ (soup made from the very dregs of army cooking and stirred with a stick). I must have looked in need of extra nourishment for he said ‘D’yer want a drop, son?’ ‘Yes please’ I replied if you can spare it.’ The warmth and zest from that beefy liquid, unexpected as it was, compelled me to accept a second bowlful which I drank with the same enthusiasm as the first." - George Coppard, from With A Machine Gun to Cambrai.

From bully beef to Tickler’s jam, explore what kept Tommy Atkins fed in the trenches by reading recipes and learning how meals were made just yards from the enemy. In this book Andrew Robertshaw combines history, recipes and historical experiments to reveal how Army Cooks in the First World War fed millions of men everyday against the odds.

About the Author

ANDREW ROBERTSHAW MA is a museum curator, military historian, author and broadcaster. He has written five books about aspects of military history. He is a subject matter expert for the army for whom he lectures, gives presentations at Staff College and runs battlefield studies. He has appeared as expert and presenter in a large number of television documentaries including The Trench Detectives, Time Team and Finding the Fallen. He is director of The Battlefield Partnerships and is working on a series of international media and archaeological projects.