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The soldier's food was often supplied in cans and was very monotonous. Most of the diet in the trenches was bully-beef (canned corned beef), bread and biscuits or Maconochie stew. By 1916, flour was in such short supply that bread was being made with dried, ground turnips.

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The soldier's food was often supplied in cans and was very monotonous. Most of the diet in the trenches was bully-beef (canned corned beef), bread and biscuits or Maconochie stew. By 1916, flour was in such short supply that bread was being made with dried, ground turnips.

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18th Jul 2009 by Diane Earl

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