ly ▁r ation ▁was ▁ 3 ▁pounds ▁( 1 . 4 ▁kil og rams ) ▁of ▁meat , ▁ 1 ▁p ound ▁( 4 5 5 ▁gr ams ) ▁of ▁fish , ▁ 1 0 ▁pounds ▁( 4 . 8 ▁kil og rams ) ▁of ▁bread ▁and ▁ 7 ▁g ills ▁( 8 2 ▁cent il it ers ) ▁of ▁rum . ▁ ▁Cook ing ▁R ations ▁for ▁several ▁days ▁were ▁issued ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time ▁to ▁mess es ▁of ▁ 5 - 6 ▁soldiers ▁who ▁also ▁shared ▁a ▁tent . ▁Each ▁mess ▁was ▁issued ▁a ▁camp ▁k ett le ▁and ▁a ▁camp ▁ax e . ▁The ▁food ▁was ▁cook ed ▁in ▁the ▁camp ▁k ett les ▁over ▁open ▁fires ▁burning ▁in ▁fire ▁p its . ▁The ▁meat ▁r ation ▁was ▁usually ▁bo iled ▁together ▁with ▁other ▁ing red ients ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁thick ▁soup . ▁ ▁B read ▁was ▁b aked ▁by ▁civil ian ▁b akers ▁and ▁the ▁bread ▁r ation ▁issued ▁every ▁fourth ▁day ▁as ▁a ▁six - p ound ▁lo af . ▁F resh ▁bread ▁could ▁be ▁replaced ▁by ▁hard t ack , ▁made ▁by ▁civil ian ▁b aker ies ▁and ▁kept ▁in ▁storage . ▁At ▁worst ▁only ▁fl our ▁was ▁issued , ▁and ▁the ▁soldiers ▁had ▁to ▁use ▁it ▁as ▁best ▁they ▁could ; ▁either ▁mixing ▁it ▁into ▁the ▁heavy ▁soup ▁or ▁by ▁making ▁fire c akes . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Mil it ary ▁food ▁Category : History ▁of ▁food ▁and ▁drink ▁French ▁and ▁Indian ▁War ▁Category