Eating a Days Rations on a Historic Tall Ship

This #TallShipTuesday, Josie takes you through a day on #tallshipprovidence as she eats the rations a sailor would in 1776 when the original Providence sailed the high seas.
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Videos:
Cooking a week's rations: • Cooking a Week's Ratio...
Grog: • Alcohol in the Navy
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[@Dawgmeatt]

Wow I love it. Looks like you guys have a lot of fun out there!

[@leoscheibelhut940]

How did you get your period correct horn spoon that amazing teal color? I very surprised that you liked the hardtack best.

[@deadlykiwi9289]

Great Video!
I would expect the rum ration to be watered down into grog but I wonder how John Paul Jones treated the rum ration

[@tallshipprovidence]

indeed! We linked our grog video during that section if you'd like to go watch that one all about the evolution of alcohol in the navy.