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(82,333 posts) Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:25 PM Apr 2016

Last meal for Third Class.

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Last meal for Third Class. (Original Post) rug Apr 2016 OP

Gruel? NightWatcher Apr 2016 #1

I wondered about that too. rug Apr 2016 #2

...and what kind of "cold meat" did they have? Cooley Hurd Apr 2016 #3

"cold meat" is sandwich meat...typically in that day, ham or mutton. Chan790 Apr 2016 #6

114 years ago today... still fascinates Number9Dream Apr 2016 #4

That didn't end well... Agschmid Apr 2016 #5

NightWatcher

(39,343 posts)

1. Gruel?

Reply to rug (Original post)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:33 PM

Apr 2016

I do believe I'd complain to the Chief Steward.

Yo Chief, wtf?

rug

(82,333 posts)

2. I wondered about that too.

Reply to NightWatcher (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 13, 2016, 10:39 PM

Apr 2016

Looks like dinner (lunch) was the main meal - roast beef.

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

3. ...and what kind of "cold meat" did they have?

Reply to rug (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 14, 2016, 06:20 AM

Apr 2016

Nothing like mystery meat for your last meal...

Chan790

(20,176 posts)

6. "cold meat" is sandwich meat...typically in that day, ham or mutton.

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #3)

Thu Apr 14, 2016, 08:02 AM

Apr 2016

Ham because it preserved well and thus had a long shelf-life, making it cheap. Mutton because it tastes like mutton, making it cheap.

Number9Dream

(1,562 posts)

4. 114 years ago today... still fascinates

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Apr 14, 2016, 07:48 AM

Apr 2016

Agschmid

(28,749 posts)

5. That didn't end well...

Reply to rug (Original post)

Thu Apr 14, 2016, 07:49 AM

Apr 2016

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