A guide to dining in hell?

[CirdanDharix]

Exactly! xD

Symptoms include - severe puking, crapping, fever, madness and sometimes death.

You've really gotta love honey to keep eating that.

But this kind of honey is only found in part of the Pontic coast. I believe it's been attributed to bees that frequent the flower azalea pontica.

[antisocialmunky]

*notes diarrhea flower name

Man, PC's post is pretty epic, look forward to seeing your doubly epic final draft.

Here's a related question, did militaries around that time use food preservation techniques on meat, fruit, and vegitables?

[Mediolanicus]

I think only the usual techniques...
Putting them in vinegar, salting, drying or smoking them, letting them ferment or turn into alcohol...

[unreal_uk]

But this kind of honey is only found in part of the Pontic coast. I believe it's been attributed to bees that frequent the flower azalea pontica.

I know! I'm just making an amusing addition to the topic!

[Cyclops]

*blink* I certainly hope you will return to it later, because I still have no idea from your post just what your ancestors ate on campaign. o.O XD...

Well I think the answer is...

...Some kind of chapatti...

I imagine parched grain was the simplest ration an army could carry/acquire on the march. Thyey'd take whatb they could get to supliment it.

On "cutting the water", if you can't find running water then you're in trouble as standing water is often tainted (I think Sun Tzu calls water in pools "dead water"), so a "steritab" is a handy campaign tool.

[bovi]

To make up for the lack of textual evidences, we will have to rely on archaeological means to unveil the domestication of sheep, goats, hogs and bovine cattle, and the first known fermentation of corn, barley, ephedra (Haomâg), and grapes.

I assume you mean grain? I know that, in both Norwegian and Swedish, "korn" is any sort of grain, but corn in English is actually coming from America:

I've never heard of Ephedra before, I learned today that Ephedra are a family of reeds with stimulative properties, and can be used to manufacture amphetamine, as well as the medicine Ephedrine and a particular tea known as Mormon tea.

[The Persian Cataphract]

I assume you mean grain? I know that, in both Norwegian and Swedish, "korn" is any sort of grain, but corn in English is actually coming from America:

I've never heard of Ephedra before, I learned today that Ephedra are a family of reeds with stimulative properties, and can be used to manufacture amphetamine, as well as the medicine Ephedrine and a particular tea known as Mormon tea.

In Swedish actually "korn" is one of the four main cereals, and corn would specifically be the fourth (Hordeum vulgare), otherwise known as barley, besides wheat, rye and oats. But you are also right that "korn" is also a designation of a certain part of the cereal and that would be the grain itself; That is not what I meant. I'm sure you've heard of "kornvin". The other "corn" is more technically known as maize, and this staple foodstuff did not enter European history until the Spanish interactions with the native Americans. I see from where the confusion came; I mentioned corn and barley in the same sentence, so my bad there

Ephedra, or more specifically the Hôm or Haomâ plant, is as you say a family of reeds, with stimulative essences. It was so popular as an alocoholic beverage amongst the ancient Iranians, that it soon came to give a certain Saka tribe the name of "Haoma-drinking Scythians" (Sakâ Haomâvargâ); There were also military or judiciary uses for it, because it was believed to have been a truth-serum. Due to the importance of the tenet of "truth" in Zoroastrianism and specifically the Iranian code of chivalry (Shoot the bow, ride the horse and speak the truth), the ephedra had a sacred appeal to it, even in spite of prophet Zoroaster's recommendation of abstinence:

When, Wise One (Mazda), shall men desist from murdering?
when shall they fear the folly of that intoxicating drink (i.e., Haoma),
through the effects of which the Karpans (mumbling priests),
as well as the evil rulers of the lands torture our (good) intentions in an evil way?

You can read more on the subject here:
http://www.cais-soas.com/CAIS/Culture/wine_good.htm

[bovi]

[Cyclops]

I assume you mean grain? I know that, in both Norwegian and Swedish, "korn" is any sort of grain, but corn in English is actually coming from America...

As TPC says corn can be the actual seed, and can mean grain in general (eg the Corn Laws in C18-19 Britain which were concerned mostly with wheat AFAIK).