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imperialus81 t1_ix816ic wrote

You'd be surprised.

We do for example have records of what 'in theory' Napoleon was giving his troops in the early 19th century and it isn't far off the numbers I listed. This is the 'ideal' situation, not when they were marching home from Moscow:

24 oz of bread, 8 oz of meat, 2oz legumes.

My own numbers were more bread focused with less meat, but on that note you saw how pissy some folks got when I suggested half that quantity of meat upthread.

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